Mobilizing for a Just Transition - Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Ed

Middlebury is a Host Institution for this virtual three-day conference offered by AASHE (Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Ed), October 20-22. 

FREE REGISTRATION is available for Midd students/faculty/staff and includes access to all sessions and events during and for 30 days after the conference. REGISTER NOW at go/AASHE2020 

Humanity faces a series of intensifying and interrelated social and ecological crises. Solving these crises requires a holistic transformation: a shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy. With the theme of “Mobilizing for a Just Transition,” this AASHE conference will focus on centering justice within this transformation and ensuring that it leaves no one behind. We seek to encourage higher education leaders to reflect and act on the Just Transition Principles articulated by the Climate Justice Alliance and to spotlight inspirational examples of institutions championing this work. 

Many sessions and keynotes will be offered, both live and on demand. Check out the schedules:
Live Schedule, https://www.aashe.org/conference/program/live-schedule/
On-demand Schedule, https://www.aashe.org/conference/program/on-demand-schedule/

Keynote Event (full listing at https://www.aashe.org/conference/):

Thursday, October 22: 9:00 - 9:45a
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Distinguished Teaching Professor, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, will offer reflections and an indigenous perspective on the meanings of a just transition. (Dr. Kimmerer has served as faculty at the Middlebury Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference and has presented at the ES Colloquium Series)