Middlebury pledged that by 2016, 30 percent of food purchased for Dining Services will meet RFC criteria, including: local (within 150 miles), ecologically sound, fair working conditions, and humane animal treatment.

Five Environmental Studies students at Middlebury College recently researched the effects of global climate shifts on public mental health for Vermont's Department of Health.

Elizabeth Courtney, co-author of Greening Vermont: The Search for a Sustainable State, reflects on her work with Middlebury students in last spring's Environmental Studies Senior Seminar.

Middlebury is participating in a new, collaborative summer class about Vermont's food system.

On November 18, the Middlebury community welcomed President elect Laurie Patton. A video by Benjamin Savard '14 captures the sentiment of that day.

2,100 acres on the Bread Loaf Campus will be conserved in perpetuity thanks to a new endowment established by Louis Bacon ’79 and the College.

How a group of motivated Middlebury students co-founded 350.org with Middlebury College Schumann Distinguished Scholar Bill McKibben.

Middlebury College Professor and Environmental Studies Affiliate Matthew Dickerson recently published a book about fly fishing, Appalachia, and a love for the water.

Middlebury alum Cordelia Newbury '13 worked on the 2011 and 2013 Solar Decathlon competitions. See how these experiences inspired her professional life after Middlebury.

Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury Bill McKibben has won the 2014 Right Livelihood Award for "mobilizing growing popular support in the U.S.A. and around the world for strong action to counter the threat of global climate change."

For the 2014 - 2015 academic year, the Environmental Council will focus on three topics: feasibility of a campus microgrid, real food, and environmental social governance / sustainability assessment priorities.

The Office of Sustainability Integration hosted a series of events during first year orientation to welcome students, introduce them to sustainability projects on campus, and inform them about how they can get involved.

A living, planted roof system was installed this week atop Middlebury College’s new Squash Center. The “green roof” is the second installed by the College—the first was planted on top of Atwater Dining Hall in 2004.

On August 6, Governor Peter Shumlin cut the ribbon on the South Ridge Solar facility, the first completed 500 kW solar net metering project in Vermont. The project is providing power to Middlebury College as part of the institution's commitment to become carbon neutral.

Rebecca Gould, senior lecturer in Environmental Studies and author of At Home in Nature, recently spoke to Vermont Public Radio’s Vermont Edition about homesteading and the back-to-the-land movement.

Secretary Ernest Moniz, Vermont's congressional delegation and governor, and Vermont energy leaders will discuss the path to a clean energy future.

The Middlebury campus bike shop, with the support of library circulation services and the department of public safety, is proud to announce the Middlebury Bikeshare Program.

Researchers finish harvesting the second willow growth from Middlebury's 10-acre test plot.

Middlebury’s Director of Sustainability Integration and Vice President of Finance attended the “Intentionally Designed Endowments" conference in Cambridge, MA.

The annual Stone Soup Summit drew together growers, producers, and educators interested in strengthening the local food network in schools.

Middlebury College progresses towards its goal of carbon neutrality and plans for the future.

The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference summer programs are now accepting applications for Middlebury Student Scholarships.

Steve Trombulak, Professor of Environmental and Biosphere Studies at Middlebury College and the director of the Middlebury School of the Environment, speaks at TEDxMiddlebury.