Green Resources

Enviro Co, formally the Colby Environmental Coalition, is a student-run, political organization dedicated to promoting environmental initiatives, raising awareness among students on campus, and greening the Colby lifestyle. Enviro Co seeks to educate the Colby and Waterville communities about recycling, water quality, maple sugaring, forest management, green transportation, and other environmental issues. The Enviro Co office is in the basement of Mary Low.

By taking personal responsibility for the environment we can all make a difference.

The Environmental Advisory Group (EAG) was formed in 2000 to advise the president and College community on issues related to the environmental stewardship of the campus and region. The 2009 annual report of the EAG summarizes a successful year of raising awareness about environmental initiatives and promoting environmental consciousness.

Colby's Environmental Advisory Group (EAG) provides a framework through which members of the Colby community can bring environmental and sustainability issues and projects to the attention of the College. Click here to learn how to submit your idea for consideration.

2008 Colby College Oak Fellow Afsan Chowdhury taught a course titled Human Rights in Global Perspective. Students in the class completed three projects to raise awareness on the effects of climate change in Bangladesh. InsideColby videographers made a six-minute video, "Beyond the Classroom."