Sustainability & Environmental Affairs

Bring your snagged jackets! Bring your holey hats! Bring your tents with broken zippers! 

MMC, Outdoor Programs, Climate Action Program, and Innovation Hub are delighted to bring Maine GearShare to campus. They’ll be offering free gear repair from 12-5 on Oct 25! Drop off gear in need of repair, then connect with student orgs about how to get outside. 

Find us on the lawn in between Gifford and the Middlebury Chapel.

Justin Mankin Associate Professor of Geography at Dartmouth College  Principle Investigator of Dartmouth’s Climate Modeling and Impact Group   Constraining Uncertanty in the Human Impacts of Climate Change Tuesday, October 15, @ 4:30 PM in Axinn Center, room 229 Justin’s lecture will explore the climate change impacts on people and the things they value, by drawing examples from violent conflict, economic growth, and water resources.

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?

Join renowned fiction and non-fiction author Emily Raboteau for an environmentally-minded reading and talk in Axinn 232.

Rain Site: MAC Lower Lobby

Meet at the front porch of Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest to join the popular Fall Family Weekend Campus Tree Tour led by passionate Middlebury horticulturalist and tree expert Tim Parsons. Learn fun facts and hear stories about various trees around campus. Tim will also explain how he manages our rural Vermont campus as an urban forest.

Check out Tim Parson’s blog, The Middlebury Landscape, or follow Tim on Instagram.

Join Sustainability & Environmental Affairs (SEA) for our first annual Welcome Back Fall Social & Poster Session! SEA Summer Interns from Sustainability Solutions Lab (SSL), Knoll, Climate Action Program (CAP), and New Perennials will display their array of work in a poster session, and we invite you to come chat with them, explore their projects, meet the SEA staff, hear about our programs, and learn more about sustainability & climate action at Middlebury! All are welcome, refreshments will be provided.

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Local Honey Tasting. Come sample some local honey products and learn about the process of keeping bees, running an apiary, and local business. Sponsored by Middlebury EcoReps.

Come join EcoReps and garden at the Knoll! Get an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the campus garden, help with garden maintenance, and eat outside at our beautiful Knoll! Co-Sponsored by EcoReps.