My Obsession With Human Dwellings
I recently became obsessed with human dwellings. I’m not sure why or when this happened exactly; I just know that the housing crisis had something to do with it. My mom and my dad (despite being born...
View ArticleColorado flooding – exposing the risks of riverside oil wells
In the past month, it seems that environmental cataclysms are moving closer to home. The recent catastrophic floods in northern Colorado have done quite a bit of damage. Ten people died in the...
View ArticleA waggle-dance warning
By: Melanie Weber; Real Food Challenge Team member In light of the hysteria surrounding sudden decline in bee populations, I found the documentary More Than Honey one that was compelling, informative...
View ArticleIntern at Environmental Center examines the benefits interdisciplinary...
By Steven Cooper, EC intern As a non-traditional student here at Fort Lewis College, I can see where an interdisciplinary Environmental Center (EC) would greatly benefit not only the college but also...
View ArticleAnnouncing the 2nd annual Ecofeminism panel in honor of Women’s History Month...
By Michaela Steiner A student panel focusing on Ecofeminism and the future will explore connections between environmentalism and feminism in honor of Women’s History Month. The event will be held March...
View ArticleThis I Believe: Meaningful, green decisions
By Leah Payne; Zero Waste Team member I believe in the power of the consumer. I am a sophomore in college, living in my first apartment and I believe I can make meaningful decisions about what I buy....
View ArticleMore food than we can eat? America’s food waste problem
By Russell Penasa; Zero Waste Team member In January I had the opportunity to help out with the Food waste audit. After a few hours of watching plates of half eaten cheese burgers and weird...
View ArticleThis I Believe
By Chris Davis, Zero Waste Team member A focus point of my life is spirituality. I know this is a heavy word and means different things to different people. To me, spirituality is the belief that there...
View ArticleThis I Believe
My life has been woven by the theme of the unconventional. From my parents’ origins to the way I saw the ordinary things of the world, I knew that I might never quite fit in anywhere. Growing up in the...
View ArticleCreating a Local Food System…and learning how to create social and...
The Fort Lewis College (FLC) Environmental Center’s Campus Garden in Durango, Colorado is home not only to organic veggies and herbs, but also to two Local Food Fellows. These dedicated students learn...
View ArticleInside Local Food Security in the Four Corners
Do you know how many days of food we have available in our grocery stores in the event that the trucks stop coming over the hill? Did you ever wonder about what a Food Procurement contract is and how...
View ArticleEC Library Update
“Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.” – Richard Feynman One of the most important things I’ve...
View ArticleGreen Business Roundtable – Are we safe from another Gold King spill?
Being in my third year here at Fort Lewis, I am becoming more aware and involved with things that are happening in our local community. This last week, I attended the Green Business Roundtable meeting...
View ArticleCrickets for Lunch
This is my first semester working for the Environmental Center. I always enjoyed volunteering for the EC, so I knew I would like getting more involved. On the Local Food Team our initiative is to...
View ArticleSpring Break, Grand Canyon Trust Style
by Mike Chizhov, Volunteer Program Associate, Grand Canyon Trust We pull our convoy of vehicles onto the side of the farm plot, our truck bed full of shovels, gloves, and water. “Today, we dig ditch,”...
View ArticleSunnyside Meats: The Sunnier Side of Meat Processing
By Zack Bukovich, Environmental Center Local Food Fellow Working as a Local Food Fellow for the Environmental Center at Fort Lewis College, I have been fortunate enough to have the opportunity of...
View ArticleBananas for Apples
Hello world! My name is Kaidee Akullo, and I am a freshman and proud member of the Real Food Challenge Team! In my first few weeks with the Environmental Center family I have been able to connect with...
View ArticleMy Letter of Hope
On a cold night in late December last year, I was snuggled up on my couch and catching up on the news. I saw a headline that a freak weather system had caused the North Pole to reach a temperature of...
View ArticleLiberal Arts and Society: Goals, Outcomes, and Obligations
By Mack Carter, EC Energy Impact Team What is a liberal arts education? Fort Lewis College is one of less than 40 public liberal arts colleges in the United States, but how well do we represent what a...
View ArticleA Hidden Gem of Fort Lewis College
By Kelkiyana Yazzie, Real Food Challenge Team I would probably not have been involved with the Environmental Center if it wasn’t for a friend who told me about it during my first semester at FLC....
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