Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

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ENVS 0401 Senior Seminar Presentations

ENVS 0401 Senior Seminar Presentations

Cultural Ecosystem Services: How do you measure that?

Rachelle Gould, Assistant Professor, University of Vermont, Environmental Program, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources

What is recycling good for? The case of American paper in the 21st century

Daniel Press, Olga T. Griswold Professor of Environmental Studies, Executive Director, Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, University of California, Santa Cruz

Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City

Kristin Reynolds, Critical Food Geographer; Lecturer, Food Studies and Environmental Studies, The New School; Lecturer, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Distinguished Visiting Faculty of Food Studies, University of Southern Maine.

The Power of Peers: How Transnational Advocacy Networks Shape Protest on Climate Change

Jennifer Hadden, Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland

Historical marine ecology: Informing the future by learning from the past

Loren McClenachan, Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Colby College

The field of historical marine ecology developed from the fundamental observation that marine ecosystems had been changed by human actions long before scientists began to study them. This talk will give examples of my own historical ecology research, with a focus on in coral reef ecosystems, and ways in which knowledge of past ecosystems can be applied toward conservation.

Thriving cities…trees are the answer!

Rich Cochran ‘91, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, President and CEO. Middlebury Parent, 2020.

Food Localization and Black Power in Contemporary Detroit

Erica Morrell, C3 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Middlebury College

In this talk, Erica explains how 21st century food localization in Detroit transformed from a white-led movement based in cultures of science to a black-led movement favoring experience—and what this means for our notions of knowledge, power, and environmental justice more broadly