This past Friday featured a Community Reflection about gardening and the cultivation of something bigger than flowers and vegetables. The Community Reflection, Lessons from the Garden, was hosted by Jane Hoinville and sprung from the Spanish proverb “more grows in the garden than the gardener sows”. Hoinville has worked at K in the Advancement Division […]
A few weeks ago on February 4th, the Environmental Stewardship Center (ESC) was happy to partner with the Parkhurst Dining team for Weigh the Waste. Led by two ESC interns, Madi Magda ’26 and Mo Silcott ’27, students were invited to weigh their waste and play trivia games centered around composting to win prizes – and it was a huge hit! […]
The Midwest Outdoor Leadership Conference came to Kalamazoo College this past weekend! The conference was organized, led, and attended by undergrad students who shared a passion for the outdoors and the environment. Over 60 students from across the Midwest came to K to learn from each other, gain experience, and connect! The conference, coined MWOLC, […]
Interested in animal care? Looking for a paid summer position right here in Kalamazoo? Want a cool SIP? Then you might want to check out our upcoming info session to hear about an exciting opportunity through the Environmental Stewardship Center (ESC)! On Monday, February 9th during common time (11am), come join us in Dewing Commons […]
A new program has sprung up at Kalamazoo College that stands as a testament to the Kalamazoo community’s collective efforts to make K more accessible and sustainable. This winter break, Student Development helped shuttle students to and from airports to address the burden of high transportation costs for out of state students. This initiative […]
Welcome back to campus everyone! We hope you had a wonderful winter break, and we can’t wait to see familiar faces and old friends back on campus. While not as active as Fall or Spring, the Winter trimester is still full of opportunities to get involved with the Environmental Stewardship Center (ESC) and sustainability on […]
This past Friday, students and staff gathered on the quad to blow off some steam by smashing pumpkins and eating s’mores. With the help of Kalamazoo College’s Office of Student Activities and the Environmental Stewardship Center’s Composting Crew, cartloads of pumpkins were successfully smashed into smithereens! Dozens of students, as well as some family of […]
This blog post is part of the ESC Summer Fellowship 2025 series. These fellowships provided funding for research projects related to the environment, sustainability and/or the Climate Action Plan. This post was written by Ava King, one the fellows of this past summer cycle. Hello! My name is Ava King, and I am a rising […]
This past Tuesday, October 28th, the Hoop House hosted its fifth annual Harvest Festival in collaboration with the Religion, Spanish, and Critical Ethnic Studies departments, the Environmental Stewardship Center, and the Center for Civic Engagement to celebrate and give offerings to Our Mother Corn, or Tatéi Niwetsika. Brought to Kalamazoo College from Mexico and stewarded […]
The new residence halls are the talk of the town here at Kalamazoo College as construction has been chugging along since the groundbreaking ceremony on June 12th, 2025. As the new halls represent K’s investment in affordable, inclusive spaces, they also reflect our commitment to advancing sustainability to meet the goals of our Climate Action […]
