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Sustainability

  • The front desk at Jesup
    Jesup front lobby gets a lighting makeover.
    The old lights in Jesup main lobby and front desk area were dim, inefficient, had especially poor color...
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    150 Mile Meals
    150-Mile Meals on April 22
    It won’t be business as usual in the Williams College dining halls on April 22nd this year. In...
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    Ackerman-Leist's new book, Rebuilding the Foodshed, offers case studies of regional foodsheds and principles for developing enduring food systems.
    Philip Ackerman-Leist Speaks on Scaling Up Sustainability
    by Celeste Berg ’13 Philip Ackerman-Leist is all about the practical. On the evening of Wednesday, February 13th,...
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    Replacing Old Freezers and Fridges in Science Quad
    This summer Zilkha interns monitored the energy use of fridges and freezers in the science quad.  Many of...
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    Just Food Conference panel discussion
    Just Food 2013 Conference Report
    by Andrea Lindsay ’13 As an Environmental Policy major and Latina/o Studies concentrator, I have spent most of...
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    New LED’s at WCMA
    The Zilkha Center is helping to replace incandescent lights in the museum with LEDs, which better illuminate the...
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    Chapin Chandeliers Go LED
    The  chandeliers in Chapin Hall have been retrofit with white, dimmable, globe-shaped LED bulbs.  These will reduce the...
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    New recycling barrels on Spring Street!
    [caption id="attachment_1194" align="alignleft" width="548" caption="For bottles and cans (clap your hands)."][/caption]   Three new recycling barrels are installed...
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    Rental houses weatherized
    Six rental properties have been weatherized this winter under the Mass Save program.  Cellulose insulation is densely packed...
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    Lansing Chapman Rink
    Lansing Chapman Rink
    Lansing Chapman Rink – Working off of a previous student project, the Zilkha Center has headed a restoration...
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    Caption here! Pretty fig trees all around.
    Greening the President’s House
    [caption id="attachment_2528" align="alignleft" width="300"] Toilet: For #2 uses 1.6 gallons of water, for #1 only .8 gallons. Lights: ...
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    Students make bread with Lead Baker Michael Menard.
    Students Learn That Culinary Skills Extend Beyond the Kicthen
    Three weeks was just enough time. By January 24th, the ten students in the winter study course Elementary...
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    No Impact Week
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