Sustainability & Environmental Affairs

Do you speak for the trees? If so, come to EcoReps Movie Night (Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7 PM in Hillcrest 103) and spend time with like-minded sustainability enthusiasts! 

The night will kick off with some quick trivia where you’ll have the chance to Kahoot your way into some sweet prizes. After that, our Lorax-ing will begin. Plus, we’ll have popcorn and snacks! 

All are welcome: You, your friends, sustainability enthusiasts, Lorax enthusiasts, Kahoot enthusiasts, popcorn enthusiasts and more. See you there!

What is EcoReps?

Can you envision a world free of poverty on a livable planet? How can we influence the actions of global financial institutions to play a greater role in achieving such a goal? Please join this discussion with people who are actively engaged with this important topic both globally and locally. On the 80^th anniversary of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), a critical perspective on mandates and what lies ahead. Insights and observations will be shared by https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/profiles/mark-brown.

 Kick off 2025 with an Inner Regenerative Journey with Sandy Wiggins.  In this workshop we will explore the inner landscape where the foundation of culture and economic life reside. It is through inner transformation that the evolution toward a regenerative economy and culture is catalyzed and sustained. Accessing and addressing our inner beliefs and paradigms is the potent work of systems change.

Join the Sustainability and Environmental Affairs team to learn about upcoming spring and summer internship opportunities and timelines.

Hear all about The Knoll, Sustainability Solutions Lab, and Climate Action Fellowship. 

Staff and current students will share experiences, expectations, and help you make decisions about what you might want to apply for!

Light snacks will be provided.

Middlebury alums Lauren Markham and Chris Knapp will read from their recent work and take questions. 

Join renowned thought leaders John Fullerton and Bill McKibben for a compelling dialogue, Era of Change or Change of Era? The Path Towards a Regenerative Future. This event explores the emerging paradigm of regenerative economics - a radical idea of redesigning economies based on living systems.

Interested in mixing up your wardrobe?! The EcoReps will be hosting a FREE clothing thrift and swap on December 6, 12-3 PM in Gifford! Stop by for some new pieces for your closet and contribute to sustainability on campus.

Are you student who majors in Environmental Studies or just wants to do sustainability/environment related work while studying abroad? Do you have questions about what type of program you should choose, where you should travel to, what you should expect in classes outside of Middlebury?  Come listen to current students who have studied in different countries talk about their time abroad, what they wish they had known, what they got from their program, etc. and ask questions about their experience!

Umar Serajuddin ‘96 will return to campus for a conversation moderated by Lomus Pudasaini ‘25 (Economics) and Lillian Caldwell ‘26 (Economics). This discussion explores pathways, out of the current polycrisis, to achieve progress toward eradicating poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. The conversation is centered on the findings of the World Bank’s newly released Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024: Pathways Out of the Polycrisis, which provides the first post-pandemic global assessment of poverty and shared prosperity. 

Charlie Kronick ‘78 will join a conversation moderated by students Maya Teiman ‘25 and Ken Deng ‘24.5. The impacts of climate change, including physical impacts - rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers, more intense extreme weather events (including Helene and Milton) - are ubiquitous and plain to see. The climate crisis is an existential threat on a variety of levels. Yet the response to this global problem is disputed, deeply polarizing, far from rational and for many audiences signifies far beyond its actual “real world” manifestation.