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The Silver Bullet is on Your Plate: Behavior Design and Food Choice

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Jason Scorse, Associate Professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, will talk about how environmental and health policy professionals are beginning to use the profound insights of behavior design to help nudge people to healthier and more sustainable food choices, because it turns out that many of the older theories of change don’t fully account for human psychology and sociology. What makes people actually change their behavior is both more complex and at the same time simpler than many people think.

Adirondack Coltrane Lounge

Closed to the Public

The Secrets of Entrepreneurship: How to Unleash your Inner Company

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
John Chisholm has three decades of experience as entrepreneur and executive. In 1997, he founded and served as CEO/Chairman of CustomerSat (acquired by MarketTools), a leading provider of enterprise feedback management systems. A pioneer in online marketing research, in 1992 he founded and served as CEO/Chairman of Decisive Technology (now part of Google), publisher of the first desktop and client-server software for online surveys. He holds BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Munroe 409

Let's Talk about a New Public Park!

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
A new public park is slated for construction in June! As you may be well aware, the Municipal building & Gymnasium have come to the end of their lifespan. Middlebury College is working closely with the Town of Middlebury to create a new public park in that space. The Public Park Advisory Group has carefully selected a Landscape Architect to put together preliminary plans and we would love to hear input from the College Community!

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Open to the Public

Land Trust Innovation in Service to Changing Urban Community Needs

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Locally-sourced lunch will be served - please email gogreen@middlebury.edu to RSVP if you plan to attend. Land trusts across America are engaged in new approaches to land protection, redevelopment and management in service to urban communities. Conservation attorney Jessica Jay will describe this evolving work of developing new approaches within the land trust community, their focus on new constituencies and different tools, and the effort of many organizations to better understand community dynamics and how those dynamics are at play in serving diverse populations.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

fREE
Open to the Public

FFW 2016: Campus Tree Tour & Planting

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Location: Franklin Environmental Center Meet on the front porch of the Franklin Environmental Center (FEC) for the very popular Campus Tree Tour led by passionate Middlebury horticulturalist and tree expert Tim Parsons. This year, FEC is focusing on the theme Urban Innovations, Sustainable Solutions, which will include exploring connections between urban and rural. As part of the tour, Tim will explain why he manages our rural Vermont campus as an urban forest. Stick around after the tour for a tree planting, complete with hot cider and fresh local donuts.

Middlebury College

Free
Open to the Public

Addison County Candidates Forum with Small Farms and Food Producers

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs
Hosted by ACORN, Tandem and Middlebury College This Forum provides the opportunity for small farms and local food producers in Addison County to share the issues that are currently affecting them with the candidates who are running for office in November. The candidates will have a chance to introduce themselves and their platform briefly so that the public can speak to candidates from their legislative district The purpose of the forum is to encourage a supportive environment for small food and farm businesses in Addison County.

Kirk Center

Open to the Public

A Workshop for Change-makers: Connecting Earth & Community & Self

Sponsored by:
Sustainability & Environmental Affairs, Environmental Studies, and OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY INTEGRATION
Students, Join us for 2 hours at the farm in a workshop of experiential practices based on Joanna Macy’s “Active Hope” & “Work that Reconnects” To fruitfully commit oneself to such huge tasks in social and environmental change requires many tools. We must learn and practice ways to enrich and empower our inner selves, and go forth hopefully with intention. RSVP preferred but you can come either way sessercalvi@middlebury.edu A van will be meeting at ADK 6:15 if you do not want to walk to farm or if it is raining we will drive to Hadley Barn.

Hadley Barn