Gregg Sargis, Natural Climate Solutions Specialist, explained that The Nature Conservancy is working to restore tree cover through tree planting projects in New York State to sequester and store carbon, improve water quality, and provide wildlife habitat. A pilot project was launched in the fall of 2023 where 1,700 trees were planted to serve as demonstration ... Read more
Wondering what being a Wellsian is really like? Join us on Zoom to get the inside scoop on student life at Wells and to meet our admission counselors. Bring your curiosity and questions about academic programs, student life, financial aid, housing, and more!
Keeley McGarr-O’Brien, agricultural sustainability researcher, explained that increasingly, sustainability labels are being used on many of our food products, including dairy. These labels are awarded by certification standards, with a set of sustainability demands farmers must meet in order for their milk to be included in the standard. Due to consumer and legislative demands, new ... Read more
Chris Carrick, formerly the energy program manager for the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board, explained that when British Petroleum introduced the concept of reducing your own carbon footprint in 2004 as part of its "Beyond Petroleum" campaign, many criticized the company for using propaganda to deflect from its own role in maintaining ... Read more
Sarah Briggs, program manager and senior research specialist for Emerging Contaminants and Green Chemistry for the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute led this discussion. “BPA-free”, “parabens and phthalates”, “Safer Choice Certified”, “forever chemicals”, etc… The modern consumer is bombarded with a wide variety of complicated chemical information in the media and on product labels ... Read more
Steve Figgatt, Founder and CEO of Sycamore International, explained how his firm leverages sustainable business practices as a competitive advantage and to increase value capture. A primary tenet of their company is embracing the concept of a global circular economy, in which there is zero waste and all materials are reprocessed for reuse. Immense amounts of ... Read more
Join us for a moderated virtual discussion with Christian Science Monitor (CSM)’s environment and climate change journalist Stephanie Hanes and CSM’s photography director Alfredo Sosa. The duo recently produced an article profiling regenerative agriculture practitioners in Portugal as part of the magazine’s “Climate Generation” series, exploring "climate change as the world's most powerful driver of ... Read more
If you're unable to visit our beautiful campus in person, join us for a virtual information session! Bring your questions and your curiosity to this casual conversation. Our admission counselors are excited to meet you and share more about academic and student life at Wells.
If you're unable to visit our beautiful campus in person, join us for a virtual information session! Bring your questions and your curiosity to this casual conversation. Our admission counselors are excited to meet you and share more about academic and student life at Wells.
Kristen Kaufman, sustainability strategy manager for Practice Greenhealth, explained that the health care sector accounts for 8.5% of all U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions, contributing to inequitable climate-related human health threats and natural disasters for which it bears the cost. Yet, as anchor institutions comprising 18% of the U.S. economy, health care systems have the potential to ... Read more
Macy Gustavus, M.S., microplastics researcher and speaker for Beyond Plastics, explained that plastic products seemingly make up the world around us, but do you know how they’re made or where they end up after they’re used? Ms. Gustavus covered the basics of how plastics are made, what happens once they are discarded, their impacts on ... Read more
Brendan Woodruff will explain that the Department of Environmental Conservation recently released their first ever Sustainability Plan, which lays out a series of ambitious goals to lower the environmental impact of their operations and actions for how to achieve them.