Whitman College recently installed a new artistic style of solar panel called the SmartFlower in the Nancy Serrurier Village. The panel is self-cleaning, rotates to track the sun’s position and is designed...
Erfan Vaezpour, Science & Environment Writer
• November 7, 2024
At Whitman, many students take biology, chemistry or biochemistry courses that involve working with a variety of chemicals in the lab. Notably, these chemicals are disposed of in different ways depending...
Erfan Vaezpour, Science & Environment Writer
• October 24, 2024
Water consumption has become a pressing issue worldwide, particularly in the West. In Walla Walla, rainfall fluctuates, and concerns about aquifer depletion are growing. Academic institutions...
On Sunday, Sept. 29, climate leaders hosted a get-together, or Green Out!, with engaged parties to think collectively about the future of sustainability and climate justice work on campus.
Like many...
My fellow Whitties,
In the days following spring break, change will be in the air. Clocks across the country will have sprung forward, sparking a projected 17 percent increase in yawning. Some students...
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...
Nat Lange, Science & Environment Editor
• October 5, 2023
If you walk around campus enough, you will eventually run into a sprinkler, perhaps even get sprayed by one. The small circular heads pop out of the ground with no warning, spraying water indiscriminately...
Boasting many programs related to environmental studies, Whitman College professes sustainability as a core value of the College and has undertaken multiple projects in the area of sustainable infrastructure...
Returning students and first-years alike may have noticed that the array of cutlery and plates at Cleveland Commons has been inconsistent this semester. At times students come in to find paper plates...
After former Campus Sustainability Coordinator Brandon Bishop’s departure last year, Whitman welcomed its third-ever campus sustainability coordinator in April of 2019 with the arrival of Elissa Brown....
A few weeks ago, the Wire published a letter written by a former Whitman student, Vivian Voth, in which Voth details why she left Whitman. In her view, the college is not as sustainable as it could be,...
By the spring of 2016, some of Whitman’s physics students will have finished building a vertical axis wind turbine. The wind turbine, which will be located between Penrose Library and Harper Joy Theater,...
