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A Global Call to Heal the Planet

Sponsored by:
Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
What are the global limits to sustainable growth and development? Can we stay within them and how? Join a special evening of reflection on our common future, insights gained from a landmark publication, and a celebration of the life and wisdom of Donella Meadows, a beloved pioneer in the effort to heal our planet. 

Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

Open to the Public

Environmental Affairs Welcome Back Social

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Welcome back!  Join the Environmental Affairs team for a gathering in Franklin Environmental Center to reconnect, share food, and ignite exciting collaborations around sustainability and climate change for the coming year.  

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

The Silver Bullet is on Your Plate: Behavior Design and Food Choice

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Jason Scorse, Associate Professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, will talk about how environmental and health policy professionals are beginning to use the profound insights of behavior design to help nudge people to healthier and more sustainable food choices, because it turns out that many of the older theories of change don’t fully account for human psychology and sociology. What makes people actually change their behavior is both more complex and at the same time simpler than many people think.

Adirondack Coltrane Lounge

Closed to the Public

The Secrets of Entrepreneurship: How to Unleash your Inner Company

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
John Chisholm has three decades of experience as entrepreneur and executive. In 1997, he founded and served as CEO/Chairman of CustomerSat (acquired by MarketTools), a leading provider of enterprise feedback management systems. A pioneer in online marketing research, in 1992 he founded and served as CEO/Chairman of Decisive Technology (now part of Google), publisher of the first desktop and client-server software for online surveys. He holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Munroe 409

Let's Talk about a New Public Park!

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
A new public park is slated for construction in June! As you may be well aware, the Municipal building & Gymnasium have come to the end of their lifespan. Middlebury College is working closely with the Town of Middlebury to create a new public park in that space. The Public Park Advisory Group has carefully selected a Landscape Architect to put together preliminary plans and we would love to hear input from the College Community!

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

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