Eckerd College

Eckerd College inspires and empowers individuals to improve the world through mastery of self and a lifetime of learning. Our students are guided on a four-year journey of discovery, with small classes, professor-mentors and a commitment to community service.

Eckerd is an innovative liberal arts and sciences community where students are well-taught and well-loved. 

Our campus is a living, breathing classroom that teaches and inspires us every day. It’s only natural for us to nurture and protect it through conservation efforts. Read more about these efforts and our environment-related programs on our website.

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The Latest From Eckerd College

Eco-Fiction | A road trip through the end of the world
A poster board on a white wall filled with print outs of text next to colorful pictures.

Storyboard by Abby Baumgard.

Abigail Baumgard
Eckerd College
Chile’s environmental conservation can create inspiration
The railings of a bridge by the sea are covering in multi-colored ribbons. A Chilean flag is blowing in the wind in the background.

The Bridge of Dreams in Horcón, Chile. (Carter Weinhofer)

Carter Weinhofer
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College
Community management and the importance of license plates in Tampa Bay
A sign with a picture of a "tarpon tag" license plate. The text underneath states, "This project was funded by a grant from Tampa Bay Estuary Program's Specialty License Plate"

An example of the "tarpon tag" license plate. For $17 a year, Florida residents can have this specialty license plate which funds dozens of community projects every year. (Carter Weinhofer/Eckerd College)

Carter Weinhofer
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College
‘Making food a focus’: Small farms take strides against food insecurity
A close-up shot of light-skinned hands, half covered by long, blue sleeves with thumbholes, holds up a white split-open pod of black beans.

Robin Clemmons rips apart a pod of black beans, demonstrating that not many people may realize where crops, like black beans, actually come from. These bean pods need to be dried before volunteers can shell them by hand — in a days work, it's tricky to fill a plastic shopping bag. (Carter Weinhofer/Eckerd College)

Carter Weinhofer
Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College

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