"Stand up and take chard" and "Beet the system" are among the slogans inspiring both activism and eye-rolls for followers of Laura Fralich '11, who sells her punny T-shirts on Etsy.

Think of the marine scientists emerging from Skidmore College and the top name is often Penny Chisholm '69, a National Medal of Science winner for her pioneering work on a crucial climate-regulating microorganism. Others students and alumni are following in her path.

Given today's world politics, can the private sector do the job of promoting environmental and economic sustainability? Corporate-sustainability expert Laura Gitman offers answers this Thursday, Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. in Davis Auditorium.

College partners with energy firm in latest step to tap renewable energy.

When members of the Class of 2014 graduated last spring, they wore academic robes made from recycled plastic bottles--a perfect coda for an education marked by growing opportunities to study sustainability.

Only about 1 percent of local residents participated in the city's last household hazardous waste collection day. Seniors Faith Nicholas, Jennifer Garvin and Lauren Schilling want to increase that number, and will share their ideas Tuesday night with the Saratoga Springs City Council.

Noted for his work in environmental and animal rights, Coronado to promote citizen action to save the wolf in his March 3 Skidmore talk.

On Feb. 24 Jonnell Robinson will talk about how maps can be a powerful way to convey information about place.

A photographic traverse of the entirety of Norway from north to south is one of 20 projects challenging recipients of $4000 SEE-Beyond grants this summer.

David Carpenter, director of the University at Albany Institute for Health and the Environment, will visit Skidmore to discuss the fish we eat in a talk scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 29.