Environmental Studies

“Living in Relationship: An Abenaki View of Place.” Melody Mackin, Associate Director Atowi Project.

Melody Mackin will discuss what it means to live in relationship with place and how the Abenaki view the world of creation. Indigenous identity is inseparable from place and the traditions of the past can often be the best solutions for our future.

MIDD-ES CORE PANEL DISCUSSION: Conflict Transformation

Dan Brayton, Julian W. Abernethy Professor of Literature
Jeff Howarth, Associate Professor of Geography
Jon Isham, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
Monica Przyperhart, Visiting Laboratory Professor in Environmental Studies

“How Business Model Innovation is Working to Combat Climate Change.” Pier LaFarge ‘10.5, CEO, Sparkfund, Phil Croker ‘16, Senior Director, Sparkfund, Kwame Mukasa ‘19, Program Manager, Sparkfund.

An exploration of how innovative business models are being put to work to deliver new solutions to the climate crisis, across decarbonization, resilience and electrification technology, from wildfire prevention to building energy efficiency and beyond.

John Bunker has been farming in Maine for more than 40 years and has played a central part in Fedco Seed Company. Please join John as he the recounts the history of apples in New England and the return of cider. He will ask the question: how are the two related and what might we have in store?

“The Chinese Safari: Cultural Identity and Wildlife Conservation in Kenya’s Tourism Industry,” a talk by Amanda Kaminsky (class of ‘13). Ms. Kaminsky will talk about the social and environmental consequences of Chinese tourism in Kenya, which she has been studying as a graduate student at the Univesity of Michigan. In her Master’s thesis Ms.

Join visiting artist Jay Mead to create community art to commemorate 50 Years of Environmental Education and Leadership at Middlebury! Jay will be working on the lawn between Franklin Environmental Center and Proctor all day October 1 & 2, so stop by and participate at any time.

Join visiting artist Jay Mead to create community art to commemorate 50 Years of Environmental Education and Leadership at Middlebury! Jay will be working on the lawn between Franklin Environmental Center and Proctor all day October 1 & 2, so stop by and participate at any time.

“Rewilding, Large Mammal Reintroduction, and Park Creation in South America: 25 years of Tompkins Conservation” by Ignacio Jimenez Perez (Tompkins Conservation). Co-sponsored by The Program in Environmental Studies, Environmental Affairs, and the Biology Department.

Screening and Panel Discussion: DamNation (doors open at 6:30p) Middlebury is hosting a screening of DamNation, an award winning film that sheds a new light on America’s dams. Here in Vermont, dams may not be considered big but they are plentiful—over 1,000 dams exist on Vermont’s waterways. An estimated 200 of these are considered “deadbeat” dams, meaning that they serve no utility or purpose.

Carolyn Finney author of “Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimaging the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors.” In her recently published book, Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors (UNC Press), Carolyn explores the complexities and contradictions of the African American environmental relationship.