HWS Hosts First Landfill Summit

The Colleges will host the first ever Finger Lakes Landfill Summit on Wednesday, April 24, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the Albright Auditorium. Co-sponsored by the City of Geneva and HWS, the Summit aims to foster regional dialogue and greater understanding of the role of solid waste management in the economy and the communities of the northern Finger Lakes Area. The Summit was organized with help fro...  More >>

FLI’s Final Sustainability Lecture

Doug Farr, vice chair of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and principal of the architecture and urban design firm Farr Associates, will share case studies of some of the world's most sustainable places and projects in his presentation, "Breaking Down Silos to make Human Settlements Sustainable." This is the Finger Lakes Institute's fourth and final Sustainable Community Development (SCD) p...  More >>

HWS Students Attend Climate Change Rally

HWS students and staff were among thousands of activists from hundreds of environmental, social justice and community groups who marched on Washington recently in the biggest climate rally ever held in the U.S. capital. Activists both called on President Barack Obama to make good on his climate change policy promises and protested the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline, which would deliver tar sands ...  More >>