Environment and Climate

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Edge of urban area and forest seen from the air

In a New Light

Environmental Philosophy Keith PetersonAssociate Professor of Philosophy Associate Professor of Philosophy Keith Peterson recently published a new book, A World Not Made for Us: Topics in Critical Environmental Philosophy (SUNY Press), which provides much-needed historical and conceptual context for addressing the environmental challenges faced today and raises…
2019 PGM ONE Summit. Photograph by Natasha Cohen-Carroll.

Must-have Voices

Sophie Dipti Sarkar works to shift the focus of the environmental movement to include communities of color
Cattle running across grasslands in Africa

In Africa, Using Nature to Protect Nature

Ecological Systems Matt Brown ’92Africa Regional Managing Director Fresh out of Colby in 1992, Matt Brown joined the Peace Corps. His assignment—tending a tree nursery in Ghana—set him on a lifelong path. After two and a half years of volunteer service growing trees, Brown spent another…
Looking up through tree canopy in forest

In Search of Climate Solutions

Climate Research Katie Lebling ’10Research analyst, World Resources Institute Katie Lebling’s childhood was filled with all things outdoors. Her mother, an environmentalist, seized every opportunity to bring her children close to nature in their Boston suburb. They camped. They watched birds. They swam in lakes. Imbued with…
Hurricane damage in Caribbean city

Justice for Islands that Suffer Most

Human Geography Stacy-ann RobinsonAssistant Professor of Environmental Studies For Stacy-ann Robinson, it’s personal. Robinson grew up in Jamaica and has seen the destruction levied on the island by extreme storms. A human geographer and assistant professor of environmental studies at Colby, Robinson has also seen firsthand the…
Maya Lin, Disappearing Bodies of Water: Arctic Ice (Detail), 2013. Vermont Danby marble on granite base (AP 1/1) 48 x 46 x 52 in. (121.92 x 116.84 x 132.08 cm) The Lunder Collection. © Maya Lin, courtesy Pace Gallery.

Climate Conversations—In Our Galleries

Encounters with Art Sharon CorwinCarolyn Muzzy Director and Chief Curator of the Colby College Museum of Art One day last spring, a group of students came to the Colby Museum of Art to study and discuss Maya Lin’s sculpture Disappearing Bodies of Water, Arctic Ice (2013). It was exciting and…
London financial district skyline

Fighting Climate Change Is a Capital Idea

Climate Investments Graham Macmillan ’97Chief Executive Office, Visa Foundation In coming years, action on climate may come from what some would consider the least likely direction—capital markets. Where some people might consider the demands of capital markets to be at the root of social and…
CO2 emissions from coal power plant

Reduce that Footprint

Philosophy and Action David Farnsworth ’78Regulatory Assistance Project David Farnsworth ’78 travels the world, advising utility regulators and private citizens how to reduce their carbon footprints. But he is less an evangelist than a keen connoisseur of eco-friendly energy options. I learned this the hard way recently when…
Close view of tilled field on farm

On Climate, Think Globally and Act Locally

Farming and Climate Allison Chatrchyan ’92Director of the Cornell Institute for Climate Smart Solutions For the past decade, Allison Morrill Chatrchyan ’92 has attended Empire Farm Days, an annual agriculture show in upstate New York, to talk about climate change with farmers and others in the…
Gail Carlson

Maine College Students Gather at Colby for Climate Action

Over 100 students from a dozen schools across the state gathered in the Diamond Building for Colby’s Maine College Climate Action Summit on Nov. 9, united by their commitment to combat climate change.