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
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
Not sure what to do with your pumpkin post-Halloween? Bring it to Pearsons parking lot (between ADK and Pearsons Hall) to smash and compost.
Just bring your pumpkin and some smashing energy and the EcoReps will provide the rest!
What is EcoReps?
Pearsons Knoll
“Desertification Archives: Global Black Ecologies and Anticipating Terror” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Brittany Meché, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Affiliated Faculty in Science and Technology Studies and Africana Studies, Williams College.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
Join journalist Devon O’Neil ’01 for a presentation on reporting, writing, and following a non-linear career path as he discusses his award-winning 2025 book The Way Out: A true story of survival in the Heart of the Rockies. O’Neil, a psychology major at Middlebury, has been a daily newspaperman, a staff writer at ESPN, and a correspondent at Outside Magazine — as well as a construction worker, counterterrorism analyst, and backcountry hutmaster. He’ll detail how his time at Middlebury led to a life at 10,200 feet in Colorado and beyond.
Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)
Hot sauce taste testing and gathering for the end of the year
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
“Which Side Are You On?” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Garret Keizer, Writer.
The issue of environmental justice assayed from a viewpoint both leftishly biased and locally based. Questions raised: Why has “environmentalist” become a dirty word? What are the limits of environmentalism under capitalism? For whom will you be working ten years from now? Will you be working at all?
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
“Environmental Studies Affiliate Conversations: Excellence, Purpose, and Joy - Environmental Perspectives” a Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series panel discussion featuring:
David Allen, Associate Professor of Biology
Michael Sheridan, Professor of Anthropology
Spring Ulmer, Assistant Professor of English
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
Have a gift or two that you’ve been meaning to wrap for the holidays? Bring it to the EcoReps sustainable wrapping and movie night and wrap amongst friends! We’ll have a movie playing in the background to get you into the holiday spirit.
All are welcome! Sustainable wrapping materials, hot cocoa, and snacks will be provided.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
ENVS 0401 A Community Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum Presentations: Desalt, Detox
In this Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk students in ENVS 0401 A will present their work from their semester long projects.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
