As we near the end of the semester, the dear seniors in true liberal arts fashion are left to wonder, “What am I going to do with my bachelor of arts?” According to 2023 statistics, nearly...

Look out Walla Walla County, a new manufacturing facility may be coming your way. On March 7, 2024, insulation manufacturer ROCKWOOL announced that the company purchased 250 acres of land in the Wallula...

In the landscape of today's social media, the cult of consumerism reigns supreme. In the mix of Paul Mescal edits, photo dumps, tattoo flash sheets and horrible news of another dying species, something...

The calendar has turned to April, which means spring has arrived in Walla Walla. When I step out of my house to head to class, I’m greeted by grape hyacinth dotted through my neighbor’s lawn. Yellow...

A new era of sustainability policy is on the horizon at Whitman College. In collaboration with higher-education sustainability consulting company GreenerU and local firm Cascadia Consulting, Whitman is...

Editor's note: This article has been updated to reflect Patagonia's current relationship with the U.S. military and Lost Arrow's separation. On Sept. 14, 2022, Patagonia publicly declared that “Earth...

When I walked into Hall of Science Room 116 on Tuesday, Feb. 13, the consistent thump of mortar against pestle punctuated the classroom air. Tribal Elder Cultural Instructor Jim Baugh (Cherokee/Lakota/Arikara)...

Native plant restoration, coffee compost, bike policies and residence life talking sessions on sustainability all have one thing in common: Sarah Williams. Sarah Williams joined Whitman College as its...

In recent years, multiple cases of legal action against governments for violating human rights have arisen in response to climate change. Human rights — and in United States courts, constitutional...

In 2019, a waste audit conducted by Bon Appétit and the Whitman Sustainability Office revealed 2,000 pounds of weekly food waste. A little more than four years later, food waste has plummeted by nearly...

With course offerings like The Cultural and Literary Life of Rivers, Power, Pipelines and Dispossession, and Communism, Socialism and the Environment, the Whitman Environmental Studies program does...