Claire Cummings (‘11) 

Isabel Kuniholm (‘12) reflects on her semester abroad.

Emma Redfoot (‘13) writes about ecotourism and voluntourism in this reflection on her experience in Ecuador.

Melanie Frank (‘12) spent last spring in Australia studying the effects of bottled water consumption.

Gus Hynes Hoffman (‘13) has been aboard the Corwith Cramer this semester, part of a crew documenting change as part of the SEA Semester program. 

Lewis & Clark begins composting all over campus.

Stephanie Levine (‘12) reflects on her internship with a local up-and-coming crafting institution.

Lewis & Clark President Barry Glassner advocates for student study of the issues around environmentally viable practices, rather than college efforts to “green the campus” alone.

The ENVS 490 field trip to Bonneville Dam - 10/18/11

This collection of photos from the Environmental Affairs Symposium spans the event from start to finish.

James Rojas, an urban planner and the founder of the Latino Urban Forum, led this group of beginning city planners in constructing planned spaces out of hair rollers, pieces of yarn, Lincoln Logs, corks, bottle caps, and much more.

ENVS 490 traveled throughout Oregon during the weekend of September 23-25.

Taylor Riso tops the competition with her study of phosphorus estimation.

2011-2012 Faculty Profile Q&A

With its focus on integrated sustainability, Lewis & Clark earned the top Oregon spot in Sierra magazine’s “Coolest Schools” list.

2011-2012 Faculty Profile Q&A
Dean Tuajuanda Jordan, College of Arts & Sciences

Earning degrees in both environmental studies and law at Lewis & Clark, Bethany Cotton works as an attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity in Washington, D.C.

Images from a trip to Douglas County during Spring, 2011.

Mia H. reviews the February conference in Washington, DC.

Law professor Melissa Powers is blogging about European approaches to environmental challenges while teaching climate change law in Spain and Italy.

The ENVS Program has hired a new faculty member, Dr. Jessica Kleiss, who will arrive spring semester 2012.

Lewis & Clark top producer of Peace Corps volunteers in new ranking

The Lewis & Clark Environmental Studies Program has earned its third grant in 11 years from the Andrew Mellon Foundation to expand the program, taking more students and faculty to locations around the world for research, and sharing its unique environmental studies model with peer institutions.

Believe it or not, it can be hard to stay engaged once you’re out of college.

At the end of each semester, students from Environmental Studies core, breadth, and affiliated courses come together to display their research posters.

International Affairs major (and Environmental Studies minor) Claire Cummings blogs on the value of unpaid internships.

James McKenna discusses commodities in South America.

Jim Proctor, director of environmental studies, urges us to broaden our definition of sustainability in this Chronicle of Higher Education commentary.