Land Use Plan (2011 Strategic Plan)

Hampshire College’s greatest natural resource is its land. Developing a sustainable land-use master plan is imperative to address locations for new facilities, natural land preservation, and farmland usage. The plan will recognize and preserve our farmland for future agricultural uses, and identify areas that would best be utilized for alternative technologies such as solar panels

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 * Most of the buildings (as they are now) have flat roofs. I think these are an opportunity. Ellen Green
 * We have a lot of lawn on campus, and mowing creates more greenhouse gases than driving ... why not convert our mowing fleet to grease - and get free used vegetable oil from SAGA? Or convert more of our lawn space into gardens, fields etc.  This would also save time for our grounds staff which could be utilized elsewhere.  Jessica Gifford
 * I agree with Jessica. Rebecca Thomas, F'07