On March 3, the Log Lunch community gathered to hear from Paul Gallay ’81 about coastal resilience planning in New York City. Paul serves as the director of Columbia University’s Center for Sustainable Urban Development’s Resilient Coastal Communities Project (RCCP), a partnership between the Columbia Climate School and… Continue reading »
At this week’s Log Lunch, the Williams community gathered to hear from Sarah Cooperman ‘17 about her wildlife rehabilitation work. Sarah expressed her life-long love for wildlife protection; growing up she had big dreams of becoming a marine biologist, but her passion for wildlife underdogs eventually led her… Continue reading »
Williams College students, faculty, and community members gathered for the first Log Lunch of the spring semester to hear from Jeff Thaler, a Williams graduate from the class of ‘74. Thaler wears many hats in the world of environmental law and policy—both figuratively and literally, as he sported… Continue reading »
On January 20th, the Log Lunch community had the privilege of hearing from local farmer, chef, florist, entrepreneur and activist Tu Le. Over a delicious meal of North African soup with lentils, beans, and millet, Moroccan flatbread, Lebanese slaw and rice flour cookies made with produce from Mighty… Continue reading »
Just-Zero has four main goals: changing how solid waste is processed, ending landfilling, keeping compost clean, and reducing single-use items. Solid-waste disposal often uses dangerous methods and there is a lack of investment in real solutions. One false solution is incineration, often disguised by nice-sounding terms… Continue reading »
When Gavin McCormick ‘05 began his PhD in Environmental Economics at Berkeley, he anticipated spending years developing new methods to quantify and evaluate greenhouse gas emissions. What he didn’t anticipate, however, was that his ideas would revolutionize climate science and transform global climate policy. As he spoke to… Continue reading »
At the final Log Lunch of the semester, three students from the Environmental Planning Class presented their findings on Williams College’s potential for solar polar generation. Caroline Ro, Isabelle Zollinger, and Cole Whitehouse (all from the class of 2023) worked with two clients—Tana Srebotnjak, the Director of Zilkha Center Environmental… Continue reading »
On December 2nd, Abe Noe-Hayes of the Rich Earth Institute called the Log Lunch community to consider an important question: what is one of the most nutrient rich, easily created, and easily wasted substances in the world? With a talk entitled “Rethinking Urine: A Solution for Climate, Water, and Agriculture,”… Continue reading »
At the final Log Lunch of November, the Williamstown community gathered to learn from Norris Guscott, an Equity Policy Networks Manager at the Massachusetts Food System Collaborative and Food Security Task Force Leader in the city of Lynn, MA. Guscott began his career in community organizing in neighborhood… Continue reading »
Robin Broad/John Cavanagh video As alumni prepared to return to Williamstown this Homecoming weekend, Robin Broad ‘76 had a homecoming of her own this past Wednesday, November 9th, her first time back in Williamstown in 45 years. She was joined by husband, co-adventurer, and co-author John Cavanagh in speaking… Continue reading »
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