Environmental Studies

The elm we lost is being replaced!

Come meet fellow Environmental Studies majors, minors, and faculty. Learn more about the major
and opportunities in the program and get any questions answered prior to spring registration.

Prospective majors and minors are also encouraged to attend.

Apples, cider, and cider doughnuts will be served.

Film screening of ECONOCLAST: HERMAN DALY AND THE GOSPEL OF GROWTH, an acclaimed new film by veteran documentary producer John de Graaf.The film profiles the famous economist who challenged his discipline’s focus on economic growth (as unsustainable on a finite planet, and resulting in great inequality) and launched the new field of Ecological Economists.

ENVS 0401 B Community Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum Presentations: Rural Communities and Climate Change.

In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students in ENVS 0401 B will present their work from their semester long projects.

“Which Side Are You On?” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Garret Keizer, Writer.

The issue of environmental justice assayed from a viewpoint both leftishly biased and locally based. Questions raised: Why has “environmentalist” become a dirty word? What are the limits of environmentalism under capitalism? For whom will you be working ten years from now? Will you be working at all?

ENVS 0401 A Community Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum Presentations: Desalt, Detox

In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students in ENVS 0401 A will present their work from their semester long projects.

“Environmental Studies Affiliate Conversations: Excellence, Purpose, and Joy - Environmental Perspectives” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series panel discussion featuring:

David Allen, Associate Professor of Biology
Michael Sheridan, Professor of Anthropology
Spring Ulmer, Assistant Professor of English

“Desertification Archives: Global Black Ecologies and Anticipating Terror” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Brittany Meché, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Faculty in Science and Technology Studies and Africana Studies, Williams College.

“The Narratives of Nature” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Bira Vanara, a Mixed Media Artist. 

For our entire known history, humans as a species have told stories about how we and nature came to be, and why things happen as they do. This discourse will explore how story still determines the way we perceive our relationship to the natural world through the narrative lens.

“Toxic Chemicals Deregulation is Bad for Your Health: Let’s Talk About the Toxics in Your Water and Food” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Clinical Professor Emerita of Environmental Health Boston University School of Public Health.