Mike Reynolds is a Professor of English, and Chair of the Department of English and Communication Studies at Hamline. He is also involved with the Hamline Midway Coalition, the local district council for the Hamline-Midway Community. Through this work he understands that sustainability is broad and not “one-size-fits-all” but about finding ways to meet all needs in a community.

Paul Bogard is a professor of English and a director of the Environmental Studies Program at Hamline. He is the author of The End of Night and Solastalgia along with many other books that focus on the changing environment and how they impact the people who inhabit them. Paul sees that there are a lot of unacknowledged emotions that come with environmental issues. He believes that sustaining our emotional health in the face of a changing world is incredibly important and starts with finding ways to express and acknowledge those emotions. 

Hannah Lemon is a pre-med Major at Hamline. She Explains what her take on sustainability is and what she wants to see more at Hamline including reducing the waste in labs.

Kate Bjork is a Professor of history at Hamline and teaches the Environmental History class. She is interested in why we persist with such unsustainable structures and how fossil fuels have become so entrenched in our systems. Bjork believes that there is value in understanding our history and our assumptions so that we can see that we are able to adapt and embrace new more sustainable values. 

Annelise is a Psychology and Neuroscience major at Hamline. Originally from California, she discusses the increase in wildfires as well as the abnormal winter of 2023-2024 here in Minnesota. She lists some things that Hamline can do to be more sustainable including taking a look at their sidewalk salts and reducing their lawn space. 

David Shultz is a Professor of Political Science and Legal Studies at Hamline. He teaches the Public Administration and Public Policy course with a focus on the environment. Shultz explains how resilience is a part of sustainability and how to be resilient is to be open to change which not a lot of our current structures are. He asks the question: what do we owe to future generations?