November 19, 2020 By Julia Munemo The Global Ocean, taught this semester by the five faculty members who constitute the Williams-Mystic program, is among several new courses introducing Williams students to the interdisciplinarity of the sea. Based in Mystic, Conn., the program generally draws students from colleges across… Continue reading »
The topics of community, small farms, fishermen, and justice concluded the month’s log lunches. Niaz Dorry is the coordinating director of Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance and National Family Farm Coalition. She began her talk by explaining to everyone how she arrived to Williamstown from Gloucester, Massachusetts:… Continue reading »
This week’s Log Lunch talk, given by Dr. Taza Schaming, was about the relationship between Clark’s nutcrackers and whitebark pine in the Northern Rockies. Whitebark pine is a high-elevation tree that is a keystone species in its mountain habitat. It fulfills many important ecological roles, including maintaining snowpack and… Continue reading »
This past Friday Liz Moran, policy director for the New York Public Interest Research Group, shared the unresolved story of the Hoosick Falls water contamination. By sharing the story of the Hoosick Falls community, Liz helped raise awareness of the crisis that is still in the process… Continue reading »
Williams College students present their recommendations for Prospect Mountain Ski Area in Woodford at the Bennington Free Library on Wednesday. BENNINGTON — Advancing Prospect Mountain Ski Area’s nascent snowmaking effort, installing a solar panel system atop the base lodge, posting mountain conditions more regularly online and expanding the… Continue reading »
Fara Courtney is Principal of Outer Harbor Consulting and Strategic Advisor to the Partnership for Offshore Wind Energy Research. She spoke at log lunch this week about the status of U.S. offshore wind projects. After asking for a show of hands, it was clear that not… Continue reading »
Lauret Savoy in the MatT Cole Reading room with the 1960’s scholars The Center for Environmental Studies was honored to have Dr. Lauret Savoy author and David B. Truman Professor of Environmental Studies and Geology at Mount Holyoke College share her book with us. Her 2015 book, Trace:… Continue reading »
The 5th annual Berkshire Natural History conference brought together a community of naturalists, students, scientists, activists, and people of all ages to celebrate the natural beauty of the Berkshires and to encourage its preservation. The conference was sponsored this year by Green Berkshires, Berkshire Community College, Williams College Department of Biology,… Continue reading »
Professor of Economics and Provost Dukes Love. This week at Log Lunch, Provost and Professor Dukes Love talked about Williams’ approach to sustainability and its future at the college. He is on the sustainability planning group for strategic planning and as Williams is closing in on the 2020 commitment… Continue reading »
Professor Sonya Auer (right) and Professor Sarah Gardner (left) Sonya Auer, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, studies the ways in which animals cope with change in their environment. She gave a Log Lunch this week about her work on salmon in the highlands of Scotland. She explained how dams… Continue reading »
Del Rose Hooker (left) and Ingrid Thyr (right) Del Rose Through a CES grant, Del Rose ’21 went to Ecuador with Cristina Mancilla ’20 to study Ithomiini, or clear wing, butterflies in a cloud forest on the Eastern Andes. She investigated the relationship between regional diversity of clear… Continue reading »
Confronting Climate Change Film Continue reading »
Stephen Polasky ’79 is an Ecological/Environmental Economics Professor at the University of Minnesota. Additionally, he is on the Board of Directors and Science Council of The Nature Conservancy as well as the Director of the Natural Capital Project. Polasky spoke at Log Lunch and had a seminar with the Class… Continue reading »
Environmental Science major, Paul de Konkoly Thege ’14 presented his senior thesis research at log lunch on April 25, 2014. His research was focused on studying ocean circulation to learn more about rapid climate change. De Konkoly Thege first explained the two basic types of ocean circulation: surface ocean circulation… Continue reading »
Carbon Emissions Awareness For Earth Week, a group of students made an art display in Paresky to show the volume of carbon emitted by a member of the Williams College community per day. Michael Klare on “The Carbon Curse: Resisting the Addictive Lure of Fossil Fuels”… Continue reading »
Matt Silver ’01 is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cambrian Innovation. Cambrian Innovation was founded in 2006, while Silver was attending MIT, as a solution-oriented technology company that works with corporate, government, and agricultural clients. While at Williams, Silver majored in Astrophysics and Art History and continued his… Continue reading »
Jen Lazar ’04 is a co-founder, program consultant, and facilitator of the Field Academy, an educational program that seeks “to connect, engage, empower, and educate young people from across the United States in order to inspire enduring learning and create a just and healthy world.” Lazar along with Annie Moore… Continue reading »
Karen Weinberg owns and operates a sheep farm named 3 Corner Field Farm, with her husband, Paul Borghard, and their two daughtes. Their farm started in 2000 and raises sheep which in turn provide yogurt, cheese products, fiber, and meat. Weinberg spoke about the challenges of meeting the desires of… Continue reading »
Roopali Phadke, is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Macalester College. She studies political economy, science, and technology through the lens of environmental studies. Some of her work has focused on wind energy development, local place politics and energy production. On March 10, 2014, Phadke spoke about her work… Continue reading »
Alison Carter is a Senior Program Officer with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the world’s largest conservation organization. The mission of WWF is “to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth” and “to build a future in which people live in harmony… Continue reading »
Gregory Durrell is a Senior Research Scientist and chemical engineer at Battelle where he specializes in sediments found in water. As a research and consulting firm, Battelle is unique in its purely scientific approach. Durrell spoke about his work in the chemistry of sediment offshore Alaska. Durrell began his log… Continue reading »
Joshua Welch ’86 is a Managing Partner at Vicuna Advisors LLC. Additionally, he is the owner of a small grass-fed beef cattle operation that is located by his home in Stonington, CT. In 2002, Welch decided to move to southeastern Connecticut and convert 45 acres of land into pastures to… Continue reading »
Lisa Fernandez is the Assistant Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication. She has a background in urban development both nationally and internationally. Fernandez spoke about the work of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and how their research focuses on climate change and the American mind. Continue reading »
Sugar House at Hopkins Memorial Forest Continue reading »