Environmental Studies

“We Lost Our Sea Ice, Now What?” by Ross Lieb-Lappen ‘07, who is teaching the Winter Term course ENVS 110 – Ice Cores: By Land and by Sea. Ross Lieb-Lappen earned a degree in environmental studies and chemistry. During his first year at Middlebury, he was the founder of the Relay For Life at the College, which has cumulatively raised over $1.5 million for cancer research and support services. After obtaining a M.S. in mathematics from the University of Vermont, he completed a Ph.D. in Engineering at Dartmouth College studying the microstructure of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice.

Lecture by Helena Wong

How should Asians and Asian Americans be relating to social movements of our time like Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock, and Not1More? How are grassroots organizers in Asian communities around the country pushing back against gentrification, discriminatory policing, environmental racism, and what happens when communities are hit with (un)natural disasters? How do we understand what is happening in China and bring it back to what it means to organize with a racial and gender justice lens here in the US?

Dr. Gregory Trencher, Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Policy at Clark University, will discuss Innovative Strategies towards a Low-Carbon Society in Japan.

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.