Environmental Studies

Animal Rights: The Environmental and Ethical Impacts of the Animal Industrial Complex.

Renowned Australian philanthropist , environmental, and animal rights activist Philip Wollen will discuss the environmental and ethical impacts of the animal industrial complex on the atmosphere, water, forests, the oceans, and the existential threat to the survival of humans and up to a million other species. The 90 minute event will include a presentation by Philip Wollen, a Q & A Session and some time for action planning.

Participate with Midd in the World Wide Teach-In on Climate and Justice! Middlebury will be joining more than 350 educational institutions around the world (in more than 50 countries and most US states) in the teach-in. On or around Wednesday, March 30, 2022, faculty will devote at least five minutes of classroom time to a conversation about climate solutions and justice. Continue the conversation from this fall’s Clifford Symposium – Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency – and engage our students, who are coming of age in an age of planetary crisis and transformation.

This talk will be given by Dr. Tihitina Andarge, whose research includes incomplete enforcement information on compliance and ambient pollution levels within the context of water quality regulations. 

Learn more about the Environmental Studies major and opportunities in the program and get any questions answered prior to fall registration. Prospective majors and minors are also encouraged to attend.

Environmental Studies Department Reception for Graduating Seniors and their guests.

ENVS 0401 B Community Engaged Practicum Student Presentations: Social and environmental justice in the built environment.

Offered both in-person and virtually. To join virtually, please use this Zoom link (Password: 050427).

ENVS 0401 A Community Engaged Practicum Student Presentations: Environmental health disparities and climate vulnerability in Vermont.

Offered both in-person and virtually. To join virtually, please use this Zoom link (Password: 050427).

“Toxicology and Public Health in Vermont: PCB testing in schools” by Sarah Vose, PhD, State Toxicologist, Vermont Department of Health.

“The Climate Action Landscape in Vermont: The Climate Council, Legislature, and the Grassroots” by Johanna Miller, Energy and Climate Program Director at the Vermont Natural Resources Council.

“Environmental and Earth Narratives, How to Belong?” by Sarah K Khan, Maker/Scholar, Artist-in Residence @ ArtHx, Princeton University.

Khan shares diverse multimedia work on how she inscribes dismissed narratives, real and conjured, into, onto and alongside what we call North American environment and culture, and beyond. Twitter @sarahkkhan Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sarahkkhan/.