Environmental Studies ENVS

Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series Talk: Truth in Numbers? Data in Environmental Studies

Sponsored by:
Environmental Studies
MIDD-ES CORE PANEL DISCUSSION
Truth in Numbers? Data in Environmental Studies

Featuring:
Joseph Holler, Assistant Professor of Geography
Christopher McGrory Klyza, Stafford Professor of Public Policy, Political Science and Environmental Studies
Marc Lapin, Associate Laboratory Professor in Environmental Studies and College Lands Ecologist
Kathryn Morse, John C. Elder Professor of Environmental Studies; Professor of History

Virtual Middlebury

Free
Open to the Public

Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series Talk

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Environmental Studies
Cinema toward Future Life
Brett Story, Filmmaker and Assistant Professor of Image Arts at Ryerson University.

A discussion about documentary practice, aesthetics and narrative in the time of climate catastrophe, and surviving capitalism together. 

Visit go.middlebury.edu/woodincolloquiumseries for information on how to view this lecture.

Virtual Middlebury

Free
Open to the Public

The Quiet Force film screening and panel discussion

A documentary film about the Latinx immigrant workforce in American mountain towns with filmmaker Hilary Byrne. A 37-minute film screening followed by panel discussion on
immigration and diversity in the outdoors community.

Panelists: • Anahi Naranjo ‘17, Latinos Outdoors • Jocelyn Tenorio ’19, Juntos
• Doug Connelly, Dean of Students and Dir. Outdoor Programs
• Leigh Cole, Immigration Attorney, Dinse P.C. • Hilary Byrne, Filmmaker
Moderator: Cheryl Mitchell, Treleven, Inc.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series Talk

Sponsored by:
Environmental Studies
Agroecology and Food Sovereignty - in Theory and Practice

Martha Caswell, Codirector, Agroecology and Livelihoods Collaborative, University of Vermont

Agroecology and Food Sovereignty are global movements for food systems transformation, but there are still many questions about what they represent and what they can achieve. This talk will explore their history and potential.

Visit go.middlebury.edu/woodincolloquiumseries for information on how to view this lecture.

Virtual Middlebury

Free
Open to the Public

Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series Talk

Sponsored by:
Environmental Studies
The Material Is the Message: Art in the Time of Climate Change
Jessica Beels, Sculptor and Installation Artist, Washington, D.C.

Jessica Beels delves into how people perceive their surroundings – natural and human-made – creating artwork that challenges viewers to reexamine their presumptions and take a closer look. Incorporating both found objects and unfamiliar materials, her sculpture and installation work sparks intrigue and spurs conversations about our complicated and changing relationship with the world around us.

Virtual Middlebury

Free
Open to the Public

Why We Grow Grains: Recreating Paleolithic Flatbreads

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Environmental Studies
Why We Grow Grains: Recreating Paleolithic Flatbreads

Join Maria Trumpler, Yale Professor and former Middlebury Dean, to grind flour, bake and enjoy flatbreads in the Knoll’s wood-fired oven while exploring in conversation if the deliciousness of flatbreads might explain the transition from forager-hunters to settled agriculture.

The Knoll, Middlebury’s farm and gardens
Saturday 3-5 pm

The Knoll

Walking Black & Talking Green: A Convo about Race & Environment w/Carolyn Finney

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Environmental Studies
Students: Who do you stand with? What does justice require? What does it mean to walk the talk re: power & privilege, race & place, environmental & climate justice? Whose voice counts? Bring your voice, ideas and your truth to this student conversation with Carolyn Finney, Scholar-in-Residence at Middlebury.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103