Sustainability & Environmental Affairs

Throughout the pandemic, many of us have turned to podcasts as a form of entertainment and education. They are a great way to become exposed to new social justice topics, hear new perspectives and narratives, or dive deeper into specific issues. Join us every other Tuesday night to discuss one podcast episode from a variety of social justice topics including climate, racial, and indigenous justice. The assigned podcast(s) will be sent through email to club members a week or more before each meeting, hopefully providing ample time to listen, dissect, and take notes.

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?

A panel discussion of the progress, priorities, and challenges of the first two years of implementing the school’s Energy2028 initiative including perspectives from students, alumni, administration, and faculty.

Featuring:

Mike Moser, Director of Facilities Services
Jack Byrne, Dean of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability
Michelle McCauley, Professor of Psychology
Dan Suarez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Minna Brown, Climate Action Capacity Project Director
David Provost, Executive VP for Finance and Administration

A discussion featuring Middlebury College President Laurie Patton, Provost Jeff Cason, Schumann Distinguished Scholar Bill McKibben, 350.org co-founder Phil Aroneanu ‘06.5, students, and others.

Live Q&A to follow.

Register here!

Submit questions here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6WEx0DEYCZ_8_9Mr0cuBJCdPdI9LpKgVAKYqn60-yQNEcwA/viewform

The 2021 Scott A. Margolin ‘99 Lecture in Environmental Affairs presents:

“Forests, bats, guerrillas: A systems approach for thought and action in the Anthropocene” by Liliana Davalos, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University.

Red Nation, Black Nation. Environmentalism. Undoing Racism. Reparations & Decolonization.

April 7

5:00 – 6:30 pm ET

To attend this virtual event, please register at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yaCd0U5n4j_gG0kunnnWBc6mi3E9ubyLO-W6ydcAe6o/edit

In collaboration with the Anderson Freeman Center, the Knoll will hold affinity space for BIPOC-identifying students in the time following the US Elections. We will offer peer-led restorative activities around the site. Bundle up and join us to decompress, and just be. 

Rain date: Saturday Nov. 7, 2-5 p.m.

The Sustainability Solutions Lab will be hosting a yard sale/thrift shop event where students can exchange or give away dorm items and clothing. We hope to reduce waste, particularly from graduating Febs and students going abroad, and to create a culture of reuse.

Visit go/reTHRIFT for more information.

Save the date October 16, 2019 for Kirk Alumni Center.

This forum is focused on helping farm and food businesses access new markets while grappling with external pressures and learning how to benefit from or influence a new trend. Speakers will address the intricacies of opening up new markets between producers and buyers, current trends in farm and food production relationships & distribution variables with an emphasis on supporting Farm to Plate goals and ACORN’s mission.