Environmental Studies

What’s Old is New Again: Activating Natural History Collections for Climate Change Research

Lauren Williams, Curator, Blacker Wood Natural History Collection, Rare Books department, McGill University Library

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.

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

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.

In this half-day gathering, organizers and attendees of the recent Vision for Vermont Summit at Bread Loaf will discuss next steps for building a sustainable, inclusive economy.

Universal Design Reading Group Meeting

ENVS 0401 Community Engaged Practicum Presentations

ENVS 0401 Community Engaged Practicum Presentations

Slaying Dragons: Holding Corporate Polluters Responsible
Emily J. Joselson, Partner, Langrock, Sperry, and Wool LLP

Land as Material, Habitat, and Knowledge: Constructions of Resource Materialities in Bristol Bay
Bindu Panikkar, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources