Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 46.92
Liaison Mike Harrington
Submission Date Aug. 17, 2011
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The New School
Tier2-7: Outdoors Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Joshua Cohen
Sustainability Coordinator
Office for Sustainability, Facilities Management
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Does the institution have a wilderness or outdoors program that organizes hiking, backpacking, kayaking, or other outings for students and follows Leave No Trace principles?:
Yes

A brief description of the program:

Lang Outdoors, a program within the Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, offers a variety of courses to engage students with the urban environment in active, hands-on ways. In addition to physical activity, each course offers the chance to explore political, cultural and environmental issues. Courses focus on such areas as: urban cycling, sustainable gardening, urban park exploration, boat building and marathon training.

The Office of Recreation also organizes day hiking trips, outdoor rock climbing, skiing, orienteering and other outdoor activities for students.


The website URL where information about the program is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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