Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Reduce Reuse Recycle Repurpose: Quilting for Change. An Art Exhibit and Quilting Event.

Featuring several decades of work of local quilt artist: Ann Eileen Miller Baker.
Come learn or share your experience quilting. Bring pieces of clothing you want to turn into a quilt, potholder, wall hanging, etc.  

*scissors, needles, thread and fabric will be available

“Tell Me What You Think – Three Thousand Acres in the Champlain Valley: Middlebury College Lands Planning” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Marc Lapin, College Lands Conservationist and Associate Laboratory Professor in Environmental Studies.

Jeremy Ney is the author of a forthcoming book about opportunity and inequality in America and is a professor at Columbia Business School. His research focuses on the geography of opportunity and the ways that interconnected inequalities limit upward mobility for communities. His work has been featured in the New York Times, TIME Magazine, NPR, BBC, and on the TEDx stage.

Environmental Studies Core Conversations: Success and Failure

Dan Brayton, Professor of Environmental Studies and Julian W. Abernathy Professor of Literature
Molly Costanza-Robinson, Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Jeff Howarth, Associate Professor of Geography
Dan Suarez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and C.V. Starr Fellow in International Studies

“Exporting Extinction: How the International Financial System Constrains Biodiverse Futures” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Audrey Irvine-Broque, PhD Student, University of British Columbia.

In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students currently enrolled in ENVS 0401 B Community-Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum with present work from their semester long community-engaged projects.

In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students currently enrolled in ENVS 0401 A Community-Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum with present work from their semester long community-engaged projects.

Join us for an exclusive panel discussion featuring Midd alumnae who are currently shaping the future of AlphaSights. The event offers a unique opportunity to hear from accomplished professionals who have built successful careers at the world’s leading knowledge on-demand firm. 

“Here Comes the Sun” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar Environmental Studies.

McKibben will reflect on the sudden remarkable explosion of renewable energy around the world. The talk will include the climate implications of this development as well as the cultural and artistic meaning of reconnecting humans with the sun.

Bill McKibben is founder of Third Act, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice.

“How to Love a Forest” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Ethan Tapper, Forester, Author of “How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World.”