A Photo Exploration of Fast and Secondhand Fashion in Paris

November 19, 2019 Leave a comment

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Sustainability Fellow: Alice in Paris, France
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Exercises in Thought: I Fell in Love at Oxford

September 5, 2024 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

By Tim Carroll ’25 Ah, it’s so good to be back, but it’s even better to see you again. My life recently has been marked by clichés. During my semester abroad, in the winter to summer of 2024, underneath the dreaming spires of Oxford University, I turned over the familiar phrases in my head — “Distance makes the heart grow

Reflecting on Study Away as an Amherst Alum

July 9, 2024 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

Over two years have passed since I returned from studying sustainable development in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Since then, I graduated with a degree in environmental studies and took a post-bac job at Amherst College’s Office of Sustainability as the Sustainability Green Dean. All of these experiences are fueled by my lifelong interest in the environment, but they’re also influenced by

Turmoil in Spain around Immigration

April 29, 2024 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

One morning, I was walking to class and saw a large crowd of people, dozens of police cars, and Spanish flags everywhere, chanting in front of a building next to my classroom. Thinking it was an event for the city, I naively joined the crowd, not realizing what I had gotten myself into. I had walked straight into a protest.

A Photo Exploration of Fast and Secondhand Fashion in Paris

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