2004-2005
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
September 2004 | October 2004 | November 2004 | December 2004
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September 2004
Thursday, September 16
12:15 pm - ES Woodin Colloquium Diana Stuart Sinton '88, GIS Program Director, National Institute for Technology and Liberal Eduation "Interpreting Patterns of Woody Vegetation in Argentina's El Palmar National Park" (Room 216 McCardell Bicentennial Hall ~ Lunch provided)
Saturday, September 18
10am - 4pm- 25th Annual Harvest Festival Celebrate the autumnal traditions of Vermont's farms and forests with musical performances, hay rides, workshops, exhibits, ethnic and traditional foods ~ $6 adult; $4 child; free to members (Shelburne Farms)
Sunday, September 19
8pm- Middlebury College Organic Garden meeting (Coffrin Annex Lounge)
Monday, September 20
Student applications due for Environmental Council by 5 p.m. Request application from coreilly@middlebury.edu
6-8pm -Student Activities Fair -- get involved in all kinds of great organizations on campus (McCullough Hall)
7:00pm- 9:00pm - Benefit for Keeping Track "A Celebration of Hope" featuring Chip Ward, author of Hope's Horizon, and aothors Bill McKibben, John Elder, Steve Trombulak, and Susan Morse. Donations appreciated. (104 McCardell Bicentennial Hall)
7:00pm - Addison County GE Free Food Group is sponsoring a film series on Monday nightsat Ilsley Library Community Meeting Room with pizza provided by American Flatbread. "Deconstructing Supper" will be shown on September 20th, following a chef's journey or exploration into understanding GMO's. (Ilsley Public Library ~ Middlebury)
Tuesday, September 21
5:00pm- 6:00pm - Tom Butler, Editor of Wild Earth and Director of Education and Advocacy for the Wildlands Project. "Wilderness Then and Now: An Evolving American Institution" (UVM Wilderness Seminar Series~ 108 Lafayette)
Wednesday, September 22
2:30pm- 4:00pm - Children's Gardening Program at the Middlebury College Organic Garden on the knoll west of McCardell Bicentennial Hall every Wednesday this fall. Contact Susannah Patty for info spatty@middlebury.edu
Thursday, September 23
12:15pm - Howard E. Woodin ES Colloquium Series: Azur Moulaert, Vermont Public Interest Research Group "A Proposal for Vermont's Electric Energy Future: Keeping the Big Picture in the Picture"(Room 216 McCardell Bicentennial Hall ~ Lunch provided)
Friday, September 24-26
REGIONAL ACTIVIST TRAINING CONFERENCE http://inside.bard.edu/community/projects/atc
(Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)
Saturday, September 25
2:00pm - 5:00pm - Fungus Hike Join Pathologist extraordinaire Shane Lishawa on a fungal walk in Niquette Bay State Park (easy walking of 4 miles or less) Call 862-5805 as group limited to 15. (Burlington Section of Green Mountain Club)
Sunday, September 26
3:00pm - Greenhouse Raising & Garden Celebration Join Middlebury College Organic Garden enthusiasts on the knoll west of Bicentennial Hall for the construction of a greenhouse that will be followed by dinner featuring vegetables from the garden. (Middlebury College Organic Garden ~ Route 125 West)
Monday, September 27
4:30pm- 5:40pm - Environmental Council Meeting All welcome (401 0ld Chapel)
Tuesday, September 28
5:00pm- 6:00pm - Kathleen Osgood Dana, Faculty, Center for Northern Studies and Sterling College, Vermont. "A Voice Crying in the Hunting Lands: A Look at Scandinavian, Finnish and Saami Ideas of Wilderness." (UVM Wilderness Seminar Series ~ 108 Lafayette)
Wednesday, September 29
6:00pm - Fareed Zakaria, Editor of Newsweek International and expert on globalization and foreign affairs provides the keynote address of the 2004 George D. Aiken Lectures "An Empire of Liberty? America's Role in the World" (UVM Ira Allen Chapel ~ Burlington)
Thursday, September 30
12:15pm - ES/Howard E. Woodin Colloquium Kathryn Morse, History; Steve Trombulak, Biology & ES; Steve Maier, Visiting Lecturer in ES "Perspectives on the Political Process as a Mechanism for Addressing Environmental Issues"(Room 216 McCardell Bicentennial Hall ~ Lunch provided)
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October 2004
Saturday, October 2
9:30am- 5:00pm - Dead Creek Wildlife Day Celebrate wildlife in the Champlain Valley~ over 43 activities including fishing and hunting workshops, wildlife viewing, canoeing, and birdwatching all at no charge. Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area (Rte 17 in Addison)
10:00am- 1:00pm - Buel's Gore Animal Tracking Trip Enjoy the foliage and explore mammals of the area with tracker Patti Greenswift. Vermont Sierra Club 864-3808 (Buel's Gore)
10:00am- 4:00pm - Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's Green Buildings Open House including Atwater Commons' new dining and residential halls at Middlebury College. For info of other buildings on the tour in this area see www.nesea.org (Atwater)
Sunday, October 3
11:00am- 2:00pm - Environmental Summit Representatives of campus environmental groups gather for an annual meeting, brainstorming and strategy session of campus environmental priorities. All welcome. (LaForce 121)
Monday, October 4
12:15pm- 1:30pm - John DeGrafproducer of "Affluenza" and "Escape from Affluenza" will present "America Needs a Break: How Overconsumption and Overwork Harm our Health, Families, Communities, and Environment" (Room 220 McCardell Bicentennial Hall - Lunch provided)
4:30pm - Dancing on Mountains/Dancing on Walls Public lecture and film by Director Amelia Rudolph, on art and the environment. (Dana Auditorium)
4:30pm - Into the Heart of an African Village: A Reading and Discussion of Contemporary Issues Facing Rural West AfricaReading and discussion by Sarah Erdman '96, returned Peace Corps Volunteer/Côte d'Ivoire and author of Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two years in the Heart of an African Village. Cosponsored by the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs and the Career Services Office. (Robert A Jones House conference room)
6:00pm - Last Chance to Eat Dine on some forgotten flavors that have been placed on Slow Food USA's "Ark of Taste" - a national list of foods threatened with extinction as a result of large-scale distribution systems, industrial standardization and environmental degradation. After dinner, Gina Mallet, author of Last Chance to Eat: The Fate of Taste in a Fast Food World, will discuss her concerns with less variety and fewer unique tastes in today's food landscape. $35 non-members (Shelburne Farms)
7:00pm - Mandip Singh Soin FRGS (and father of Himali Soin '08) presents "A Three Decade Retrospective on Mountaineering"(Johnson 304)
7:00pm - Addison County GE Free Food Group film series "The Future of Food"a powerful documentary by Deborah Koons Garcia with guest speaker Brian Tokar from the Institute of Social Ecology. (Ilsley Public Library Community Meeting Room ~ Middlebury)
Tuesday, October 5
5:00pm- 6:00pm - Spencer Phillips, Senior Resource Economist, The Wilderness Society. "Getting Serious about Conservation: Economics and Wilderness in Vermont." (UVM Wilderness Seminar Series ~ 108 Lafayette)
Wednesday, October 6
7:00pm - Jay Lehr, Senior Fellow and Science Director of the Heartland Institute in Chicago discusses "Capitalism Creates the Cleanest Environment" Sponsored by UVM School of Business Administration. Reception at 6 p.m. - RSVP to winton@bsad.uvm.edu (Sheraton Conference Center ~ Burlington)
Thursday, October 7
12:15pm - ES/Howard E. Woodin Colloquium Amelia Rudolf, Director of Project Bandaloop (Art and the Environment) "Dancing on Mountains: The Descent of El Capitan" (Room 216 McCardell Bicentennial Hall ~ Lunch provided)
4:30pm - Vermicomposting: Not Just Another Dirty WordMary Appelhof, internationally recognized as Worm Woman, and author of the popular book, "Worms Eat My Garbage," will give a free public presentation on sustainability in the home and on campus. Open dinner at Weybridge House to follow (216 McCardell BIH)
Friday, October 8
10:00pm - Mary Apelhof offers a Vermicomposting (worms) workshop at the organic garden on the knoll west of McCardell Bicentennial Hall. Contact Phil Aroneanu for details paronean@middlebury.edu
2:00pm - Project Bandaloop Performance(New library façade)
4:30pm - Dedication of the New Library's Garden of the Seasons
Garden designed by Michael Singer (New Library)
5:00pm - Aerial Workshop for DancersWith Amelia Rudolph and members of Project Bandaloop. Observers welcome. (New Library facade)
October 8-10
The Birdhouse Project
Watch for The Birdhouse Project, directed by Andrea Olsen. This collaborative work incorporates original dance, environmental set design by Carl Phelps, and music by David Rothenberg. Weekly rehearsals take place this fall around the CFA pond, with performances on Homecoming Weekend 2004, October 8–10, and Earth Day celebrations in 2005 (April 22). Visit www.middlebury.edu/dance for more details. Funded in part by an Ada Howe Kent Faculty Fellowship.
Saturday, October 9
9:00pm- 12 - Natural Communities of the Champlain ValleyJoin Marc Lapin of the Champlain Valley Clay Plain Forest Project on a section of the Trails Around Middlebury (TAM). For info 388-1007 (Wright Park and Otter Creek in Middlebury)
1:00pm- 3:00pm - Fall Festival at the Bristol Watershed Center A celebration of the geology of the area, with local geologists leading walks to the anticline and other geological features of the property. Music, food, and a campfire at the reservoir will follow. For information call 453-2856. (Plank Rd., Bristol)
2:00pm and 4:00pm - Project Bandaloop Performances (New library façade)
Sunday, October 10
2:00pm and 4:00pm - Project Bandaloop Performances(New library façade)
Monday - Tuesday, October 11-12
Project Bandaloop Mini-ResidencyWith performers Mark Stuver '98 and Rachael Lincoln. (Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre)
Thursday, October 14
9:00am- 5:00pm - Renewable Energy Vermont's annual conference Renewable Energy Here and Now [registration required www.revermont.org] Students should contact Connie Leach Bisson cbisson@middlebury.edu for financial assistance (Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center ~ Burlington)
Friday - Sunday, October 15- 17
38th Annual New England Environmental Education Alliance Conference(NEEEA), "Opening Doors: Collaboration Strengthens Our Voice to Build Sustainable Communities," Breadloaf Campus of Middlebury. Speakers, field trips, workshops, entertainment, locally grown food, silent auction. Registration brochure available at http://www.vermontsweep.org/neeea04.htm (Ripton)
Monday, October 18
7:00pm - Addison County GE Free Food Group film series "Fed Up" (Ilsley Public Library Community Meeting Room ~ Middlebury)
Tuesday, October 19
Vermont Fresh Network Farmers' Dinner, Blueberry Hill Inn. Join the Vermont Fresh Network in celebrating the promise of local cuisine. Reservations: 247-6735; info: 229-4706. Web site: www.blueberryhillinn.com (Goshen)
Thursday, October 21
12:15 p.m. ES/Howard E. Woodin Colloquium Greg Spitz, Senior Project Consultant, Resource Systems Group "New Developments in Transportation and How the Affect the Envionment.
7:00pm - Middlebury Area Land Trust Annual Meeting Conserving Vital Areas in our Communities with Guest Lecturer Elizabeth Thompson. the co-author of the book Wetland, Woodland Wildland: A Guide to the Natural Communities of Vermont. This book is the definitive guide to diverse natural communities throughout the state. Silent Auction and Annual Meeting to follow lecture. Middlebury College, Kirk Alumni Center. Please RSVP to MALT: 388-1007 or malt2@middlebury.edu.
Wednesday, October 26
4:30 p.m. Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequenses of America's Growing Petroleum Dependency. A lecture by Michael T. Klare, Director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College. Sponsored by the Department of Geography, the Environmental Studies Program, and the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs. (Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room)
Thursday, October 28
12:15 p.m. ES/Howard E. Woodin Colloquium Emily Joselson Esq., Langrock Sperry & Wool LLP "Private Litigation as a Means of Supporting a Cleaner Environment- Using the Civil Justice System to Enforce Accountability."
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November 2004
Wednesday, November 3
4:30 p.m. America's Nature, and Nature in the Americas: Ecology and the Latin American Library of American Nature Writing. A lecture by Jorge Marcone, associate professor of Spanish, Rutgers University; Class of 1946 Professor of Humanities/International Environmental Issues and Visiting Faculty, Center for Environmental Studies, Williams College (Robert A. Jones '59 House conference room).
12:15 p.m. ES/Howard E. Woodin Colloquium Brian Keel, Forest Technician, US Forest Service, Green Mountain National Forest "Climate Change and Assisted Migration of At-Risk Orchids." (Room 216 McCardell Bicentennial Hall ~ Lunch provided)
Thursday, November 11
12:15 p.m. ES/Howard E. Woodin Colloquium Jim Carlton, Director of the Williams-Mystic Program in American Maritime Stuides "Enivonmental History, Policy and Scince: Changes in the Sea." (Room 216 McCardell Bicentennial Hall ~ Lunch provided)
Wednesday, November 17
7:00 p.m. Environmental Lecture: Stuart R. Deans, Partner, Robinson & Cole, Attorneys at Law, Stamford, CT: "New Source Review and the Clean Air Act - Smoke, Mirrors & Regulatory Reinvention" (Twilight Auditorium)
Thursday, November 18
12:15 p.m. ES/Howard E. Woodin Colloquium Julian Agyeman, Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University "Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice." (Room 216 McCardell Bicentennial Hall ~ Lunch provided)
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December 2004
Thursday, December 2
12:15 p.m. ES/Howard E. Woodin Colloquium Bill McKibben, Scholar-in-Residence in Environmental Studeis "The Champlain Valley and the Adirondacks: Imagining a Single Region." (Room 216 McCardell Bicentennial Hall ~ Lunch provided)
Friday, December 3
12:30 p.m. Biology Seminar: Dr. Peter Marra, Avian Ecology Lab, Smithsonian Env Research Center, Edgewater, MA. "The Missing Link - tracing the breeding ground origins
of wintering migratory birds." Sponsored by the Biology Department, Enrichment Fund Pool, and Environmental Affairs. (220 McCardell Bicentennial Hall - lunch available at 12:15pm).
Thursday, December 9
12:15 p.m. ES/Howard E. Woodin Colloquium - ES 401 Senior Seminar Class Presentations (Room 216 McCardell Bicentennial Hall ~ Lunch provided)
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January 2005
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