ES 401: Environmental Studies Senior Seminar

Course Description: This seminar is an interdisciplinary capstone experience for the senior environmental studies majors. Extensive readings, student-led discussions, and collaborative research allow students to explore a current, local or regional, environmental issue. Topics have varied from semester to semester, as the list of past projects below illustrates. This seminar has allowed students to integrate their learning from previous coursework, learn new perspectives from their peers who have selected different foci to study, experience group work, and produce products that have been of use to both the college and local community.

Student Guide (PDF)
Accumulating Bibliography

Past Projects

2005-2004 / 2003-2002 / 2001-2000 / 1999-1997
1996-1994 / 1993-1991 / 1990-1988

Semester	Year	Professor	Project Title
Fall	2007	Trombulak	The Bissonette Property: Integrating Community into Public Land Management in Hinesburg, VT
Fall	2007	Trombulak	Land Management Along the Lewis Creek
Fall	2007	Trombulak	Extending the North Country Trail
Spring	2007	Barnicle	Burn Wood Good: Fostering Pollution Accountability for Outdoor Wood Boilers
Spring	2007	Isham	Insight from Outside: An International Perspective on the Role of Collaboration in Addressing Environmental Issues in China
Spring	2007	Isham	An Integrated Approach to Support National Energy Policy in Ecuador
Spring	2007	Isham	Clean Coal Technology and the Future of China's Environment
Fall	2006	Barnicle	Towards Self-Sustaining Farms: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency on Small Farms in Vermont
Fall	2006	Barncile	Community Supported Forestry Firewood Program: Gauging Local Interest for a Healthier Tomorrow
Fall	2006	Barnicle	Moving Towards Zero Waste in Addison County
Fall	2006	Barnicle	Local Wood Use at Middlebury College
Spring	2006	Costanza-Robinson	Developing Educational Resources for Pest Control Alternatives
Spring	2006	Costanza-Robinson	A Vermont Farmer's Guide to Finding, Writing, and Applying for Grants Executive Summary
Spring	2006	Costanza-Robinson	Mosquito Control in Vermont: Information for Citizens and Controllers Mosquito Control Website
Fall	2005	Morse	An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility in Vermont Businesses
Fall	2005	Morse	Consumer Responses to Corporate Social Responsibility in Middlebury, Vermont
Fall	2005	Morse	A New Direction for China: Perspectives on Sustainable Development and Global Governance
Spring	2005	Lapin	River Conservation Planning With the Vermont Conservancy
Spring	2005	Jenks-Jay	Eating Local in Addison County: A Cookbook and Directory
Spring	2005	Jenks-Jay	Local Food and the Cornwall Elementary School
Spring	2005	Jenks-Jay	Got Local? The State of Local Food Production and Distribution in Addison County
Spring	2005	Jenks-Jay	A Multimedia Production and Economic Analysis in Support of Local Foods for Institutions
Fall	2004	Gould	Interfaith Environmental Action in Vermont, Resources for Religious Communities and Resource Web Site
Fall	2004	Gould	Vermont Homeowner Renewable Energy Incentives
Fall	2004	Gould	Homeowner Barriers and Options in the Renewable Energy Market
Fall	2004	Gould	Vermont Renewable Energies: A Study of the Distribution and Application of Renewables in Vermont
Fall	2004	Gould	In Search of Lt. Governor Dubie's Green Valley
Spring	2004	Morse	Investigating EMFs and Pesticides in Clarendon, VT
Spring	2004	Morse	Brownfields in Vermont: A Look at Existing Policy and Where to Go From Here
Spring	2004	Morse	Landfills in Vermont: Landfills Before and After Act 78
Spring	2004	Morse	2004 Otter Creek Watershed Planning Public Opinion Survey
Spring	2004	Morse	Addison County River Watch Collaborative Database: A Manual
Spring	2004	Morse	The Safe Lawn Campaign
Fall	2003	Morse	Toxics in Vermont: A Spatial Representation
Fall	2003	Morse	Service Learning with Clarendon Families Interested in Researching Sickness Together (Clarendon FIRST)
Fall	2003	Morse	It's Not Just Dirt: Permitting the Storage of OMYA, Inc. Mine Waste in Florence, VT
Spring	2003	Klyza	Champlain Valley Clayplain Forest Restoration: A Landowner's Guide
Spring	2003	Klyza	Vermont Family Forests and the LaForce Project: A Case Study in Sustainable Forestry
Fall	2002	Jenks-Jay	Ecological Stewardship of College Lands
Spring	2002	Elder	Know Your Food, Know Your Farmer: Highlighting the Connections Between Middlebury College & Local Food Providers
Spring	2002	Elder	A Proposal to Unplug the Middlebury College Snow Bowl
Spring	2002	Elder	Environmental Education: A Proposal for the Future
Spring	2002	Jenks-Jay	Redefining the Pedestrian Campus: Moving Towards a Comprehensive Transportation Plan for Middlebury College
Fall	2001	Gould	A Comprehensive Guide: Alternatives to Expansion - Growth and Demolition on the Middlebury College Campus
Fall	2001	Gould	Spirit in Nature - A Handbook
Spring	2001	Jenks-Jay	The Wood Lot Property: An Investigation of Land Use Appendices (not comprehensive)
Spring	2001	Morse	The Path of the Seed - The Story of Where Cotton Comes From
Spring	2001	Morse	Green Investing
Spring	2001	Morse	Thou Shall Consume: A Spring Break Kayaking Journey
Spring	2001	Morse	Where Does Your Food Come From pamphlet : front.pdf; back.pdf presentation: food.ppt
Spring	2001	Morse	Misplaced and Displaced Matter: On the Topic of Lawn Art in Vermont
Spring	2001	Morse	A Cultural and Land Use History of Job's Neck, Martha's Vineyard
Spring	2001	Morse	Middlebury Cribs (video)
Fall	2000	Ryan	Alternative Energy Lifestyles: Examples from Vermont
Fall	2000	Ryan	Political Campaigns and Fossil Fuels: Separating Science and Politics
Fall	2000	Ryan	Alpine Climate Change: Effects on Seasonal Snow Cover and Biota
Fall	2000	Ryan	Chinese Cookstoves: Small Polluters, Big Consequences - Providing Rural Electrification through Biogas Technology
Fall	2000	Ryan	Environmental Education: A National Outlook, A Local Impact
Fall	2000	Ryan	The Green House Effect: Designing a Sustainable House for the Middlebury College Campus
Fall	2000	Ryan	Implications for Global Climate Change: Polar Ice Cores
Spring	2000	Gould	Life Boundaries: Nature, Economy, and Identity in the Lower Otter Creek Watershed
Spring	2000	Gould	Religion, Education, and Ecology: Explorations Inspired by the Monroe Sisters Project
Spring	2000	Gould	An Oral History of Vermont Farms
Spring	2000	Gould	The Living Machine: A Natural Alternative to Waste Treatment
Spring	2000	Camp	Implementation of a Sustainability Focus in the Environmental Studies Program at Middlebury College
Spring	1999	Jenks-Jay	Plaques for Bicentennial Hall
Spring	1999	Jenks-Jay	My Gift to Middlebury (video)
Spring	1999	Trombulak	Patterns of Development in Middlebury, VT
Spring	1999	Trombulak	Natural Resource Atlas for the Town of Middlebury
Spring	1999	Morse	A Preliminary Land Use History of the Otter Creek Swamps
Fall	1999	Elder	Learning Across Cultures: Perspectives on Study Abroad
Fall	1999	Elder	An Exploration of Wright Park with Third and Fourth Graders
Fall	1999	Elder	The Preliminary Stages of an Outdoor Education Trip between Middlebury College and Middlebury Union High School
Fall	1999	Elder	Proposal for a Sustainable Agriculture Focus in the Environmental Studies Department and a College Organic Farm
Fall	1999	Elder	Exploring the Landscape - An Outdoor Education Guide to the Middlebury Area
Fall	1999	Northrup	Sustainable Management for the Green Mountain National Forest
Fall	1998	Northrup	Battell Lands Preservation
Spring	1998	Meyer
Spring	1998	Elder	Indicator Species and a Long Term Monitoring Program for the Vergennes Waterworks
Spring	1998	Elder	Voices of the Land - An Introduction to the Waterworks
Fall	1997	Northrup
Spring	1997	Wing
Fall	1996	Trombulak	Individual Projects on Forestry Issues
Spring	1996	Cairns
Fall	1995	Meyer
Fall	1995	Northrup
Spring	1995	Cairns
Fall	1994	Meyer
Fall	1994	Northrup	Sustainable Agriculture Curriculum and Resource Guide, grades K-12
Fall	1993	Trombulak	Individual Projects on Forestry Issues
Fall	1992	Trombulak	Alternative Transportation in the Town of Middlebury - A survey of the current patterns of transportation and opinions on enhanced opportunities of bus, bicycle, and pedestrian transportation
Fall	1992	Trombulak	The Environmental Impact of the Food Purchasing Policies of Middlebury College and Their Impact on the Agriculture and Food Production Economy of Vermont
Fall	1991	Trombulak	Working Towards Sustainable Economic Development and Resource Conservation in the Adirondack Park - Analysis and Case Studies
Fall	1991	Trombulak	Vermonters' Views on Lake Champlain - Perceptions of its Environmental Health and Recommendations for its Future Protection
Fall	1990	Rushmore	A Study of Lake Dunmore: Findings and Strategies for Future Management
Fall	1990	Rushmore	A Clean Lake for Tomorrow
Fall	1989	Schmidt	A Proposal for the Management of the Marcy Dam Area
Fall	1989	Schmidt	The Otter Creek Gorge Greenbelt: A Preliminary Proposal
Fall	1988	Trombulak	A Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan for Middlebury College

ES 401: Environmental Studies Senior Seminar

ES 401 - Accumulating Bibliography