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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 …

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…