Participant – Spring 2024

Volume 57 | Issue 1

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Deep Roots

Seeds sown 60 years ago are bearing fruit in Pitzer’s evolving focus on sustainability.

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60 Years

Of Pitzer Sustainability

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Rewiring Society

The Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability is taking a multipronged approach to educating the public on possible solutions to environmental dilemmas.

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“But Climate Change Isn't Real”

Current students offer their responses to the arguments of climate-change naysayers.

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News & Updates

25 Years of Collaboration

The Community Engagement Center serves as a central campus hub for activism.

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A Major Milestone

CASA Pitzer celebrates 25 years of community outreach in the Inland Empire.

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Scholarships & Fellowships

Cultural understanding’s at the heart of three recent awards.

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Around the Mounds

Sustainability efforts are taking many different shapes on campus.

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Community Bookshelf

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Red Planet Rising

The Pitzer community’s latest offerings range from a plan for colonizing Mars to texts on childbirth, yoga, and murder most foul.

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Commentary

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Hope and Action

Researcher Arthur Levine ’14 says that the best response to bleak future environmental scenarios is a healthy dose of optimism and a desire to get involved.

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Lessons from a Little Farm

Wynne Chase ’26 shares the insights she’s gained into the delicate balance between humans and nature from working on farms during her summer breaks.

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Alumni Stories

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Faculty and Staff Stories

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Student Stories

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Volume 57 | Issue 1

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