Welcome to the Zilkha Center for the Environment
Zilkha Center for the Environment (ZCE) oversees campus sustainability efforts, manages Hopkins Memorial Forest in partnership with a committee of researchers and other stakeholders, offers time-honored co-curricular initiatives such as the student summer grant program, Log Lunch, and Maple Fest, and is the administrative home of the Environmental Justice Clinic.
Protecting the environment and building sustainable societies and economies takes all of us. The ZCE works to achieve Williams College's strategic sustainability goals. We emphasize engaging students in this work and—through our co-curricular programs and management of the Hopkins Memorial Forest—extend the opportunities for experiential learning, applied research and community engagement beyond our campus borders.
News & Updates
Log Lunch Summaries
Upcoming Events
Hopkins Memorial Forest manager Elise Leduc-Fleming, took ZCE staff and interns out to tour the recently acquired bog in Pownal Vermont! Stay tuned for how you too can explore the bog soon
Join us for our Garden-to-Cup Tea Tasting! This Saturday, July 25th 7-9PM @ the Envi Center at Williams 🌿☕️⭐️🍵🪴⭐️
Join ZCE interns and the Boba Tea Lounge to test a seasonal, garden-grown tea blend! Learn about sustainable tea sourcing and enjoy scones with community. FREE & open to all faculty, staff, students, and community members! Please RSVP using the link in our bio!
Groundhog, wuchak, woodchuck, landbeaver or marmot what do you call these little guys ?
#sustainabilty #groundhog #sustainablefuture
A window into ZCE summer intern life, this week with Communications intern Caleb Cavalcante ‘28.5
Find yourself cooking more this summer? In neeed of a relaxing brew? Come through to the ENVI Center to pick your own herbs. Oregano, Lemon Balm and Lavendar are just some of the great plants available in the gardens in front of and behind the Class of ‘66 Environmental Center, tended by our garden interns Jodie Mclean ‘28 & Ryan Nakajima ‘27.
#garden #sustainablegardening
Interns went on an adventure this week to Caretaker Farm, where they had the opportunity to assist the CSA farm’s sustainable agriculture first hand. The ZCE has partnered with Caretaker for years, volunteering and sourcing produce for our weekly community lunches!
#sustainablefarming #sustainablefuture #sustainability #internlife