Environmental sustainability is a core value at HWS. With a unique program that allows our students and faculty to use the physical campus as a laboratory to explore environmental impact mitigation strategies, the HWS Sustainability Program enables and encourages students to link classroom learning to real world application; that plays a direct role in the environmental performance of the Colleges. And, with a campus situated in a unique setting on the edge of a small city, a few blocks from vast agricultural lands and on the shores of one of the deepest lakes in the United States, the applied sustainability opportunities are endless and act as micro-examples of issues beyond the Colleges, City of Geneva and upstate region providing a global element essential to addressing the complex environmental issues of the 21st century.
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The Colleges ushered in Arbor Day with an event that would have made college founder and noted nurseryman William Smith proud - the successful planting of more than 70 trees on the William Smith Hill as part of a 2012 Tree Campus USA tree planting event.
"There is a history and deep heritage of tree stewardship embedded in this college," remarked President Mark D. Gearan on Saturday morning when ... More >>
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Hobart and William Smith Colleges as the top green power purchaser among colleges and universities in the Liberty League. The Colleges were named the 2011-2012 Individual Conference Champion for using more green power than any other school in the league.
Since April 2006, EPA's Green Power Partnership has tracked and recognized the collegia... More >>
Hobart and William Smith Colleges have been named as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. The Colleges were included in the just-released second annual edition of the free downloadable book, "The Princeton Review's Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2012 Edition."
"This is an exciting time for us, as we celebrate Earth Week, gea... More >>
Every Monday, 8:00 p.m., Sill House (710 South Main Street)
If you have any questions about the HWS Goes Green Program or Climate Task Force, feel free to contact- Sustainability Coordinator, James Landi (315) 781-4442
This Environmental Commitment provides a framework and support for more than 674 of America's colleges and universities to go carbon neutral. The signatories of the Commitment pledge to fulfill a three-step constitution which includes expediently initiating a comprehensive plan for climate neutrality, taking tangible action to reduce greenhouse gases, and publicizing the action plan, inventory and progress. The Commitment recognizes the unique responsibility that institutions of higher education have as role models for their communities and in training the people who will develop the social, economic and technological solutions to reverse climate change.
