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Oliver, wearing jeans and a red t-shirt, sitting in a cardboard box.

Intern Reflection: Oliver Silberstein

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Meet Justice: Fall 2021 Intern

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Let’s talk about COP 26…

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Meet Bruce: Fall 2021 Intern

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RWKC Internship

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Intern Reflection: Meredith Luchs

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100 Days of Building Solutions

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Reflections on the We Belong Project

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Div III Spotlight: The We Belong Project

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Composting Toilets: the Scoop on our Poop

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How our greywater system works | R.W. Kern Center

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Leah Thomas: Environmentalists for BLM

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R.W. Kern Center Land Acknowledgement

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Racial Inequality in the Built Environment | R.W. Kern Center

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Tiny Green Living by 2 Hampshire Students | R.W. Kern Center

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Earth Day 2020: Carbon Drawdown Now!

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Beyond Benign and Green Chemistry at Work

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Take Action on Embodied Carbon

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The main sources of carbon emissions | R.W. Kern Center

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Career Conversations With Cass Pastorelle | R.W. Kern Center

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Energy Explained: Part 2

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Energy Explained: Part 1

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A group of people in late autumn attire standing outside the R.W. Kern Center with a person standing on the water collecting and filtering system.

The RWKC Revealed

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Check Out A Small Acorn

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RWKC Team Featured on WGBY

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A student wearing a Hampshire College sweater sitting on bus seats that have been ripped out and places outside leaning against the bus. Next to them is a blue clean mattress that leans against more gutted bus parts.

Div III Spotlight: Colin McIntire 16F

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Student Sustainability Projects

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A man in an unfinished building with a photo spotlight on him. He is hidden befind blue bolded words that reads, "TINY HOUSE PRIVILEGE."

Winnie’s Travels: Tiny House Privilege

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Spring 2020 student grants available now! The R.W. Kern Center funds projects relating to an aspect of the RWKC’s systems, mission, and/or to the Living Building Challenge. We encourage applications from all disciplines! Applications must be submitted by Friday, February 7, 2020. Questions? Email kern@hampshire.edu

Spring 2020 student grants available now!

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How to become a Green Leader | R.W. Kern Center

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Winnie’s Travels: DIY Solar Systems

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An Update on Winnie’s Travels

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Piloting the RWKC’s Water Workshop

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Three photos collaged together. The one in the bottom leeft is of a sewage pipe pouring brown liquid in a body of water. The bottom right is of a pile of broken pieces of electronics witha young boy siting next to it. The top photo is of a landfill with the city in the distance. Black and white words on the top photo reads, "The Illusion of Away: what really happens to our waste."

What really happens to our waste? | R.W. Kern Center

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Div III Spotlight: Isabella Aguirre 17F

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A green circle with a black and white photo of a travel bus. Two words bend around the green circle saying, "Winnie's Travels."

Div III Spotlight: Emery Powell 16F

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A photo of three tan wood planks connected together leaving differen shaped triangles in the open space that shows the blue sky and one white cloud. The photo is captioned, "Living Building Markers. Creating sustainable buildings that renew our world." The name, "Jonathan A. Wright," on the bottom right corner.

Living Building Makers

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Living Building Operators in “Leaf Litter” Magazine | R.W. Kern Center

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Fall 2019 student grants available now!

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R.W. Kern Center Playlist

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RWKC Internship Now Open!

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The RWKC Puzzles

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Environmental Impact Data | R.W. Kern Center

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We Miss Dave – a Greywater Adventure

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Living Future Thoughts from Cat

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A photo of Seattle city buildings along with the Space Needle with a purple film over it. Words on top of the photo says, "April 30-May 3. Seattle, WA. Living Future. Collaboration + Abundance 19. Unconference.Living-Future.orge"

Reflections: Living Future ’19

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UMass Engineering with alum Mimi Alkattan | R.W. Kern Center

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Hampshire Headshot Day Success

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Window of a church in France.

Div III Spotlight: Zoe Meyer 15F

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Oliver Silberstein smiling standing in front of a grey brick wall

Meet the S’19 Team: Oliver Silberstein

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Sounds of the R.W. Kern Center

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R.W. Kern Center Intern Claire Shillington

Meet the S’19 Team: Claire Shillington

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International Campus Sustainability Achievement Award | R.W. Kern Center

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RWKC wins AIA COTE Top 10 Award

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R.W. Kern Center two-story glass window from the exterior south

Our energy efficient glass construction | R.W. Kern Center

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Another piece of the puzzle…

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late afternoon view of R.W. Kern Centernortheast corner

What does good look like?

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Wetlands Boxes as Water Filters

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