Stories about "Sustainability"
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.
‘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.
Gardeners cultivate a growth mindset as Bates produce reaches diners
Wednesday, July 25, 2018 4:14 pm
The Plot thickens as Bates' garden interns begin delivering college-grown vegetables to Commons.
Recalling the 1998 restoration of Lake Andrews
Thursday, July 19, 2018 12:37 pm
Twenty years ago this summer, Bates began a major restoration of the Lake Andrews area. Learn what they found in the pond, and learn who got stuck in the muck.