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LEAP is an student organization at Lafayette College that aims to promote environmental responsibility here on campus and abroad. Our activities include recycling advocacy, peer education on environmental issues, and volunteering for causes related to the environment. We also seek to promote appreciation of nature through outdoor activities like hiking, camping, and canoeing.

news • ***LEAP MEETINGS*** for the Fall 2008 semester will be on Wednesdays at 12 PM! The meetings will be held in the Student Activities Room (the room behind the TV in Farinon). And when its sunny, they'll be held outside in between Farinon and Hogg Hall. Everyone is invited to all meetings! We also have several sub-committees, which include: Carbon (Energy Reduction), Composting, Recycling and Education. We spend half the time in sub-committees and half the time as a general group - come to learn more! • A sample of projects and events for Fall 2008: Participating in nationwide events like Campus Sustainability Day, Focus the Nation and Earth Week Changing normal incandescent lightbulbs to more energy efficient compact fluorescent lightbulbs Improving recycling on campus by making it more available and easier to use Building and testing a composting system to compost the biodegradable waste generated by our dining halls Actively pushing the administration to install a solar thermal unit for Kirby Gym Sponsoring a campus-wide energy contest to lower energy use on campus Informing students how to save energy in their dorm rooms. Participating in local community clean-ups Having members attend several local and national environmental and sustainability conferences Participating in local nature activities including: kayaking trips, overnight camping trips, and day hikes. • Spring 2006- Spring 2008 Books for Africa drive statistics: This past year during the spring and fall semesters LEAP collected and shipped off almost a ton of books as part of the Books for Africa program from Lafayette. We sent over 2,500 books to be shipped to Africa. We sent them to Books for Africa www.booksforafrica.org through Better World Books www.betterworldbooks.org • The LEAP email list is now on Google Groups! If you aren't yet on the list, please subscribe at the bottom of this page.

events • Oct. 25 – Campus Sustainability Day Check out a web-cast featuring famous author Bill McKibben and others, discussing how colleges can be a player in a more sustainable economy Find out more at http://www.scup.org/csd/5/ • Focus the Nation will be taking place on February 1, 2009. LEAP will be sponsoring a webcast on ways YOU can reduce global warming. More info will be provided as the date approaches. • **LEAP is sponsoring a compact fluorescent lightbulb exchange throughout the semester!** We will be handing these lightbulbs out for FREE! Get excited for our campus to get these new cool looking lightbulbs and save energy. • LEAP is sponsoring a new and improved recycling initiative. We have heard many concerns from many students about recycling here at Lafayette. We will be handing out magnets and educating students to clear up any misconceptions and to make recycling easier at Lafayette. • LEAP is still selling nalgenes for $5. These nalgenes look cool and will save the environment by eliminating the use of plastic water bottles and paper cups. Contact Dan Goldberg goldbedl@lafayette.edu if you would like to purchase one.

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