Stories about "Sustainability"
Campus Construction Update: Jan. 18, 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019 1:52 pm
A second Renewable Fuel Oil burner in the campus heating plant has helped Bates cut its greenhouse gas emissions to a mere 5 percent of 2001 levels.
Through hands-on research, Bates students help expand access to energy-saving window inserts
Friday, December 14, 2018 9:56 am
In a community-engaged environmental studies research course, the community engagement and the research happen simultaneously.
Bates at Night: Trashion Show 2018
Thursday, November 15, 2018 2:30 pm
The annual Bates Trashion Show is a night of fun, with a message.
Senior thesis sees green inspirations in iconic West Coast homes
Thursday, November 8, 2018 8:52 am
The topic of Emerson Krull’s senior thesis was as near as her father’s business and as remote as the post-World War II era.
In telling climate stories, who’s in and who’s out? asks Otis speaker Elizabeth Rush
Friday, November 2, 2018 11:13 am
For Rush, author of the acclaimed Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, offering the 2018 Otis Lecture was a homecoming of sorts.
Five bales of plastic recyclables sit outside Commons. But is it art yet?
Thursday, November 1, 2018 8:18 am
Five bales of plastic recyclables sitting on the lawn outside Commons challenge our "out of sight, out of mind" attitudes.
The Plot, Chapter 1: Celebrating the harvest, contemplating next year
Friday, October 26, 2018 9:41 am
A lot from the Plot: With nearly a ton of produce delivered to happy diners in Commons, Bates' garden got off to a bountiful start.
‘Anthropocenic’: Museum show looks at humanity’s planetary impact
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 10:56 am
A new Bates exhibition examines humanity’s mark on the planet with pathos, wit, and an eye-opening diversity of work.
Slideshow: This Summer at Bates
Friday, August 24, 2018 12:20 pm
Twenty-three moments that provide an insider's look at Bates' sunniest season.
A tuna tournament helps Michaela Pinette ’19 get in tune with purposeful work
Friday, August 10, 2018 10:29 am
Michaela Pinette ’19 wasn't expecting a summer of sifting through bloody tuna parts for science, nor enjoying it so much. That's the beauty Purposeful Work.