Environmental Studies and Zilkha Center for the Environment Reorganization
Effective July 1, 2024, the Zilkha Center and the co-curricular components of the Center for Environmental Studies merged to become the new Zilkha Center for the Environment link, while the Environmental Studies Program link, became a stand-alone interdisciplinary academic program that is the home of the Environmental Studies curriculum. You can read more about the changes here.
Department News
Jan 11th, 2025
Log Lunch with Robin McGraw and Sergeant Jason Turner: Why Aquaponics Now?
On Friday, January 10, the Log Lunch community gathered for the first talk of 2025 to hear from Robin McGraw and Sergeant Jason Turner who are the founder and supervisor, respectively, of the Berkshire House of Corrections Aquaponics Lab. The...
Jan 8th, 2025
Log Lunch with Meaghan Boehm ’25, Brodie Leo ’25, and Yaroslava Yashchuk ’26: Public Outreach for Pownal’s Forest
On Friday, December 6 the Log Lunch community gathered for the last lunch of the semester to hear from Meaghan Boehm ’25, Brodie Leo ’25, and Yaroslava Yashchuk ’26 about their work doing public outreach for Pownal’s town forest in ENVI...
Nov 19th, 2024
Log Lunch with Winton Pitcoff: Policy, Practice, and Plates
On Friday, November 15, the Log Lunch community gathered to hear about food policy from Winton Pitcoff, the Deputy Commissioner and Legislative and Policy Director of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources. “Most people don’t think about food policy, because...