Environmental Studies

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

MIDD-ES STUDENT REFLECTIONS ON LEARNING: Student-led Campus Sustainability Initiatives

The Longest Conversation: How the Earth Speaks to the Writer
Luis Alberto Urrea, Author and Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing, the University of Illinois at Chicago

A lifetime of writing and studying and walking has taught me one thing: every writer is being asked to pay attention, to listen to the world, and make it the story you tell. Through nonfiction, fiction and poetry, place is a major character and the responsibility of the writer. If you are not telling me about the aspens, you are not telling the whole story.

Spirit Lands: Ontology and the Environment in the South Pacific
Emily Donaldson, Anthropologist, Writer, and Adjunct Faculty, Saint Michael’s College

Agriculture on the Brink: Climate Change, Labor, and Smallholder Farming in Botswana
William Moseley, Professor of Geography and Director of the Food, Agriculture, and Society Program, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minn.