Before the Fall Break and Thanksgiving holiday, Log Lunch goers gathered to view short films by the students in the Environmental Ethnography senior seminar. This particular meal featured a special annual Log Lunch dish: squash fondue! The chefs cooked up butternut squash boats filled with three types of cheese and… Continue reading »
Sophia Schmidt ’17 returned to Williamstown to give the first Log Lunch talk of November, describing her coverage of climate change on Philadelphia public radio. Professor Sarah Gardner introduced Schmidt as one of her former students, an Environmental Studies and Biology double major who worked as a Log… Continue reading »
On October 26th, Log Lunch welcomed Dan Lashof, the Director of the World Resource Institute along. Williams Professor of Environmental Law and Policy Lindi Von Mutius ‘03 welcomed those who made the journey for parents weekend, before introducing Lashof. An old acquaintance and colleague, Von Mutius described Lashof… Continue reading »
On Friday, October 18, the Log Lunch community welcomed student speakers Emma Nathanson ’25 and Campbell Leonard ’25 to discuss their experiences working with local farms, funded by the Center for Environmental studies summer grants program. Emma, a history major, spent the summer collecting oral histories from farmers… Continue reading »
On Friday, October 4, the Log Lunch community gathered to hear from three student speakers — Sam Samuel ’26, Zee Taylor ’27, and Lana Mahbouba 26’ — about their summer research and internships with funding from the Center for Environmental Studies summer grants program. The funding is awarded… Continue reading »
Barton Jones Championing Nature’s Legacy Bart Jones has been President of the Cornwall Conservation Trust since 2011 and a board member since 2009. An all-volunteer board runs the organization, supported by a small part-time staff. CCT was accredited in 2016 and its accreditation was renewed in 2021. Under Bart’s leadership,… Continue reading »
On Friday, September 20, the Log Lunch community gathered to hear from the first speaker of the year — Jessica Bravo, Deputy Chief Environmental Officer at Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior that… Continue reading »
On a beautifully sunny Friday, May 3, the community once again gathered for Log Lunch. As the last Log Lunch of the 23-24 year with a guest speaker, people were excited. The meal provided by the student cooks only added to the excitement, consisting of focaccia with wild… Continue reading »
On Friday, April 26, the community gathered for another excellent Log Lunch meal and speaker. On this day, the student cooks prepared a delicious meal of a chickpea coconut lemon curry, samosas, naan, garlic-chive chutney, a yogurt sauce, a crisp apple, snap pea, cucumber salad with mint, and… Continue reading »
On cloudy and quite warm Friday, April 19, the community gathered for another delicious Log Lunch. Today, the student cooks prepared an excellent meal consisting of chive pancakes, “build your own bibimbap” with crispy tofu, soft-boiled eggs, spicy sesame shredded vegetables with onions from Caretaker Farm, shredded cabbage… Continue reading »
On April 14, students, faculty, and community members were joined by Christina Rosan ‘96, an associate professor of Geography and Urban Studies and Environmental Studies at Temple University, for her talk titled “Climate Change Planning in Low-Wealth Philadelphia Communities: Reimagining Sustainable Cities.” The log lunch chefs served delicious… Continue reading »
An unexpectedly snowy Friday, April 5 brought the community together for Log Lunch, and spirits were high as the student cooks prepared a perfect meal for the day. Today’s menu consisted of carrot ginger soup with maple syrup from Hopkins Forest, a radish pomegranate salad, crispy Spanish patatas… Continue reading »
On a cold and sunny Friday, March 1, the Log Lunch community gathered for the first Log Lunch of this month. Today, the student cooks provided an excellent Mediterranean-inspired meal consisting of falafel, pita, tzatziki, mushroom farro soup, roast veggie kebab, a green salad (lettuce from Full Well… Continue reading »
Last Friday, students, faculty, and community members gathered in the Log for the final log lunch of the semester. Log Lunchers enjoyed vegetable spring rolls with a sweet chili sauce as well as sesame coconut rice with mango and a maple-miso roasted vegetable medley made with fresh syrup… Continue reading »
Last Friday, students, faculty, and community members gathered in the Log for the final log lunch of the semester. Log Lunchers enjoyed vegetable spring rolls with a sweet chili sauce as well as sesame coconut rice with mango and a maple-miso roasted vegetable medley made with fresh syrup… Continue reading »
On March 5th, students and faculty gathered in Griffin Hall to listen to author, professor, scholar, and activist Lori Gruen present her Class of 1960 Scholars Lecture entitled “Justice and Empathy Beyond the Human.” Gruen is a leading scholar in Animal Studies and Feminist Philosophy, currently working as… Continue reading »
As Rabbi Seth Wax highlighted in his opening remarks, community connection is one of the most important methods for navigating grief. On Friday February 22, students gathered together for Log Lunch following the tragic death of a student as a way to seek support, gratitude, and community among… Continue reading »
As Rabbi Seth Wax highlighted in his opening remarks, community connection is one of the most important methods for navigating grief. On Friday February 22, students gathered together for Log Lunch following the tragic death of a student as a way to seek support, gratitude, and community among… Continue reading »
On a warm and sunny Friday, February 9, the Log Lunch community gathered for the first Log Lunch of the semester. With lots of new faces, the Log Lunch staff prepared a delicious New Mexican meal. With the menu spread including an experimental deep fried chile relleno, a… Continue reading »
On Friday, January 19, amidst the freezing cold temperatures outside, the Log Lunch community gathered to eat some delicious warm food prepared by the student cooks. With a menu consisting of coconut eggplant curry, chapati (flatbread), aloo gobi (spiced potato + cauliflower), mint chutney, a beet and cucumber… Continue reading »
On a sunny Friday, January 12, the Log Lunch community gathered to eat a delicious meal prepared by the student cooks. Today, the lunch consisted of a spicy tomato soup, pupusas with cheese and green chili, additional pupusas with beans, curtido relish (including purple daikon from… Continue reading »
On Friday, January 5, two Williams alumni—Sarah Ladouceur ‘18 and Anna Peterson ‘22—gave the first Log Lunch talk of the new year. Sarah and Anna are on the Origination, Financing, and Structuring team at Altus Power, a commercial and industrial (C&I) solar company. Continue reading »
On Friday, December 8, four students of the Environmental Planning workshop–Kitt Urdang, Dover Sikes, Brian Lavinio, and Tiffany Wu–gave the final Log Lunch lecture of the semester. The class is an opportunity for students to get real world experience solving climate change issues in the community. Each group of students… Continue reading »
On Friday December 1, the Log Lunch community was joined by Ellyn Gaydos, author of Pig Years, a work of creative nonfiction that describes her life as a farmhand. Pig Years is not a farm manual, but contains descriptions of… Continue reading »
Community members gathered for the last Log Lunch before Thanksgiving Break this past Friday, where they were joined by Jim Neumann ’84, a current Principal at Industrial Economics in Cambridge, MA. Jim specializes in climate change impact and adaptation analysis, applied environmental economics, and policy analysis. His most recent work… Continue reading »