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 »
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On Friday, November 10, the Log Lunch community welcomed State Senator Paul Mark to discuss the Massachusetts Community Climate Bank, the state’s first “green bank.” With $50 million in state funding from the Department of Environmental Protection that is available to municipalitie, the goal of the initiative is… Continue reading »
To round out the October Log Lunches, Williams students, parents, and community members were joined by Grace Weatherall ’16, a current Attorney Advisor at the EPA. After graduating from Williams with a double major in English and Environmental Studies, Grace studied at Harvard Law School before working as a legal… Continue reading »
At the most recent Log Lunch, diners heard from four students about their summer work, funded by grants from the Center for Environmental Studies. First off was Ella Ball ’25, who worked at the Rich Earth Institute in Brattleboro, VT to advance human waste as an organic resource for fertilization. Continue reading »
On October 6, the Log Lunch community heard from three student speakers, all of whom had received summer funding from CES to work on farms. Sarah Gardner explained that the summer is the peak of growing seasons for farmers, meaning many are looking for extra help over these… Continue reading »
On October 4, the Center of Environmental Studies 1960’s Scholars Program welcomed Michael Howard, Emeritus professor of Philosophy from the University of Maine. At the center of Howard’s talk is the question of what is a just allocation of the burdens of climate change, and how might universal… Continue reading »
For the last Log Lunch of September, the Williams community welcomed Alanah Keddell-Tuckey, director of the office for Environmental Justice at the New York Department for Environmental Conservation (DEC). Alanah began her talk by defining Environmental Justice as the constant and meaningful involvement of all people “in the… Continue reading »
On September 22, the Log Lunch community welcomed Theresa Ong ’09 as the first guest speaker of the year to discuss her research regarding socioecological constructions of community in urban gardens. Theresa, who now serves as an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Ecology, Evolution, Environment and Society… Continue reading »
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