News & Updates
EarthFest 2023: Celebrating Earth & Community
May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023 May 11, 2023Towards Restorative Practice: Re-Imagining Root
May 11, 2023Considering Climate Across Campuses: Mount Holyoke Summit on Women’s Leadership in Climate Justice
May 11, 2023iNaturalist, the City Nature Challenge, and Williamstown
May 11, 2023 April 19, 2023 April 19, 2023Student Free Store at Goodrich Coffee Bar
April 19, 2023Keeping Your Swagger but Losing the Swag
April 19, 2023Williams Fleet Electrification Just Got a Boost
April 19, 2023New DC Member Joins the Root Team
April 19, 2023Electric Lawn Mower Study Results
April 19, 2023Davis Center Building Project Interview
March 18, 2023Sawyer Seed Library Opening Soon
March 17, 2023PLANning our way to Zero Waste
March 16, 2023Tote Bags Made of Jeans: A Denim Upcycling Event
March 16, 2023Creating Sustainable and Equitable Systems with Generation Conscious
March 16, 2023Williams College Seed Library, Opening in April
February 3, 2023Moving Towards Zero Waste: ZC Intern Project Updates
February 3, 2023C2C Bard Fellowship: What’s your Sustainability pitch?
February 3, 2023Sustainable Winter Break Checklist
February 3, 2023Zilkha Center Thanks Participants in Sustainability Literacy Survey
February 3, 2023Sharing Sustainability Strategy: Attending and Presenting at GCSHE
February 3, 2023Summary of COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
February 3, 2023From Concrete Origins to Meaningful Connection
February 3, 2023Shoveling Shindig: How Waste from the Composting Toilets Turns Into Soil
February 3, 2023WOC, Mountain Day, and Sustainability
February 3, 2023 October 7, 2022Fall Harvest Recipe from Tanja Srebotnjak, ZC Director
October 6, 2022 October 6, 2022Another Wonderfully Crazy First Days Experience
October 5, 2022Air Travel Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information and Reduction Program launched
October 3, 2022Passing of Williams Alum and Zilkha Center Benefactor Selim Zilkha, class of 1946
August 26, 2022 August 24, 20222022 Summer Internship Adventures
July 2, 2022Food Ecosystems Organizing in Chicago: Hosting Ahmad Jitan on Campus
May 16, 2022Update on the Travel Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Proposal
May 16, 2022Williams Sustainable Growers gets planting!
May 16, 2022 May 16, 2022Williams College achieves STARS Gold sustainability rating
May 16, 2022Hungry on a Monday night? A student reflection on Meatless Monday
May 10, 2022Divestment: What does it really mean?
April 14, 2022Food for the Future: Reducing our Carbon Footprint through Sustainable Purchasing
April 14, 2022Environmental Justice & Your Laundry: Update on the GenCo Program
April 13, 2022Event Update: Come Hell or High Water Surprise!
March 17, 2022Intern Perspective: Green Energy in Ethiopia
March 17, 2022 March 17, 2022A Swim in the Hoosic: How Bad Can It Be?
March 17, 2022Spring Gardening Tips for Williamstown, MA and the Berkshires
March 17, 2022Putting sustainability at the bow of Williams-Mystic
March 17, 2022Sustainability in international education: Going green and going global
March 17, 2022Evaluating sustainability on campus through STARS
March 17, 2022Intern Spotlight: Community Engagement intern Micaela Foreman
March 3, 2022 February 21, 2022 February 21, 2022Reusable To-Go Container Case Study
February 21, 2022Hitting the “grounds” running with office coffee compost
February 21, 2022Goodrich Dishwasher Up & Running!
February 15, 2022February carbon & waste planning updates
January 21, 2022 January 20, 2022 January 19, 2022Zero Waste and Climate Action Plan Updates
January 18, 2022Summary of 2020-21 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report
December 13, 2021 December 10, 2021Mike Evans Receives Award from the Post-Landfill Action Network!
December 10, 2021Sustainable Winter Break Checklist
December 10, 2021Should Williams Put a Price on Carbon?
December 8, 2021Fort Bradshaw Achieves LEED Gold!
December 7, 2021Volunteering with Window Dressers
November 4, 2021 November 4, 2021Farmington Solar Project is now operational with Williams’ involvement
October 28, 2021Welcoming Christine Seibert, ZC Sustainability Coordinator
September 28, 2021Feedback on Waste Bins & Waste Signage
August 10, 2021New Campus Trash & Recycling Containers
July 22, 2021Summer Compost Collection on Campus
May 17, 2021 May 14, 2021 May 14, 2021Strategic Planning Update May 2021
May 14, 2021Introducing the Zilkha Center’s DEI Strategy
May 13, 2021From Oceans to Internet: Adapting Williams-Mystic Courses for Zoom
May 13, 2021 April 14, 2021Gardening From England to Florida, Now Finally in Williamstown
April 14, 2021 April 14, 2021Climate and Environmental Policy during Biden’s first 100 Days in Office
April 8, 2021A Zoom Conversation with the COOL Committee on a Net-Zero Williamstown
March 10, 2021Zilkha Center’s Campus-Sustainability Summer Internships
March 9, 2021ZC is Hiring an Intern to Help to Launch the Williamstown Composting Project
February 24, 2021 February 13, 2021A Deep Dive into Williams-Mystic
February 2, 2021Applications Open for Plots in the WC Community Garden
December 18, 2020Zilkha Center Sustainability Coordinator Job Posting
December 2, 2020 December 2, 2020 December 1, 2020 December 1, 2020An Update on Sustainable Food At Williams
November 21, 2020 November 18, 2020Update on the Community Garden from The Record
October 22, 2020Envisioning Just Worlds with adrienne maree brown
October 19, 2020 October 13, 2020 October 6, 2020Provost’s Update on Sustainability & Strategic Planning
September 10, 2020September 2020 Update on Strategic Planning
September 10, 2020Introducing the new Zilkha Center Director: Tanja Srebotnjak
September 10, 2020September 2020 Update on Carbon Offset Purchase
September 10, 2020September 2020 Update on Progress to our 2020 Goals
September 10, 2020 September 10, 2020Root 2020: A virtual array of Environmental Justice events
September 8, 2020Hiring Academic Year Interns – Apply by Sunday September 13th!
August 27, 2020Summer Artist in Residence: Ana Laura Delgado Fernandez ’22
August 14, 2020Environmental Module — Online Education Program
June 29, 2020Williams Pilots Innovative Investment in Local Carbon Reduction Projects
June 24, 2020Reassessing the Campus Approach to Zero Waste
May 28, 2020Sustainability requirements: An Eco Advisor project
May 28, 2020What did our Sustainable Food interns do this year?
May 28, 2020A Note from Garden Intern Baladine Pierce ‘20
May 19, 2020Zero Waste interns: COVID-19 presents us with an opportunity for social change. Let’s not waste it.
May 8, 2020Summer Community Resilience Grants: ‘Local Responses to COVID-19,’ funded by the ZC, DC, CLiA
May 8, 2020Note from the Director, May 2020
April 1, 2020Requesting video submissions for Dining Services
April 1, 2020Update from the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives
March 7, 2020Annual fruit tree pruning workshop attracts students, staff, professors
February 24, 2020Emissions reduction through energy conservation at Williams
February 20, 2020Work with the Zilkha Center this summer! Priority Deadline March 8th!
February 11, 2020Apply for two new Spring semester Internships by Sunday Feb 16th!
February 10, 2020Calling All Dishes – “Bring It Back” is Back!
December 13, 2019Staff & Faculty: Things to Think About When Leaving Your Office for an Extended Break
December 12, 2019End of Semester (Sustainable) To-Do List
December 5, 2019Leah Penniman, local farmer-activist visits campus
December 5, 2019Fall garden party appreciates the wilderness on campus
December 3, 2019Hiring Root Directors 2020! Application deadline extended!
December 3, 2019Seeking Root Leaders for Fall 2020! Application deadline extended!
November 21, 2019Students: Things to Think About When Leaving Williams for an Extended Break
November 21, 2019Offer a ride on Switchboard for a chance to win a gift card
November 20, 2019Video: Healthy Building Materials presentation by Jaya Alagar ’22
November 15, 2019RSVP for Green Office Community Get-Together
October 29, 2019Feedback Survey on Real Food Day dinners
October 21, 2019Green Office Liaison reflects on “Ditch Your Trash Can” initiative
October 18, 2019Director’s Corner: October 2019
October 18, 2019Williams Inn and Bookstore self-guided sustainability tours
October 17, 2019Update on ’66 Center solar panel construction
October 15, 2019Carbon Offsets Trial Purchase – September 2019
October 12, 2019Food Justice Week and Beyond, 2019
October 1, 2019Spencer Art Studio Meadow: In conversation with Pallavi Sen
August 27, 2019Announcing Zilkha Center Academic Year Internships!
August 15, 2019Introducing Brittany Meché: Bolin Fellow in Environmental Studies
August 13, 2019 August 1, 2019An Update on Williams’ Collaborative Solar Project in Farmington, Maine
July 24, 2019Williams College’s New Community Garden!
May 22, 2019Putting Theory into Practice: Intern Jaya Alagar ’22 shares about her environmental justice project
May 22, 2019“Pod Save Williams” – Listen to Student Podcasts about Sustainability at the College
May 15, 2019Intern Jaya Alagar presents Healthy Building Materials lecture
May 15, 2019Did You Know? You Can Recycle Your Batteries On Campus
May 15, 2019 May 11, 2019Director Amy Johns awarded Living Futures Hero by the International Living Future Institute
May 11, 2019Bringing a community and campus approach to sustainability
May 11, 2019Give it Up! donation pods on campus now
April 30, 2019Infographics shed light on water sustainability at Williams
April 23, 2019Products Worth a Thousand Pictures and a Million Words: Independent Winter Study Project
April 19, 2019Give it Up! move-out pods and locations now available
April 2, 2019New “Conceptualizing our Carbon” poster series
April 2, 2019Equity Drafting Table presentation at NESSBE
April 1, 2019Waste Audit Sorting Party 2019 Recap
February 22, 2019Dartmouth Student Sustainability Summit – call for presenters
February 15, 2019Williams College Highlights Sustainability with New Interactive Map and Audio Tour
February 15, 2019Wondered about our gardens? Infographic here!
February 15, 2019 February 15, 2019“The turn to zero waste: A call for better sustainability at Williams” by Allie Campbell ’21
February 12, 2019Williams College Highlights Sustainability with New Interactive Map and Audio Tour
February 5, 2019 February 2, 2019Pod Save Williams: Audio Stories about Making the College More Sustainable
January 23, 2019Hiring Environmental Justice Intern – Spring 2019
December 15, 2018ICYMI: Student Report about On-Campus Emissions Reduction Possibilities
November 30, 2018ZC is Now Hiring Interns for Winter Study and Spring Semester
November 27, 2018What Happens in the Bathrooms of the Envi Center?
November 27, 2018Designing a Better Move-out Process
November 26, 2018Trash, Recycling, & Composting Data for Your Class Project
November 21, 20182018 Winter Blitz Helps Local Residents Prepare for Winter
November 6, 2018Read the latest Williams College Emissions Report
November 3, 2018Pod Save Williams: Audio Stories about Creating a More Sustainable College
October 18, 2018Deadline Extended: Apply to be Root Co-director!
September 5, 2018Take the Survey – Sustainability in our Built Environment
August 21, 2018The ZC is hiring Academic Year Interns
August 20, 2018The New Lehman: Observing the Sustainable Design Process
August 1, 2018The Garden Interns Ivana Onubogu ’21 and Noah Cowit ‘20 Welcome You to the Envi Center Gardens
July 31, 2018Natalie Turner-Wyatt ’19 Tackles Real Food Challenges
July 27, 2018 July 18, 2018Jamal Meneide ’19 talks Videography and Community Commitment
July 12, 2018Notes from the Fields: Crystal Ma ’21 on her Summer at Yunnan U
July 10, 2018ZC Intern Update #2: Heat Wave
July 6, 2018 June 28, 2018Welcoming Caroline, our new Sustainability Coordinator!
June 27, 2018 May 18, 2018 May 9, 2018Give It Up! – End of Year Donation Program
May 2, 2018Help Get Dishes Back to the Dining Halls
May 1, 2018End-of-Year Computer Recycling program – GreenUp
April 30, 2018Forward Food Experience – May 3rd in Whitman’s
April 30, 2018 April 26, 2018
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