On the afternoon of Tuesday October 20, 2020 a group of Williams students joined a dialogue with facilitator, visionary writer and activist adrienne maree brown as an extension of the Root EphVenture program. See a recording of the virtual event here! … Continue reading »
Root is a First-Year orientation program in collaboration with the Zilkha Center and Davis Center. With core principles emphasizing sustainability, environmental justice, and social identity, First-Year students in Root have opportunities to think critically about themselves and the world around them. Due to COVID-19 and in line with most other First Days programming, Root 2020 emphasized virtual engagement and learning, a change of pace from previous years’ visits to Soul Fire Farm, apple festivities at the Zilkha Center, and hangouts in Hardy House. Continue reading »
A new summer grant, “Community Resilience Grants: Local Responses to COVID-19” is available through the Zilkha Center in collaboration with CLiA and the Davis Center. Application Deadline Extended to Wednesday May 27, 2020 Overview The current COVID-19 crisis brings more attention to inequities within the United States… Continue reading »
Summer interns in the Zilkha Center have the opportunity to focus on a wide range of sustainability projects that impact our campus community. While interns with the Zilkha Center carry out specific projects, they are encouraged to be creative in addressing the challenges posed in the internship and… Continue reading »
If you’ve wandered around the Spencer Studio Art Building in recent months, you may have noticed the addition of a burgeoning meadow! Pallavi Sen, Assistant Professor of Art at the College, was behind… Continue reading »
Each summer, the Zilkha Center hires about 8 or so interns in the following fields; Communications, Gardening & Outreach, Artist-in-Residence, Farmington Solar Facility, Sustainability Consultant/Green Offices, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Transportation, Sustainability in Strategic Planning, Or, Submit Your Own Idea!… Continue reading »
Last year, Williams along with Amherst, Smith, Hampshire, and Bowdoin announced that they would collaborate in a purchase and development of a solar electricity site, the NEC Renewable Partnership. The site found its location in Farmington, Maine on land that used to operate as a… Continue reading »
The college is finally going to put a community garden on campus! Staff, faculty, community members, and students alike have desired a shared space to plant to their heart’s content. At the beginning of last year, a google form was sent out to the public through Daily… Continue reading »
The Dartmouth Sustainability Summit is an opportunity for a few student sustainability leaders from each school to build a support network, share successful initiatives, discuss challenges we face, and learn from one another… Continue reading »
Check out the interview by WGBY’s “Connecting Point” of Amy Johns from Williams, Laura Drauker from Amherst, and Dano Weisbord from Smith talking about our collaborative approach to renewable energy. … Continue reading »
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., April 19, 2018— Five of the nation’s leading liberal arts colleges have formed a pioneering collaborative that will allow them to offset 46,000 megawatt hours per year of their collective electrical needs with electricity created at a new solar power facility to be built in Farmington, Maine. The… Continue reading »
Photo (L-R): Mike Evans (Assistant Director), Marshall Borous ‘20, Claudia Reyes ‘18, Elayne Elliott (Sustainability Coordinator) In October, Claudia Reyes ’18 and Marshall Borrus ‘20 attended the 2017 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education conference in San Antonio, Texas with Zilkha Center staff. The annual conference… Continue reading »
Design by Jessica Chen ‘18.5 On Saturday, Nov. 4, students from Williams College, Bennington College, and MCLA will participate in the 10th annual Winter Blitz, a day of service dedicated to weatherizing homes in Northern Berkshire County, as well as Pownal and Bennington, Vt. A community-service event started by… Continue reading »
I just can’t seem to stay away from Amherst (really, the Pioneer Valley more broadly), and it’s not the wider range of restaurants and good coffee that are drawing me there. I’m recently taken my second work-related trip to the Pioneer Valley in as many weeks. Williams, Amherst, Smith, Hampshire… Continue reading »
Williams, Amherst, Smith, Hampshire (and sometimes UMass Amherst) are working on several joint projects – we’re hoping to amplify our impact, and we help keep each other sane and on track. One project we’re calling the Community Climate Fund. (Read more about it here.) The other is related… Continue reading »
Academic food studies stimulate discourse within the curricula of many disciplines. A wide range of academic departments at Williams are eager to develop programming with the Sustainable Food and Agriculture Program, and/or have coursework that use food as a lens through which to view their subject matter. Continue reading »
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