Annika Kuleba '22 conducts climate change research in one of the campus switchgrass fields.

Annika Kuleba ’22 conducts climate change research in one of the campus switchgrass fields.

Bees on a sunflower in the SBC Community Garden.

Bees on a sunflower in the SBC Community Garden.

Two students in protective veils pull a frame out of a beehive.

Brooke Melchert '23 and Lauria McShane '23 work in the SBC Apiary.

Environmental Science is rooted in our 2,840 acres of diverse ecosystems.

Environmental Science

Forests and farmlands and vineyards and wetlands and meadows. Oh my.

No other college campus in the nation has so many different types of remarkable natural and agricultural environments right where students live and learn.

It’s all right here, waiting for you to make the most of it.

Learn insect biology up close in our hillside pollinator habitat. Take classes to learn the essentials of greenhouse growing and prepare for exams to gain certification as a master beekeeper. Collaborate with local businesses on sustainable economic development projects. Explore all the environmental, social, cultural and political issues that drive the global economy.

 

Professor Powell instructs her Agriculture Operations class as they start to fill their learning rows with plants in the SBC greenhouse, ...

Professor Lisa Powell wins national award in environmental science

Award recognizes her outstanding accomplishments and promising future.

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Join sustainability club for our monthly plarn party! At these parties, you will learn to crochet and put those new skills to use. We will be making matts out of recycled plastic bags for the unhoused community. This is a Fall into Sustainability event.

Fall into Sustainability by going on a thrift trip with the Sustainability Club! Sustainably shop for your winter essentials at Episcopal Thrift Store in Amherst and Goodwill in Madison Heights. We will meet in the post office before heading out for an afternoon of secondhand shopping.

Come join the Sustainability Club and carve a pumpkin for the Halloween season! These pumpkins will be going to hungry pigs after Halloween!