Among a half dozen exemplary undergraduate research initiatives featured on the homepage of the Undergraduate Research Commons is the Colby Environmental Assessment Team. The team, part of the Environmental Studies Program’s capstone experience, has students take an intensive research course
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Colby hosts Mainstreaming Local Food to Institutions conference
On Tuesday, October 14 Colby College hosted over 100 people at Mainstreaming Local Foods to Institutions conference. There were great discussions around the tables between farmers, activists, and institutions. For more about the conference visit, http://www.mainefarmlandtrust.org/mainstreaming-local-food-to-institution/…
ES Majors Attend Peoples Climate March in NYC
The Environmental Studies Program was pleased to support the efforts of over 30 of our majors to attend the The Peoples Climate March on September 21 in New York City. For more about the march you can visit many media …
Terry Tempest Williams to be Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Fellow in Environmental Studies
The Environmental Studies Program is pleased to announce that Terry Tempest Williams will be the Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Fellow in Environmental Studies for 2014. Ms. Williams will be on campus October 1- October 3. In addition to the time …
Sara LoTemplio ’16, ES Major, presenting at Ecological Society of America Conference
Ethiopian Orthdox church forests provide hydrological ecosystem services: evidence from stream sediment and aquatic insect analyses
Friday, August 15, 2014
Exhibit Hall, Sacramento Convention Center
Sara LoTemplio , Environmental Studies, Colby College, Waterville, ME
Travis Reynolds , Environmental Studies, Colby
…Samantha Lovell ’16 and Elizabeth McCormack ’15 Attend International Marine Conservation Congress in Scotland
Two Colby students will present original research about marine conservation issues in New England at the International Marine Conservation Congress in Glasgow, Scotland, August 14-18. [http://www.conbio.org/mini-sites/imcc-2014] Samantha Lovell ’16 is the presenting author on a project titled “Restoration …
ES faculty member and students attend Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences annual meeting
Four Colby students (Marie Abraham ’14, Grey Benjamin ’14, Ellen Evangelides ’14, and Jacob Wall ’16) and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Travis Reynolds participated in a thematic panel to discuss “Community Forest Governance in a Globalizing World: Opportunities and …
Two ES students receive funding from Projects for Peace
Sara LoTemplio ’16 and Eda Reed ’16 with funding from a Projects for Peace Awardconducted environmental education in some of the local schools in Chiquilistagua, Nicaragua during the period June 7-20th. They will also be providing water filters …
Four ES Seniors Will Attend Aquatic Conference
Four seniors—Becky Forgrave, Theresa Petzoldt, Emily Arsenault, and Grace Reville—will miss senior week to attend the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) May 18-23 in Portland, Ore. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Denise Bruesewitz is also attending and will talk about …
Grant Widens Research Path to Ethiopia’s Church Forests
By Gerry Boyle
Few Western scientists have experienced Ethiopia’s church forests—religious sanctuaries preserved for centuries by the country’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church in the belief that a church site should resemble heaven on earth, the Biblical Garden of Eden.
And …