Iceland’s most photographed mountain showcases the dynamic extremes that define the landscape — waterfalls, fed from a volcanic source, carve through the dramatic mountainsides on their way to the sea. Photo by BC graduate Alex Krowiak.
Welcome to Environmental Studies
We are a distinct academic community drawn together around a shared purpose of transforming society to be ecologically regenerative, socially just, and economically secure.
Solving the environmental challenges we face in the 21st century—climate change, freshwater scarcity, environmental pollution, biodiversity loss, food insecurity—requires a holistic approach, characterized by collaboration and integration across the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The research component of the Environmental Studies Program embodies an active learning model that bridges a sustainability curriculum in the classroom with sustainability action on campus and in the community.
Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary undergraduate program in the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences offering a major (B.A.) and a minor.
News and Notes
Events
Our Students Taking Action
Camping on a research trip to Kay Woods Shelter on Appalachian Trail
Mary Robinson meeting with students
Students at a table discussion with Gina McCarthy, 2018
Students at lava formed coastline "Los Tuneles" in Isla Isabela, Galapago
Students attending Green Careers Night 2018
Environmental Studies students study plant diversity in the paramo in summer abroad course EESC1222 Conservation Ecology in Ecuador
ENVS Seminar students on a whale watching trip
ENVS Research Symposium
Environmental Studies Alumni
