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.
Click here for some quick facts about environmental sustainability at HWS.
For the fourth consecutive year, Hobart and William Smith Colleges are participating in Recyclemania. An eight-week recycling challenge, the event begins on Monday, Feb. 6 and continues through Saturday, March 31. During this time, students will compete with nearly 500 other college and universities in promoting waste-reducing activities on campus. This year, the Colleges are attempting to raise... More >>
Hobart and William Smith Colleges will be added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of "100 Percent Green Power Purchasers" in January 2012. The move comes in response to the Colleges becoming the first small liberal arts college in New York to be powered solely by wind. The EPA updates the list of top partners in its Green Power Partnership quarterly. HWS became an accredited EPA ... More >>
Sustainability Coordinator James Landi '08 will appear on WHEC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Rochester, on Friday, Nov. 18 at 5:30 p.m.
Landi was interviewed by WHEC-TV's Ted Fioraliso about Hobart and William Smith Colleges' recently signed agreement to immediately offset 100 percent of its electricity with wind, making HWS the first, small liberal arts college in New York to be powered solely by win... 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.
