Sustainability & Environmental Affairs

Join us for Climate Solutions for Vermont, a local virtual webinar of “Solve Climate By 2030,” a global teach-in designed to accelerate local solutions to climate change. Jon Isham, professor of Econ and ES, will moderate a panel discussion highlighting ENVS401 student project collaborations with local orgs to address climate and sustainability issues.

As a part of this year’s Earth Week series Energy2028 and the Climate Challenge: Building the Future We Want, Friday events will focus on the ways in which we might approach the implementing and strengthening Energy2028 over the next seven years, as well as how we might lay the groundwork for the work we do after 2028.

Facilitated group discussions will dive into topics of:

10:00 am -11:00 am: Educational Integration. Register here.

“Nothing is more intimate than your body in the world” – Alice Randall

NY Times bestselling author & activist Alice Randall joins artist & Middlebury scholar-in-residence Carolyn Finney for a conversation where they give up the “t” on the intimate experience of being a black body on a green and imperiled planet. 

Join them as they go off the beaten path to dig into self-care, allyship, Black possibility and the art of living. 

What would a Black Walden Pond look like? 

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.

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.

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.