Environmental Studies

“Rivers as Persons: Religion, Culture, and the Ecocentric Turn in Bangladeshi Environmental Law”

By Hannah Gilmer ‘26, Religion, Philosophy, and the Environment major. 

Please join the department of Environmental Studies for a reception celebrating graduates in this discipline. 

Come meet fellow Environmental Studies majors, minors, and faculty. Learn more about the major and opportunities in the program and get any questions answered prior to fall ‘26 registration. Prospective majors and minors are also encouraged to attend. Light snack and refreshments will be provided. 

St. Francis of Assisi is celebrated as the patron saint of animals and is also recognized as a symbol of pacifism and brotherhood. How then could the figure of St. Francis end up serving the Fascist political project, most tellingly by being declared the Patron Saint of (Fascist) Italy in 1939? Why, and how, would this scrawny Saint become the emblem of a nation dedicated to war?

ENVS 0401 B Community Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum Presentations: Social Change and/or Transformation

Singer and Composer, Moira Smiley and Associate Professor and Chair of Dance, Laurel Jenkins collaboratively present at the Woodin Colloquium Series. Part-lecture, part-performance this event integrates music and movement to evoke presence and connection - an essential starting place for social action.

“Climate Change Impact During the Transition to Renewable Energy in the Natural and Social Landscape in Tierra del Fuego, Southern Chile” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Gabriela Mora-Klepis, Senior Research Technician, Geography and Geosciences Department, at The University of Vermont.