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Pictures from left: Afternoon sun at Paul Smith's passive-solar home east of campus; Bob McLendon and Paul Smith visit The Hilltop newsroom to talk about sustainability; staff member Rachel Connor takes in the 2-story elevation of Smith's sunroom; staff member Laura Hudgins feels the heat from the concrete block inside Smith's sunroom. Photos by Megan Trasport and Shawn Esworthy.
MHC Community Responds with Many Green Ideas
The Mars Hill College administration received quite a response to a January request to gather campus thoughts about sustainability. Sustainability is simply the idea of “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” according to key proponents of the idea on campus. Story by Rachel Connor
McLendon: Trying to Move Beyond Square One
MHC’s vice president of administration Bob McLendon occupies a quaint office on the third floor of Blackwell Hall that understates the job he has in front of him. Many have heard the call to help in the greening of the campus, but not so many have gone above and beyond. McLendon is trying to take sustainability seriously. Story by Bria Smith
Passive Solar Home Helps Professor Keep Energy Use Low
Just over a hill in Madison County on the outskirts of Mars Hill, lives a man who has taken a rather different approach to conserving energy. Paul Smith, a business professor at Mars Hill College, has designed the house of his dreams with a little help from solar power. Finished in 2000, the two-story house is just like any other home with an added feature, a passive-solar sunroom. Story by "DP" Peterson
Convincing Students to Go Green
No matter how beneficial going green may be, it won’t happen without the support of the biggest group on campus -- the students. What ways would excite classmates, teammates, and friends to get involved and start taking action? This is the challenge to getting sustainability efforts up and going. Story by Jordan Elkins
Stern: Commitment, Costs Are Factors Affecting Sustainability
Political science department chair Larry Stern says sustainability ideas are not new and have been gaining attention for many years at Mars Hill College. Story by Shawn Esworthy
Utterback: Campus Efforts at Change a Mixed Bag
Many changes have occurred since 2000 when Jim Utterback began working at Mars Hill, and he said many of these changes have included discussions about sustainability. Story by Megan Trasport
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