Environmental Studies

“Photography and Environmental Activism: Highlights from Land and Lens” by Kirsten Hoving, Professor of Art History, Department of History of Art & Architecture, Middlebury College.

From Ansel Adams’ photographs of Yosemite to James Balog’s images of diminishing glaciers, photographs have been powerful tools to argue for protecting the environment. Selected photographs from the Middlebury College Museum of Art exhibition, Land and Lens: Photographers Envision the Environment will be discussed in the context of environmental activism.

“Environment and Power in the Soviet Arctic” by Andy Bruno, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Faculty Associate in Environmental Studies, Northern Illinois University.

ENVS 0401 SENIOR SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

ENVS 0401 SENIOR SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

“Environmental Health in the Arctic: Perfluoroalkyl contaminants and thyroid function in a remote population of Alaska Natives” by Sam Byrne, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, St. Lawrence University

“Expressway to (In)equity: Environmental Justice, Community Engagement & Urban Redevelopment” by Lemir Teron, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry.

“Studying the Little Things That Run the World to Understand Biodiversity in a Changing World” by Nathan Sanders, Director of the Environmental Program, University of Vermont.

At any one time, there are probably more ants crawling around on the planet than there are birds that have ever flown through the sky. But what do they do? And how is climate change affecting them and all that they do?

Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program and the Biology Department

“Conserving the Wilderness Within and Cultivating an Environmental Ethic” by Christopher Kiely, Licensed Acupuncturist, Founder of Falling Water Tai Chi School.

“Ocean Plastics Pollution from Sources to Solutions” by Kara Lavender Law, Research Professor, Sea Education Association.

Plastic debris in the marine environment, ranging from microscopic to massive in size, poses risks to marine organisms and habitats, and results from human dependence on these diverse materials without a well-designed strategy for end-of-use management. Efforts to quantify the size of the problem and its impacts, as well as a toolbox of potential solutions will be discussed.

MIDD-ES CORE PANEL DISCUSSION
“Being Interdisciplinary: What Does It Really Mean?”


Jon Isham, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
Dan Brayton, Associate Professor of English and American Literatures and Environmental Studies
Marc Lapin, Assistant Laboratory Professor in Environmental Studies
Kathy Doyle, Visiting Associate in Science Instruction, Environmental Studies

  OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?: Yes