Winter Term 2005

Building the New Climate Movement
Professor: Jon Isham

Students in this course collaborated on projects with national- and local-level leaders of the new climate movement: Clean Air–Cool Planet, Energy Action, Environmental Defense, The Green House Network, Ben & Jerry's, and the Middlebury Area Global Warming Action Coalition.

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Service-Learning Project Write-Ups:

Business Strategies for Clean Air-Cool Planet
Connecting Energy Action with Non-Traditional Partners
Campaign Strategies for Environmental Defense
The Flat Earth Award
Marketing Strategies for Ben and Jerry's
Recommendations for a Vermont Climate Coalition

Course members and their partners presented their findings as part of the January 25-27, 2005 conference at Middlebury College, 'What Works? New Strategies for a Melting Planet'

Social Marketing and Environmental Affairs
Visiting Lecturer: Nadine Barnicle

Through discussions on ecopsychology, media literacy, and social marketing, this course developed a context for supporting environmental issues with social marketing strategies. Students selected an issue in the first week to follow throughout the course and worked on writing, public speaking and strategic planning skills.

"Turn Your Key, Be Idle Free"
Students focused on the environmental and health effects of idling cars at the Weybridge Elementary School, developed and distributed an informational brochure, gave a presentation to fourth-sixth graders, and motivated the school to post signs in its pick-up / drop-off areas and parking lots.