Center for Environmental Studies
Matt Cole Library
Hopkins Forest
Log Lunch Schedule

Past Schedules

2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001


Fall Semester 2002
September 13 Introductions of CES faculty and staff. First year students eat for free!
September 20 Nick Hiza '02 and Chris Warshaw '02, "Wind Power at Williams"
September 27 Tad Ames and Ethan Plunkett '00, Berkshire Natural Resources Council, "Land Conservation in Berkshire County: Greylock Glen and Beyond"
October 4 Louisa Pitt '04 and Sarah Wu '03, "Environmental Education: Two Summer Internships"
October 11 Lal Hahn '04, Eric Kerns'03, and Freeden Oeur '03, "Preserving the Past: The Maya and their Environment"
October 18 Mountain Day
October 25 Hank Art, CES Director, "Williamstown Agriculture: A Report from a Sabbatical"
November 1 Carolyn Dekker '05 and Evan Chadwick '05 "Conservation and Education: Neighboring Causes in Neighboring States"
November 8 Audrey Thier, Environmental Advocates
November 15 Rabbi Michael Cohen, N. American Director, Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, "The Environmental Challenges of the Gulf of Eilat/Gulf of Aquaba"
November 22 Randi Bentley, artist, "From the High Altitude Jungles of Peru to the Floating Islands of Torora Reeds on Lake Titicaca"
Winter Study 2002
January 10 Craig Wells, Deputy Director, Silent Spring Institute, "Innovative Approaches to Research on Health and the Environment"
January 17 Dan Keating, Washington Post and Jim Carlton of the Williams/Mystic Program, "Science and Environment Don't Mix" .
January 24 Ned Sullivan '76, Exec. Director, Scenic Hudson, and Alix Gerosa, Director of Environmental Programs, Scenic Hudson, "Protecting the Hudson Valley and Berkshires through Regional Action"
Spring Semester 2002
February 14 Winter Carnival - No Log Lunch
February 21 Duncan Eccleston, Executive Director, Hoosic River Watershed Association, "Habitat Restoration in the Adams Flood Control Chutes--a multi-stakeholder process"
February 28 Nina Trautmann '03, Jocelyn Gardner '05, and the Log Lunch cooks, "Kneading Dough at 6:00 AM: The Log Lunch Story"
March 7

Saerom Park '04, "Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund: Donor Relations and International Cases"
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Robert Quay '04, "Overcoming Environmental Obstacles through Arts-Based Economic Development"

March 14 Darel Paul, Dept. of Political Science, "The war on terra, or The past, present and future politics of the miracle $1.50/lb. irradiated listerial chicken"
March 21, 28, April 4 Spring Break
April 11 Susie Theroux '05 and Dan Austin '05, "Natural Resource Dependency: Country boy and city girl investigate turtles and buses"
April 18 Marvin Soroos, Class of 1946 visiting professor of international environmental studies, "Far Away Places: Slides and Environmental Commentary from Recent Travels to China, Mongolia, and the United Arab Emirates"
April 25 Judy Harvey '03 and Jordan Goldwarg '03, "Colorado Flooding and Alaskan Subsistence: Iceman and Maverick's Excellent Western Adventures"
May 2 Julie Sze, Gaius Charles Bolin Fellow, Race and Urban Environmental Justice: New York City Asthma Activism
May 9 Senior Log Lunch