Carleton Students Create Website Over Proposed Ethanol Plant

Ethanol Plant Debate Website Students at Carleton College in Northfield, MN recently launched a website to contribute to a community discussion about a proposed ethanol plant in nearby Bridgewater Township.

www.OurEthanolDebate.com is filled with basic ethanol information and discussion of the environmental, economic and political issues under consideration within the community and throughout the country. The website is chock-full of multimedia, including video interviews and podcasts with local farmers, citizen activists and professors.

“We’re a part of this community, too,” explains Elizabeth Webb ’09 (Waterville, Maine), “and we think it’s important that all of us in the greater Northfield community understand the complexities around building this plant and participate in the ensuing dialogue.”

The website was a collaborative effort of a number of Carleton courses, including, Environmental Issues and Media Representation, Nonfiction Video Production, Creating Journalism, and Hydrology. It demonstrates that there are other creative ways for youth and students to engage themselves in important discussions regarding our energy future and climate change.

About Whit

Whit recently graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, MN where he majored in International Relations and minored in Political Economy and Environmental Studies. While on campus, he and his friends worked to make Carleton carbon neutral by designing a Sustainability Revolving Fund, studying the feasibility of bringing new wind turbines to campus, and participating in Minnesota Campus Wars. He spent his summer organizing the March to ReEnergize Iowa, and is currently working on Power Shift 2007 and preparing for upcoming international climate negotiations in Bali as the Partnerships Coordinator for SustainUS

2 Responses to “Carleton Students Create Website Over Proposed Ethanol Plant”

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1 juan hoffmaister May 28th, 2007 at 9:18 pm

this is excellent whit, thanks for sharing it. i am glad to see that young people are trying to inform the public on the nuanced issues of biofuels. keep up the good work, it’s great to see young voices trying to inspired an intellectual debate
2 Zoë Caron Jun 1st, 2007 at 4:23 pm

This is amazing! Yaaaaaaa Carleton!