Sustainability & Environmental Affairs

Join Dr. Carolyn Finney, Artist-in-Residence, Environmental Affairs, for a unique presentation that brings her life in conversation with historic figures and contemporary issues. Central Park birder Christian Cooper. George Floyd. The removal of Confederate Statues. Renaming of institutions. Reparations. Systemic Racism. Finney asks, what’s environment got to do with it? How do we meet this moment? Drawing from her book, Black Faces, White Spaces, her relationships “in the field” and her lived experience, Dr.

Join us for a dynamic conversation with guest speakers and community members about how art can reflect, engage, and resist apocalyptic ideas and futures.

Climate Change touches everything, but it can be hard to know how to match your interests, skills, and passions up as you consider your career. This two-day UpNext: Climate Careers program seeks to demystify the many existing and developing climate careers and sectors.

Representative Sean Casten ‘93 (IL-06) will visit campus virtually for a conversation about next steps for the U.S. in combating the climate crisis, moderated by students Mariia Dzholos ‘24 (Economics major) and Jack Torpey ‘24 (English major/Film & Media Culture minor).

Join Yorlis Gabriela Luna, a representative of the Farmworkers’ Association of Nicaragua (Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo - ATC) and the Latin American Institute of Agroecology (IALA Ixem Ulew,) to take a closer look at the agroecology and food sovereignty movement in Nicaragua. Together we’ll discuss the role of Sandinismo and peasant revolutionary thought in Nicaragua, solidarity and transnationalism in agroecology movements, and how it all applies to the Vermont context.

Kaleidoscope: Multi Media Student Exhibit & Performance Night

Ibiyinka Olufemi Alao, Nigeria’s art ambassador to the United Nations, visual artist, filmmaker, architect and author will lead a visual art (painting) workshop as part of the Art vs the Apocalypse event. Alao’s paintings center redemption, peace and love, and lately reflect a long-standing fascination with fireflies. Materials provided. Open to Middlebury College students.

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Join the Hearthunder Art Collective to collaborate on a butterfly art installation in preparation for this spring’s Art vs. Apocalypse events on the roles of art and creative expression in confronting climate change and environmental challenges!

All materials provided. No experience necessary!

Join the Hearthunder Art Collective to collaborate on a butterfly art installation in preparation for this spring’s Art vs. Apocalypse events on the roles of art and creative expression in confronting climate change and environmental challenges!

All materials provided. No experience necessary!

Join graduating Midd students as they share their stories of finding their way to intersecting work on farms and food systems, climate change, justice, and resilience.

Bring your curiosity and your experiences!

Co-sponsored by the Climate Action Capacity Project.