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 …
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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 …
Big Fish Stories Getting Littler, Prof. Loren McClenachan’s research highlighted on RadioLab
Prof. Philip Nyhus research discussed in National Geographic Daily News
“This I Believe” student essays
This fall EN126f American Environmental Writing Since Thoreau: The Story of People and Nature
This fall EN126f American Environmental Writing Since Thoreau: The Story of People and Nature focused on broad themes such as observing, exploring, working the land, and …
Lappé, “My 5 Minutes at the World Food Prize honoring a Monstanto exec, What I wish I had said”
The Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Fellow in Environmental Studies, posts her thoughts on attending the World Food Prize.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frances-moore-lappe/my-5-minutes-at-the-world_b_4138370.html…
State of Maine’s Environment report used by Maine gubernatorial candidate
A recently-produced report by gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler uses data from Colby ES 493: Environmental Policy Practicum, The State of Maine’s Environment report. The data comes from the 2009 report chapter title, “The Sate of Coastal and Marine Management in …
Colby lecture focuses on food shortage myths
By Rachel Ohm rohm@centralmaine.com
Staff Writer
WATERVILLE — The challenge of humanity is how we see the planet. As human beings, we are wired to see the world a particular way.
“We grow up in a certain culture, and it's …