Environmental Studies

Come meet fellow ES majors, minors, and faculty. Learn more about the major and opportunities in the program and get any questions answered prior to spring registration. Prospective majors and minors are also encouraged to attend.Apples, cider, and cider doughnuts will be served. 
Monday, November 4, 2024 4:30 pm in HLD 103, the Orchard.

In this moment of environmental, political, and social change, what are the stories of “now”? Who is doing the telling?  And why does it matter?

ENVS 0401 B Community Engaged Practicum Presentations: The Economy of the Future.

ENVS 0401 A Community Engaged Practicum Presentations: Flooded.

The Precarious State of Moose in Vermont and the Challenges of Managing Wildlife Under Climate Change, a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Jed Murdoch, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology Program, University of Vermont.

Environmental Studies Core Conversations: “Contingency and Complexity” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk featuring Middlebury College Professors:
Rebecca Gould, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies;
Christopher Klyza, Robert ’35 and Helen ’38 Stafford Professor in Public Policy, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies; 
Peter Ryan, Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences and Environmental Studies.

Restoration through Dam Removal and River Reconnection - A Nature Based Approach to Community Resilience, a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Karina Dailey, Vermont Natural Resources Council.

The Guarantees: Building an Inclusive Economy, a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Natalie Foster, Economic Security Project.

Toward a More Holistic Land Ethic: Lessons from Pastoralism, a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Helen Whybrow, Author, “The Salt of Stones: A Shepherd’s World, A Shepherd’s Mind.”

The Middle of Somewhere: Place Attachment and the Geographies of Being
Place attachment is a burgeoning field of scholarship that investigates place identities and their relation to mobility and migration. Professor Alexander Diener’s research project considers people’s varied capacities to make and remake place attachments, and how this shapes everyday routines, social interactions, major life choices, and identities at different scales. His talk will engage with topics such as home/homeland, mobility/immobility, biological geographies, sacred place, and moral geographies.