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Between Thanksgiving and New Years Day, Americans produce 25% more waste than they do normally. This amounts to 25 million pounds of waste total during the holiday season. Since we like to think of ourselves as environmentally conscientious here at Whitman, here are a few ways you might keep yourself from contributing to these numbers [...]
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California: Yosemite
Admit it: as beautiful as Yosemite National Park is during the summer and spring seasons, it’s fun to see what it looks like when its snowed over. Although Yosemite is most commonly known for its waterfalls, it also has valleys, meadows, ancient giant sequoias and a immense area of wildlife. During the winter, however, [...]
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Class is about to start as a Whitman student walks in on the first day. The classroom looks new and fancy and when he sits down at his desk instead of finding some old wooden writing surface there is a laptop waiting for his personal use.
This dream of the future is now coming to reality [...]
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After a successful first semester, with such triumphs as Power Vote and an Anderson blackout, the Campus Climate Challenge is ready to tackle solar panels on top of Jewett.
Because of Jewett’s very large flat roof, 130 solar panel “modules” will hopefully be installed on top of the freshman dorm. Each module is 1,984 [...]
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Oregon: Wallowas, northeast Oregon
A popular place for family backcountry skiing and snowshoeing, the Wallowas offer beautiful mountain scenery. For accommodations, the wing-ridge huts are considered an ideal place to lodge for day trips into the Wallowas. They contain two sleeping tents, a cook tent, sauna and latrine. It is advised to make reservations in advance, [...]
