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Bard Sustainability is shared wellbeing on a healthy planet. AKA Environment+Equity+ Economy = Sustainability

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🍎 Kicking off Campus Crunch Week at Montgomery Place!

We started our weeklong celebration of local apples with a visit to Montgomery Place Orchards!

Guests had the opportunity to explore the orchard, learn more about local apple production, and enjoy a live culinary demonstration featuring apples prepared flambé-style by Executive Chef Jacob.

#barddining #campuscrunch #hudsonvalley #eatlocal

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🍎 Campus Crunch is coming back to campus!

We’re joining colleges across New York to celebrate the fall apple harvest, local agriculture, and sustainable food systems.

Get ready for a week of apple-inspired dishes, tastings, and special events celebrating the food grown here in the Hudson Valley!

Here’s what’s happening throughout the week:

🍏 Monday | 3:30-5:00 | Montgomery Place Orchards Tour & Culinary Spectacle
Explore the orchard, learn about local Apple production, and enjoy a live cooking demonstration featuring freshly harvested apples!

🍎 Tuesday | Apple Tasting PopUp
Stop by and sample a variety of locally grown apples!

🍽️ Wednesday | Campus Crunch Lunch Takeover
We’re taking over lunch at Kline Commons with an apple-inspired menu featuring local apples.

🌽 Friday | 4:00-7:00 | Bard Farm Harvest Party
Celebrate the fall harvest with seasonal bites, live music, and an opportunity to explore the Bard Farm!

And that’s not all! 👀

Be on the lookout for additional PopUps, special menu features, and more throughout the week!

#barddining #campuscrunch #nycampuscrunch #hudsonvalley

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The hunt to find viable red oak acorns took us outside Ludlow, the Fisher Center and by Olin Language Center’s >250 year old oak. Our tree identification skills improved slightly as we progressed. The target acorns proved elusive. We hope the few we found will grow to fill in the understory, in support of a healthy forest. @bardarboretum @bardsustainability @forest.defense

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@bard_osa @bardsustainability

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The Office of Sustainability, the Biology Program, and the Center for Civic Engagement invited budding naturalists on a “Bio blitz” to find and catalog different species living on Bard’s campus. Participants used the iNaturalist app to identify a total of 488 species across campus. 📸: Gaspard Bason ‘29 (@gaspbsn)

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Do you know where the apples at Kline Commons come from? 🍎

Just two miles from campus, Montgomery Place Orchards has been family-owned and operated for nearly four decades. Talea and Doug have tended the orchards since 1987, growing more than 70 varieties of apples.

During peak season, the Bard community enjoy more than 15 bushels - over 400 pounds - of apples each week.

A huge thank you to Talea, Doug, and the entire Montgomery Place Orchards team for helping bring fresh, seasonal apples and produce to Bard each year.

#barddining #bardcollege #hudsonvalley #appleorchard

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We have more Climate Solutions Week events! Swipe through to learn more about them 🌳

Come learn how Vassar College is pushing forward sustainability through an outdoor walking tour that showcases building decarbonization, waste reduction, and regeneration of the campus ecosystem; a space to learn about the rewards and challenges of pushing forth sustainability.

This event allows community members to participate directly in the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program planning process. The Fall Kill Blueway project in Poughkeepsie will employ methods that allow community members to continuously inform the project’s goals and priorities, getting residents to engage with the creek and play a direct role in local waterfront planning. This event is one of these opportunities for the public to share their ideas and influence the project.

This workshop is being held specifically in support of the Fall Kill Blueway, an urban planning project between the City of Poughkeepsie, MASS Design and Scenic Hudson, supported through the city’s LWRP grant to revitalize the Fall Kill creek.

Immerse yourself in an inspiring tour of some of the most innovative green building and regenerative design principles ever realized. When it was completed, the Omega Center for Sustainable Living was the world’s only building to meet both LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge standards. Its all-natural water purification system, the Eco Machine, treats all of Omega’s wastewater without chemicals. Come see why architects, planners, engineers, and others from around the world continue to find inspiration and deepen their connection to the natural world by touring this one-of-a-kind facility.

Red Hook Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) Project Public Kickoff

Sunday September, Sep 20 from 1:30-3pm with Hudsonia who is running our town’s Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) project, for which we also need great pics!

Montgomery Place - 55 Montgomery Place, Red Hook, NY 12571

Pleasant Valley Public Library will unveil and dedicate their new NexTrex garden bench, made from recycled plastic! The library, along with the help of their friends at Pleasant Valley Climate Smart, their patrons and

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Green To-Go is back - and this year, your container is on us! 💚

Starting TODAY at 10AM, all meal plan holders can receive a free reusable Green To-Go Container as part of their meal plan. Get yours at the Kline Commons register!

Take your meal to go, bring your container back, and help us cut down on single-use waste across campus. ♻️

Enrollment is open through September 26 at 5PM.

#barddining #bardcollege

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It’s going to take a bit to restock but we’ll open doors Monday! @bardsustainability

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Democracy Day 2026!

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This past week brought so many fun events! Programming Intern Malena partnered with @barde3.freeuse for Thrift Flip, an event that brought thrifted clothes to life in new and exciting ways! We loved seeing everyone’s creative creations!
📸: Jalen Smiley @behindtheye

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