Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary program based on a holistic understanding of environmental issues occurring at the local, national, and global level.  The program offers students tools and perspectives from the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences to understand the causes and consequences of environmental problems and the knowledge to develop potential solutions.

What's New  

• EnviroThursday for November 12 - "War, Peace and the River Basin:  Cold War Geopolitics and the Globalization of Large Dams, 1933-1975" by Christopher Sneddon, Professor of Political Ecology, Dartmouth College, at 12 noon in J. B. Davis Lecture Hall, Campus Center.
     
• EnviroTuesday for November 17 - "Past Climate Dynamics Revealed in South African Hyrax Middens" by Lynne Quick, PhD candidate, Universit of Cape Town, at 12 noon in J. B. Davis Lecture Hall, Campus Center.
     
• "Tapped" Film Screening - December 3, 7-9 p.m, John B. Davis Lecture Hall.  Find out more about the movie at www.tappedthemovie.com.
     
• ES major, Timothy DenHerder-Thomas '09 has been awarded the Mario Savio Young Activist Award forr his work in tackling the problems of climate change and environmental justice.  As part of the award, DenHerder-Thomas received $6,000, half for his project and half to use as he wishes.  The award ceremony took place on Tuesday, October 27, in California.
         
• Article by ES professors Chris Wells and Christie Manning and Sustainaiblity Manager Suzanne Savanick Hansen - Using a Class to Conduct a Carbon Inventory:  A Case Study with Practical Results at Macalester College.
   
  
• Check out this video of Madeline Kovacs study abroad experience in Brazil.