Oct. 9, 2009

Luther College has been recognized as one of the nation’s top colleges and universities in sustainability initiatives on the College Sustainability Report Card 2010, issued by the Sustainable Endowments Institute.   Read more...

Sept. 28, 2009

Tom Vilsack, U.S. Agriculture Secretary, has announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program will award Luther College Wind Energy Project, LLC, a $500,000 grant and a $1,302,385 loan to fund the installation of a 1.65 MW wind turbine that is expected to generate about one-third of the electrical energy consumed by the college each year.   Read more...

May 7, 2009

Luther College responded to student suggestions and requests for alternative transportation on campus by creating the Luther Bike Share program in April 2008. The success of the program in the 2008-09 academic year is expected.   Read more...

May 5, 2009

Hungry students at Luther College are contributing to sustainable college operations, one deep-fried chicken strip at a time.

Luther is converting waste vegetable cooking oils from its Food Service operations into biodiesel as fuel for powering Facilities Services grounds crews’ utility vehicles. Instead of paying to dispose of cafeteria fryer oil as a waste product, Luther staff member Kevin Ellingson uses it to brew a cleaner alternative fuel.   Read more...

April 22, 2009

Luther College is taking a leading role in the locally produced foods initiative, as the college’s local food purchases increased from two percent to 10 percent from the 2007-2008 to the 2008-2009 academic year.   Read more...

April 16, 2009

A Luther College senior will meet with agricultural industry leaders from sharecropping to shipping, at an international conference in April.

Flannery Cerbin is one of a select group of undergraduate college students invited to attend the Food and Society 2009 conference April 21-23 in San Jose Calif. She will have the opportunity to work with internationally known experts in food production and distribution to identify ways to improve the nation’s economy, environment, and society through Good Food Systems that provide healthy, green, fair and affordable food.   Read more...

April 8, 2009

Luther College’s student-run garden plots fit into a small corner of campus, but last year its 318 pounds of cucumbers, 189 pounds of varied beans and 126 pounds of pumpkins and squash are just a sample of the produce harvested and supplied to Luther Dining Services.   Read more...

March 20, 2009

The decades old rivalry between Wartburg and Luther colleges is often played out on the athletic field.

In those competitions, either Wartburg in Waverly or Luther in Decorah must concede defeat. However, the two Lutheran-affiliated institutions have agreed to an unprecedented “split” in their recent contest over who could most reduce their energy consumption.   Read more...

March 16, 2009

Luther juniors Brandon Reed and Karishma Sushilkumar joined a political actions coalition of 11,000 students in Washington, D.C. Feb. 27-March 2 for Power Shift 2009, a conference to lobby Congress to take immediate action against climate disruption.   Read more...

March 13, 2009

Four hundred sixty-five Luther College first-year students and 37 first-year resident assistants devoted Sept. 6-7 to an unusual community service project: cleaning, sorting and stacking bricks as part of a dual-purpose sustainability project sponsored by Luther College Wellness.   Read more...

March 9, 2009

Luther College Dining Services has “gone trayless” for three months as part of the college’s sustainability initiative and is now evaluating the pros and cons of trayless cafeteria operations.   Read more...

Feb. 25, 2009

Luther College Board of Regents has approved the college’s Sesquicentennial Strategic Plan for 2008-2012, a plan that includes a landmark initiative for Luther’s quest towards carbon neutrality.   Read more...