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100% Renewable Energy, Campus Energy Conservation, Divestment from Fossil Fuels, Educational Integration, Justice
On March 17, the student-led Sunday Night Environmental Group (SNEG), partnering with the Climate Action Program (CAP), hosted a talk by Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy Alex Barron of Smith College, who discussed climate action in higher education institutions (HEIs).
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Alex Barron, associate professor of Environmental Science and Policy from Smith College, will speak at Middlebury College on Tuesday about what colleges and universities can do, and are doing, about climate change.
The talk titled, “Beyond Buzz Words: Higher Ed Climate Action Lessons,” will take place Tuesday, March 17, 7 p.m., at Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest, Room 103. Barron will talk about his research, which focuses on the design of climate policies to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and avoid catastrophic climate change.
100% Renewable Energy, Campus Energy Conservation, Divestment from Fossil Fuels, Educational Integration, Justice
As Vermont communities confront increasingly costly climate-related disasters, state officials are seeking ways to reduce future impacts. Among them is State Treasurer Mike Pieciak, who recently turned to four Middlebury students researching how a statewide revolving loan fund could help reduce climate risks across the state.
100% Renewable Energy, Campus Energy Conservation, Divestment from Fossil Fuels, Educational Integration, Justice
How can Middlebury make the most of its signature Energy2028 climate initiative as it enters the home stretch of the campaign? Students in a winter-term course led by Kim Gagne considered this question as they listened to and spoke with Middlebury faculty and staff, and experts from the outside to generate ideas about how best to engage the campus community through advocacy and communications. In their culminating presentation, the students synthesized their research into a series of recommendations based on information they gathered over the four-week term.
100% Renewable Energy, Campus Energy Conservation, Divestment from Fossil Fuels, Educational Integration, Justice
Students, faculty, and alumni gathered at the What Works Now? conference, held November 15–17 at Middlebury College, to reflect on the positive environmental outcomes sparked by the inaugural gathering 20 years ago, and to consider strategies for addressing today’s climate challenges.
Representatives from Middlebury College, Encore Renewable Energy, and Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company came together October 24 for a ribbon cutting event celebrating the activation of a five-megawatt solar array that provides the College with 40 percent of its total electricity.
Middlebury College President Laurie Patton cut the ribbon to officially open the South Street Extension solar array on Thursday, Oct. 24, unveiling a project that will now provide 40% of the college’s total electricity. The college hosted the event along with the developer, Encore Renewable Energy, and owner and operator, Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company.
Representatives from Middlebury College, Encore Renewable Energy, and Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company came together October 24 for a ribbon cutting event celebrating the activation of a five-megawatt solar array that provides the College with 40 percent of its total electricity.
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Vermont isn’t what we think it is. At least, Vermont isn’t the place I thought it was or the place many of my peers think it to be. Coming to Vermont as a student from the Midwest, I was eager to become immersed in the land of politicians like Bernie Sanders, activist companies like Ben and Jerry’s and values of environmentalism and justice. These, along with maple syrup, mountains and cows, are the basic traits of the Vermont stereotype and likely are some of the things that drew many students to Middlebury. In fact, a key pillar of the admissions info session I attended back in the summer of 2019 was that a prospective student could not understand the college without understanding the context of the wonderful state in which it exists.
100% Renewable Energy, Campus Energy Conservation, Divestment from Fossil Fuels, Educational Integration, Justice
Middlebury’s new Energy2028 plan builds on a history of thinking holistically about sustainability. In 2007, then-President Ron Liebowitz signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, and the campus achieved carbon neutrality within ten years - a story shared in this video. The college has won numerous awards for its integrated approach to sustainability, including campus operations and curriculum. The new integrated plan also includes ambitious targets for using the college endowment’s investment strategy to fight climate change.
