Environmental Studies

“Who I am is the possibility of the transformation of humanity.  What I’m giving up is that I’m misunderstood” – Mahting Putelis

Who do you stand with?  Where do you stand?  What does it mean for us to have something in common?  CEO of Hunt to Eat Mahting Putelis and artist-in-residence Dr. Carolyn Finney open up with each other about identity, conservation, generational trauma, & the challenge of walking the talk.  Join them as they take the leap – bring your open hearts and good questions!

“Nothing is more intimate than your body in the world” – Alice Randall

NY Times bestselling author & activist Alice Randall joins artist & Middlebury scholar-in-residence Carolyn Finney for a conversation where they give up the “t” on the intimate experience of being a black body on a green and imperiled planet. 

Join them as they go off the beaten path to dig into self-care, allyship, Black possibility and the art of living. 

What would a Black Walden Pond look like? 

Prof. William Tarpeh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, will give a guest lecture via zoom, titled “Tracking and Treating Aqueous Nitrogen Emissions” on Friday, April 2, 2021 at 1:45 PM. Students are invited to meet with Prof. Tarpeh immediately following his lecture.

Climbing, hiking and hanging outdoors - what does the N word have to do with outdoor recreation and all things green? Cultural appropriation.  Invisibility.  DEI.  It’s not easy being green.  And why should we care?

Please visit go/woodincolloquiumseries for Zoom details.

Please visit go/woodincolloquiumseries for zoom details.

Resistance to Business as Usual: Integrating Environmental and Social Responsibility into Business

A Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Ali Kenney, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Insights at Burton.

Middlebury’s recently launched Climate Action Capacity Project seeks to support all students in finding meaningful ways to engage and act on the climate crisis. One of the hallmark initiatives of the Project is the Climate Action Fellowship program, developed for students from varied backgrounds and interests. As they wrap up the inaugural year of the Climate Action Fellowship, participating students will reflect on their backgrounds, the work and learning they’ve done through the Fellowship and what they hope for themselves and Middlebury going forward.

The aftermath of wildfire in western North America landscapes: forest recovery or transformation

A Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Caitlin Littlefield ’07.5, Research Assistant Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont.

A Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Nicolas Howe, Associate Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies Williams College.