Upcoming Events

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    Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours

    Join us for Weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. Check go/knollhours for updates, daily by 7:30am, and more information about getting involved!

    (Rain location is on the first floor of Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest)

    All equipment is provided; bring a full water bottle. All are welcome to attend

    The Knoll

    Open to the Public

  • ECommunity Vision Board Night

    Do you like crafting, meeting new people, and dreaming about your coming year at Midd? Stop by the EcoReps ECommunity Vision Board Night!

    All are welcome. Materials and snacks will be provided; bring friends or come make new ones!

    Battell Hall 1st Floor Lounge

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    Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium

    “Toxic Chemicals Deregulation is Bad for Your Health: Let’s Talk About the Toxics in Your Water and Food” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Clinical Professor Emerita of Environmental Health Boston University School of Public Health.

    Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

    Open to the Public

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    Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours

    Join us for Weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. Check go/knollhours for updates, daily by 7:30am, and more information about getting involved!

    (Rain location is on the first floor of Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest)

    All equipment is provided; bring a full water bottle. All are welcome to attend

    The Knoll

    Open to the Public

  • poster for 4th annual mid-autumn harvest festival at the knoll with background image of a moon rising over a grassy hill.

    4th Annual Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival at the Knoll

    As the maple leaves turn red and plant friends begin to fruit and flower, we are also welcoming one of the well-celebrated East/Southeast Asian festival - Mid-Autumn Festival, which is deeply connected with culture, community, and land. 
    With the peak harvest season having come to the Knoll, it is time to celebrate this abundance together with friends and loved ones. Join us for a Mid-Autumn Harvest Festival at the Knoll with music, performances, and food!

    The Knoll

    Open to the Public

  • Soaring with the Kuaka: Migrations of Knowledge and Future Making from Aotearoa to Addison County

    This public event will welcome a delegation of Maori and Pasifika colleagues visiting Middlebury College from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Panel members will discuss the role of purakau (storytelling), waiata (song), and whakatauki (proverbs) in Indigenous Maori and Polynesian practices of wellbeing and planetary stewardship. Through the teachings of the kuaka, a shorebird known for its remarkable migration from Aotearoa to North America, this event invites attendees to explore the idea that journeys are collective and community futures can soar in spaces of mutual learning, responsibility, and relationship.

    Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

    Open to the Public

  • colorful floral foreground with garden and mountains in background

    Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours

    Join us for Weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. Check go/knollhours for updates, daily by 7:30am, and more information about getting involved!

    (Rain location is on the first floor of Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest)

    All equipment is provided; bring a full water bottle. All are welcome to attend

    The Knoll

    Open to the Public

  • colorful floral foreground with garden and mountains in background

    Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours

    Join us for Weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. Check go/knollhours for updates, daily by 7:30am, and more information about getting involved!

    (Rain location is on the first floor of Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest)

    All equipment is provided; bring a full water bottle. All are welcome to attend

    The Knoll

    Open to the Public

  • ECONOCLAST: Herman Daly and the Gospel of Growth

    Film screening of ECONOCLAST: HERMAN DALY AND THE GOSPEL OF GROWTH, an acclaimed new film by veteran documentary producer John de Graaf.The film profiles the famous economist who challenged his discipline’s focus on economic growth (as unsustainable on a finite planet, and resulting in great inequality) and launched the new field of Ecological Economists.

    Axinn Center 232

    Open to the Public

  • colorful floral foreground with garden and mountains in background

    Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours

    Join us for Weekly Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll. Check go/knollhours for updates, daily by 7:30am, and more information about getting involved!

    (Rain location is on the first floor of Franklin Environmental Center at Hillcrest)

    All equipment is provided; bring a full water bottle. All are welcome to attend

    The Knoll

    Open to the Public