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   <title>Why I love compost </title>
   <author>Rachel Entin-Bell '27, Zak Maxey ’27, and Chris Schuckers ’25 </author>
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   <description>Why would anyone like to spend their time shoveling piles of rotting food waste? Skidmore’s compost managers, leaders in the College’s student-led campus composting program, explain how they got involved in sustainability at Skidmore and how campus composting doubles as a fun, paid gig and a way to help the planet.</description>
   <pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 08:30:58 -0800</pubDate>
   <tags>sustainability,</tags>
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      <img src="/admissions/student-stories/_images/1008-compost-thumbnail.jpg"
            alt="A student dumping a bin of compost"/>
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      <img src="/admissions/student-stories/_images/1008-compost-main.jpg"
            alt="A campus composting work party "/>
   </image2>
   <image2caption>Campus composting work parties featuring solar-baked s'mores are just one example of why The Princeton Review ranks Skidmore among the top 10 schools in the country where “Green Matters: Everyone Cares About Conservation.”</image2caption>
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