Paul Greenberg speaking in Paresky auditorium. On Thursday, April 14th, Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish and American Catch, visited Williams to talk about his passion for the fishing industry, international and national management, aquaculture, and the… Continue reading »
On Friday, February 12th, Steve Burrington, Executive Director at Groundwork USA visited Log Lunch to share his story about connecting sustainability and equity in US cities. Before joining Groundwork, Steve held several positions with governors’ offices, mayors and diverse private sector organizations to carry out sustainable land use, transportation… Continue reading »
Friday, February 5th, was the first Log Lunch of the spring semester! While visitors ate a delicious, locally sourced and vegetarian lunch, Adam Romero, CES Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow, spoke about the problems associated with the current food movement, which is a topic many log lunch goers grapple with on a daily… Continue reading »
CES Notes Summer 2014 Center for Environmental Studies Williams College ces.williams.edu… Continue reading »
This was the committee’s first year as a standing committee, and the new membership structure was quite effective, bringing together students, faculty, and staff from the Zilkha Center, Facilities, Dining Services, and Information Technology. At the beginning of the year we assessed College progress on various environmental fronts and decided… Continue reading »
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Dr. James Carlton, Director of the Williams-Mystic Program and Professor of Marine Sciences, presented on “Coming to America: Marine Biology and Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris” at Log Lunch on April 12. Focusing on the story of four large docks dislodged from the port of Misawa in Japan, Carlton discussed the… Continue reading »
Professor Michelle Joffroy of Smith College presented a Log Lunch talk on April 5 entitled “The True Cost of Justice: Imagining Ecological and Social Debt in Latina Fiction.” Arguing that cultural expressions allow us to examine questions of environmental justice with greater creativity and to take more risks in critiquing… Continue reading »
The Center for Environmental Studies welcomed professor Kim Fortun of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for a lecture on “Late Industrialism: Characterizing a Historical Moment and its Political-Scientific Challenges” on April 4. Dr. Fortun discussed the need to understand industrialism as a culture with its own set of norms and assumptions that… Continue reading »
USGS research oceanographer Peter Howd has made great strides in actually quantifying the relationship between tropical storms and a warmer planet. Continue reading »
Today’s log lunch featured Williams College’s Rosenburg Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology Hank Art speaking about his travel winter study course to California. Students in the course experienced a broad range of agricultural practices from the vineyards of San Luis Obispo County to winter vegetable and livestock operations in… Continue reading »
CES and Dining Services hosted community food activist Mark Winne for a lecture on “Food Rebels, Guerilla Gardeners, and Smart Cookin’ Mamas: Finding Our Way to Food Democracy” on October 10. Winne has been involved in food and hunger issues for over four decades, and in addition to serving as… Continue reading »
On October 2, CES hosted a “Green Tea” with Anim Steel ’94 while he was on campus as the Social Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Anim is the founder of the Real Food Generation (which has developed the Real Food Challenge) and is also the former Director of National Programs at The Food Project in… Continue reading »
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Environmental Planning Students Present Plan for Green Mountain Racetrack Site Continue reading »
Williams Sustainable Garden Project First Annual Report (2010-2011) [Condensed Version] Introduction The Williams Sustainable Garden Project and Williams Sustainable Growers (WSG) student organization were founded in the spring of 2010. The Williams Sustainable Growers are responsible for planning and maintaining the Williams Sustainable… Continue reading »
On Reunion Weekend about 100 CES alumni and their families reunited at a reception at Harper House. Continue reading »
The goal for summer of 2011 is to census between 33 and 50% of the 400 permanent plots. This research requires enjoying outdoor research and the ability to hike on sometime steep and irregular terrain. Continue reading »
Environmental planning class presents a plan to reduce the city’s carbon emissions and save money for local business owners in the long run. Continue reading »
J.J. Augenbraun and Jennifer Rowe have been selected as 2010 Udall Scholars for their commitment to careers in the environment, health care or tribal public policy. Continue reading »
On April 14, 2010, after a process lasting several years, the Williams College faculty unanimously voted to approve Environmental Science and Environmental Policy as new majors. Continue reading »