Environmental Studies
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News and Announcements
BC Alumnus Screens Film
James Balog ’74 screened the film Chasing Ice on campus on Thursday, April 25, as part of the Arts Festival. The film features Balog’s use of revolutionary time-lapse cameras to document changes in the glacial landscape of the Arctic. Following the screening, he participated in a discussion with several hundred BC students and faculty members.
Environmental Studies blog
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Multimedia
Research Videos
Five BC professors discuss the environmental aspects of their research programs. These videos premiered at the Excelling at Sustainability conference.
Catholic perspectives
Video from Front Row
Dan DiLeo of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change discusses the Church's teaching and message on climate change and environmental stewardship.
Into the woods
Slideshow from @BC
A group of students conducted an inventory of the trees on the Chestnut Hill and Brighton campuses as part of the University’s effort to determine its overall carbon footprint. This slideshow showcases a selection of the University's noteworthy trees.
Course Spotlight
GE 310 Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agricultur
The agriculture of the future must conserve natural resources and processes, and sustain yields to support the food needs of a growing human population. Food represents one of our most fundamental connections to ecosystems. In this course we will learn how the principles of ecology can be applied to the design, management, and analysis of agroecosystems and agricultural landscapes. Lectures will also cover the social, political, and economic forces that drive production systems—from the crops grown to the distribution and transportation of food around the globe.