Well the herbs are sprouted. Cilantro, basil, chives, chamomile, lemon balm, oregano, thyme, and peppermint. But they currently have no home. We have gotten word from the residence life office that it is "not economical" to house people in the ecohouse during the summer. This is very disappointing as we were led to believe we were going to be able to work something out. This decision is not conducive to our goals. First of all I am currently living in a tent (which is actually really fun and sustainable and I always smell like campfire ). But the site is in Marion so it is not realistic to commute between the tent and the garden everyday. Consequently all planting operations have been halted. We were unprepared for the college, who was so excited about this project, to be our biggest obstacle in our goals for sustainability. We also will not have the opportunity to improve the energy efficiency of the house before it gets cold. Furthermore, the planting season is passing us by. We are currently at a standstill since residence life is untimely in answering emails and lacking in all areas of communication. It seems you have to email them several times and ask for their bosses before they pay any attention to you at all. So only one ecohouse member will be living on campus this summer and while the rest of us will be hanging out in town we will be far away from the house. As we cannot assess the house for problems we also cannot plan the budget, again all plans are halted.
I am disappointed to be treated like a business and not a person here at Coe, and I am also saddened by the apparent apathy of the residence life office. I guess Coe just wants to look green and not actually be green. Sounds a lot like a certain Kyoto accountability issue.
Ayla "medicine woman" Crosswhite
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