When Hampshire College students return to campus this fall, they will be welcomed back to a totally changed approach to food on campus. Hampshire aims at nothing less than redefining what the college dining experience can be. “We are questioning everything that is currently done and every practice that has become routine,” said President Jonathan Lash, who encouraged the College community to think big in approaching
If picturing a New England college campus in their minds, many people would see wide expanses of close-cropped lawn. Here at Hampshire College, sustainability-minded students had a different image.
Like most Hampshire students, Nara Williams 09F is creative, bold about putting her ideas into action, and concerned about living in an environmentally responsible manner. Her academic work focuses on literary journalism and sustainability.
A student team from Hampshire won first prize in the Health Literacy Hackathon sponsored by CommunicateHealth, a company cofounded by Xanthi Scrimgeour 85F. Zeke Nierenberg 09F, Kira McCoy 09F, Jamie Matheson 11F, and Amit Ringel 08F created a tool—called Carrot/Stick—that uses recorded messages from friends and family to help smokers quit. Within weeks, the inventive team won another award in the Massachusetts Insti
The Ordination of a Tree: The Thai Buddhist Environmental Movement, a new book by Professor Sue Darlington, examines a Buddhist monastic movement in Thailand that aims to reverse environmental degradation and unsustainable economic development through ordination of a tree. Published by SUNY Press, the hardcover edition was released in early December, with the paperback version following in February 2013. The book exa
