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COVID-19 and Sustainability

UPDATED 5/13/21 For the past year plus, staff and faculty across the college have been working on the innumerable pivots necessary to ensure that the college could still operate. The Zilkha Center has been working with our colleagues to support sustainable operations and has also been… Continue reading »

September 2020 Update on Strategic Planning

The momentum of the push to finalize the strategic plan was slowed due to COVID-19, but the Zilkha Center has been working with the Provost and colleagues across campus to continue to advance innovative sustainability solutions. We are beginning to lay the groundwork for more specific and detailed… Continue reading »

Williams Pilots Innovative Investment in Local Carbon Reduction Projects

Through a partnership with the environmental nonprofit Center for EcoTechnology (CET), Williams College is piloting an innovative approach to investing in local carbon reduction projects. The Community Climate Fund is a portfolio of projects sourced and implemented by CET that yield measurable carbon… Continue reading »

Emissions reduction through energy conservation at Williams

The Zilkha Center and the Office of Planning Design & Construction (PD&C) collaborate to pursue sustainability projects campus-wide. As part of the sustainability commitments set in 2015 by President Adam Falk, the College continues to commit resources to on-campus emission reduction projects… Continue reading »

Williams makes progress towards emissions goals

In 2007, Williams set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 10% below 1990 levels by 2020. Each year since 2007 we have decreased our emissions through conservation and burning cleaner fossil fuels at our central heating plant. As of fiscal year 2010, Williams is over 60% of the… Continue reading »

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