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Land Trust Innovation in Service to Changing Urban Community Needs

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Locally-sourced lunch will be served - please email gogreen@middlebury.edu to RSVP if you plan to attend. Land trusts across America are engaged in new approaches to land protection, redevelopment and management in service to urban communities. Conservation attorney Jessica Jay will describe this evolving work of developing new approaches within the land trust community, their focus on new constituencies and different tools, and the effort of many organizations to better understand community dynamics and how those dynamics are at play in serving diverse populations.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

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Open to the Public

FFW 2016: Campus Tree Tour & Planting

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Location: Franklin Environmental Center Meet on the front porch of the Franklin Environmental Center (FEC) for the very popular Campus Tree Tour led by passionate Middlebury horticulturalist and tree expert Tim Parsons. This year, FEC is focusing on the theme Urban Innovations, Sustainable Solutions, which will include exploring connections between urban and rural. As part of the tour, Tim will explain why he manages our rural Vermont campus as an urban forest. Stick around after the tour for a tree planting, complete with hot cider and fresh local donuts.

Middlebury College

Free
Open to the Public

Addison County Candidates Forum with Small Farms and Food Producers

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Hosted by ACORN, Tandem and Middlebury College This Forum provides the opportunity for small farms and local food producers in Addison County to share the issues that are currently affecting them with the candidates who are running for office in November. The candidates will have a chance to introduce themselves and their platform briefly so that the public can speak to candidates from their legislative district The purpose of the forum is to encourage a supportive environment for small food and farm businesses in Addison County.

Kirk Center

Open to the Public

A Workshop for Change-makers: Connecting Earth & Community & Self

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs, Environmental Studies, and OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY INTEGRATION
Students, Join us for 2 hours at the farm in a workshop of experiential practices based on Joanna Macy’s “Active Hope” & “Work that Reconnects” To fruitfully commit oneself to such huge tasks in social and environmental change requires many tools. We must learn and practice ways to enrich and empower our inner selves, and go forth hopefully with intention. RSVP preferred but you can come either way sessercalvi@middlebury.edu A van will be meeting at ADK 6:15 if you do not want to walk to farm or if it is raining we will drive to Hadley Barn.

Hadley Barn

Zero Energy School Design Presentation

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
The students in Zero Energy School Design will be presenting the results of their winter term effort to design a Zero Energy Elementary School in Middlebury, VT. We will present floor plans and site drawings as well as renderings and any of our programmatic ideas. We will discuss how the building ties in with the community and why Zero Energy is an important design goal. We will be entering our design in the Department of Energy’s Race to Zero student design competition.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

FFW 2017: Campus Tree Tour & Planting

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Location: Franklin Environmental Center (meet on Front Porch)

Join us at the Franklin Environmental Center (FEC) for the very popular Campus Tree Tour led by passionate Middlebury horticulturalist and tree expert Tim Parsons. As part of the tour, Tim will explain how he manages our rural Vermont campus as an urban forest. Stick around after the tour for a tree planting and enjoy hot cider and fresh local donuts. Meet on the front porch of FEC.

Middlebury College

Free
Open to the Public