September 11 |
Energy Issues in the Vermont Legislature
Senator Claire Ayer '92, Third Term State Senator Representing Addison County and Brandon |
September 18 |
Back to the Land, Twenty-First Century Style: How Smart Growth Can Shepherd Vermont’s Traditional Landscape into the Post-Oil Era
Noelle Mackay, Executive Director, Smart Growth Vermont |
September 25 |
Core Panel Discussion: My City was Gone: Reflections on Sprawl
Kathy Morse, Associate Professor of History; Chris Klyza, Stafford Professor of Public Policy, Political Science, and Environmental Studies; Pete Ryan, Associate Professor of Geology, Middlebury |
October 2 |
Our Energy Future - A Major Change
David Blittersdorf, President and CEO of Earth Turbines, Inc. |
October 9 |
Our Land – Our Youth – Our Future
Liz Putnam, Founding President, Student Conservation Association (SCA) |
October 16 |
Religious Environmentalisms: A View from the Field
Rebecca Kneale Gould, Associate Professor of Religion, Middlebury |
October 23 |
Climate Change, Culture Change, and Human Rights: Making the Case for Viliui Sakha of Northeast Siberia
Susan Crate, Assistant Professor of Human Ecology, George Mason University |
October 30 |
Grassroots Government: Laying the Foundation for Federal Climate Leadership
Asher Burns-Burg ‘05.5, Associate, ICF International |
November 6 |
Connecting Taste, Place and the Environment: Towards A New Future of Food
Amy Trubek, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Vermont |
November 13 |
Understanding the Role of Food in Middlebury’s Carbon Neutrality Initiative
Bill Hegman, GIS Specialist; Matt Biette, Director of Dining Services; Jack Byrne, Director of Sustainability Integration, Middlebury |
November 20 |
A Family Forest Journey: From Farming to Rewilding of Vermont’s Private Working Woodlands
David Brynn, Founder and Executive Director, Vermont Family Forests |
December 4 |
ENVS 401 Senior Seminar Class Presentations |