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Williams currently has evacuated tube solar collectors on Fort Hoosac, a graduate dorm.
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Give It Up: End of the Year Collection Drive. As you are moving out of your room, a huge collection drive will be in progress all across campus. You can donate the things you don't want, can't store, or don't want to pack. You'll be helping really important work locally and internationally, and reducing waste. Get the details -->
Students: apply for the Thoreau Fellowship Program. CES and the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives are accepting applications for the Thoreau Fellowship Program for the 2008-2009 academic year. This is a grant-funded project co-directed by CES and Zilkha Center, which will train 10 students in the field of sustainable architecture, site design and green construction. Students will receive stipends and participate in a variety of activities--from workshops, conferences, building tours, a LEED certification class, and a hands-on project for a campus building. Applications due May 16th. See more details -->
Sustainability at Williams: From First-Years to GraduatesStudents: apply for the Thoreau Fellowship Program. CES and the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives are accepting applications for the Thoreau Fellowship Program for the 2008-2009 academic year. This is a grant-funded project co-directed by CES and Zilkha Center, which will train 10 students in the field of sustainable architecture, site design and green construction. Students will receive stipends and participate in a variety of activities--from workshops, conferences, building tours, a LEED certification class, and a hands-on project for a campus building. Applications due May 16th. See more details -->
-by Lisa Carey Moore When Selim Zilkha graduated from Williams in 1946, the need for an office such as the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives could hardly have been anticipated. But in September 2007, the College officially launched the Zilkha Center “to work with students, faculty, and staff to incorporate principles of sustainability into the [...]
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Environmental Tip:
Walk or bike rather than driving a car. For each gallon of gas you burn, 20 pounds of heat-trapping CO2 is released into the atmosphere. Walking and biking is better for you and for the environment.