New Perennials Harvest Days: Community Partners in Conversation
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Event: Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine Wilkinson
Following Naomi Klein’s talk in Spring 2020, The Climate Action Capacity Project, funded by the Erol Foundation, is thrilled to host, in collaboration with groups across campus, this critical event on Nov 12th from 6-7:30pm!
- “Anxiety to Action: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis”
- Thursday, November 12, 6-7:30pm
- Facilitated Discussion led by Mez Baker-Medard with pre-selected questions, and live Q&A
- Follow up discussions to be hosted by cosponsors to gather momentum.
- WATCH the recording now!
When climate change looms large, the pandemic has no definitive end in sight, racism and racial injustices continue to compound, the US election is uncertain, and everything feels overwhelming, what do you do? How do you find your way to meaningful action? Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine Wilkinson will join us virtually for a special conversation about their experiences and draw on insights from their new book, “All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis,“ a collection of essays by women spanning backgrounds, approaches, and generations at the forefront of the climate movement.
Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, policy expert, writer, and Brooklyn native. She is founder of Urban Ocean Lab, a think tank for the future of coastal cities, and founder and CEO of Ocean Collectiv , a consulting firm for conservation solutions. Johnson is the co-host of Gimlet Media’s How to Save a Planet, co-created the Blue New Deal, and has written and presented widely on hope, strategy, and the intersections of race, racism and the climate crisis.
Dr. Katharine Keeble Wilkinson is an author, strategist, and teacher working to heal the planet we call home. Her writings include The Drawdown Review (2020), the New York Times bestseller Drawdown (2017), and Between God & Green (2012), which The Boston Globe dubbed “a vitally important, even subversive, story.” She is a vice president at Project Drawdown, where she leads the organization’s editorial, creative, and communication work on climate solutions. She recently launched the “A Matter of Degrees” podcast.
Cosponsors include: MCAB, Franklin Environmental Center, SNEG, New Perrenials Project, Innovation Hub, among others.
Film Series: Water, Justice, Power
Join us for three film screenings in the Water, Power, and Justice Film Series where we will watch and discuss documentaries focused on water contamination in marginalized communities across North America, and the World.
Flint: The Poisoning of an American City
Date: March 30th at 7pm
This documentary follows the events before, during, and after the Flint water crisis in 2014. It sheds light on the environmental neglect and environmental racism that occured during this crisis and the effects that this abuse had on the individuals in Flint. Many of us are aware of the Flint water crisis, but this documentary lets us into the homes and lives of the people living there and combines interviews with residents, experts, and committee hearings to dig deeper into the crisis.
There’s Something in the Water
Date: April 26, 7-9pm
This Canadian documentary highlights three communities deeply affected by the rampant environmental racism present in Nova Scotia. Elliot Page (the producer and director) speaks with Black and Indigenous women about how the pollution of their water has affected their families, friends, and neighborhood, and dives into why the outrageous health effects have been left unaddressed by the government.
Flow: For the Love of Water
Date: May 18, 7-9pm
This 2008 documentary focuses on the global water crisis, water privatization, and pollution. Through interviews with activists, experts, and communities world-wide, Flow highlights the issues of agricultural pollutants and massive corporations controlling local water resources. Although this is a relatively old film, it introduces topics that are still relevant and pervasive today.
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series
An Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk titled “Shacksbury Cider, from Middlebury’s Knoll to a National Brand” by David Dolginow ‘09, Co-founder, and Vice President of Shacksbury Cider.
Join David Dolginow ‘09 as he discusses the journey from living at Middlebury College’s Weybridge House and working a summer internship on the Knoll to founding Shacksbury Cider and living permanently in New England, despite being an avid KC Royals fan. Shacksbury is now sold in 35+ states and produced in a 36,000 square foot facility in Vergennes, Vermont.
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
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New Perennials Harvest Days: Perennial Perspectives Food Systems
Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series
An Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk titled “Environmental Justice in Vermont: Challenges and Opportunities in a Rural Context” by Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Vermont State Senator.
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The Future Is...: Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Ed
Middlebury is a Host Institution for this three-day virtual conference offered by AASHE (Assoc. for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Ed), October 12 – 14.
FREE REGISTRATION is available for Midd students/faculty/staff and includes access to all sessions and events during the live conference plus eighty days of post-conference on-demand access (through Dec 31).
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Vermont's S.148: An act relating to environmental justice in Vermont
Please join us for a virtual panel discussion to raise awareness of and support for Vermont’s S.148: An act relating to environmental justice in Vermont. The bill seeks to establish an environmental justice policy for the State of Vermont and would require state agencies to incorporate environmental justice into their work. The bill will be discussed in this spring’s upcoming legislative session.
Confirmed panelists are:
Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Vermont State Senator and lead sponsor of S. 148
Judy Dow, Abenaki Educator and Executive Director of GedakinaVirtual Middlebury
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The Future Is...: Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Ed
Middlebury is a Host Institution for this three-day virtual conference offered by AASHE (Assoc. for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Ed), October 12 – 14.
FREE REGISTRATION is available for Midd students/faculty/staff and includes access to all sessions and events during the live conference plus eighty days of post-conference on-demand access (through Dec 31).
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FFW: Campus Trees Celebration!
Come Join our Horticulturist on a Campus Tree Tour!
Tim Parsons, horticulturist, will lead a tour around campus pointing out all of our various trees while sharing interesting stories along the way. Please meet at the front steps of Hillcrest.
Location: 531 College Street, Franklin Environmental Center at HillcrestMiddlebury College
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Knoll Fall Family Weekend Open House
Enjoy a stroll out to the Knoll to see the gardens, meet interns and staff, walk the labyrinth, and enjoy light snacks from the garden.
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New Perennials Harvest Days: Perennial Perspectives in Education
Join a diverse group of educators from a college professor to the founder and lead teacher of an alternative experiential public high school, to the long time director of a Parent Child Center, an Abenaki Educator as well as a Middlebury College New Perennials intern from the Education Studies Program. They will consider unlearning and re-learning while discussing their perspectives on a perennial education. Listen in and share your experiences with education in these changing times!
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series
An Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk titled “The Case for Wilderness in a Rapidly Changing World” by Jon Leibowitz, Executive Director, Northeast Wilderness Trust.
What is Wilderness? Is it a legal definition? A state of mind? A philosophy? This presentation will discuss what wilderness is and what it is not and why setting aside more land as wild is as relevant today as it’s ever been.Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series
MIDD-ES CORE PANEL DISCUSSION: Hope
Jon Isham, Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies
Christopher McGrory Klyza, Robert ‘35 and Helen ‘38 Stafford Professor in Public Policy, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Studies, Director, Program in Environmental Studies
Kathryn Morse, John C. Elder Professor of Environmental Studies and Professor of HistoryFranklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
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Living Life at The Knoll
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.The Knoll
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Keynote: Julian Brave Noisecat
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.
Due to continued caution with COVID, we are able to welcome only Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students to attend events in person. Most events will be livestreamed. Please visit the Clifford Symposium web site to register to attend online.Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Student Perspectives
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.
Due to continued caution with COVID, we are able to welcome only Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students to attend events in person. Most events will be livestreamed. Please visit the Clifford Symposium web site to register to attend online.Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Middlebury Arts and Humanities Faculty
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
A group of Middlebury arts and humanities faculty join together to discuss the importance of creative expression in making sense of, relating to, and intervening in the many compounding urgencies of the climate crisis.
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Keynote: Mary Annaïse Heglar
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.
Due to continued caution with COVID, we are able to welcome only Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students to attend events in person. Most events will be livestreamed. Please visit the Clifford Symposium web site to register to attend online.Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Keynote: Jane McAlevey
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.
Due to continued caution with COVID, we are able to welcome only Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students to attend events in person. Most events will be livestreamed. Please visit the Clifford Symposium web site to register to attend online.Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Keynote: adrienne maree brown
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.
Due to continued caution with COVID, we are able to welcome only Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students to attend events in person. Most events will be livestreamed. Please visit the Clifford Symposium web site to register to attend online.Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Faculty Perspectives Interdisciplinary Panel
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.
Due to continued caution with COVID, we are able to welcome only Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students to attend events in person. Most events will be livestreamed. Please visit the Clifford Symposium web site to register to attend online.Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Keynote: Sarah Jaquette Ray
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.
Due to continued caution with COVID, we are able to welcome only Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students to attend events in person. Most events will be livestreamed. Please visit the Clifford Symposium web site to register to attend online.Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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Environmental Studies Colloquium: 350.org Reunion
The 2021 Clifford Symposium
Radical Implications: Facing a Planetary Emergency
Visit the Clifford Symposium website for event details.
Due to continued caution with COVID, we are able to welcome only Middlebury College faculty, staff, and students to attend events in person. Most events will be livestreamed. Please visit the Clifford Symposium web site to register to attend online.Wilson Hall, McCullough Student Center
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MiddView Optional Event: Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours
MiddView Orientation Optional Event: Welcome, new students! Join us for an introduction to Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll on Saturday, 9/11 and Sunday, 9/12. Meet at PROCTOR TERRACE: we will walk down to the garden together along the safe route (by the Ridgeline apartments). Learn more and signup at go/knollhours.
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MiddView Optional Event: Knoll Garden Volunteer Hours
MiddView Orientation Optional Event: Welcome, new students! Join us for an introduction to Garden Volunteer Hours at the Knoll on Saturday, 9/11 and Sunday, 9/12. Meet at PROCTOR TERRACE: we will walk down to the garden together along the safe route (by the Ridgeline apartments). Learn more and signup at go/knollhours.
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Commencement Reception: Environmental Studies Program
A commencement reception for ES majors and their families.
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series - ENVS 0401 Community Engaged Practicum Presentations
Please visit go/woodincolloquiumseries for Zoom details.
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series - ENVS 0401 Community Engaged Practicum Presentations
Please visit go/woodincolloquiumseries for zoom details.
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An Introduction to Nonviolent Direct Action: Theory and Praxis (Part 2)
Join us for a two part series on the theory and praxis of NVDA! We will review campaign strategy and action tactics, run role-plays, and reflect on the power of fierce vulnerability in direct action work.
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series - Resistance to Business as Usual: Integrating Environmental
Resistance to Business as Usual: Integrating Environmental and Social Responsibility into Business
A Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Ali Kenney, Senior Vice President of Global Strategy & Insights at Burton.
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An Introduction to Nonviolent Direct Action: Theory and Praxis
Join us for a two part series on the theory and praxis of NVDA! We will review campaign strategy and action tactics, run role-plays, and reflect on the power of fierce vulnerability in direct action work.
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Social Justice Podcast Club
Throughout the pandemic, many of us have turned to podcasts as a form of entertainment and education. They are a great way to become exposed to new social justice topics, hear new perspectives and narratives, or dive deeper into specific issues. Join us every other Tuesday night to discuss one podcast episode from a variety of social justice topics including climate, racial, and indigenous justice. The assigned podcast(s) will be sent through email to club members a week or more before each meeting, hopefully providing ample time to listen, dissect, and take notes.
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Life in the Time of Covid: Creativity & Faith in Times of Violence and Insurrection
What does it take to dream the future we want? What does it mean to let go of the old in order to try something new?
Join artist and catalyst Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees and artist & Middlebury scholar-in-residence Carolyn Finney as they lean into the borderlands of possibility to support multiple visions of the future.
Bring your open heart and good questions!
Click here for more information and to register for Zoom link.Virtual Middlebury
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series - Midd-Climate Action Fellows Reflections on Learning
Middlebury’s recently launched Climate Action Capacity Project seeks to support all students in finding meaningful ways to engage and act on the climate crisis. One of the hallmark initiatives of the Project is the Climate Action Fellowship program, developed for students from varied backgrounds and interests. As they wrap up the inaugural year of the Climate Action Fellowship, participating students will reflect on their backgrounds, the work and learning they’ve done through the Fellowship and what they hope for themselves and Middlebury going forward.
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Social Justice Podcast Club
Throughout the pandemic, many of us have turned to podcasts as a form of entertainment and education. They are a great way to become exposed to new social justice topics, hear new perspectives and narratives, or dive deeper into specific issues. Join us every other Tuesday night to discuss one podcast episode from a variety of social justice topics including climate, racial, and indigenous justice. The assigned podcast(s) will be sent through email to club members a week or more before each meeting, hopefully providing ample time to listen, dissect, and take notes.
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Film Screening: There's Something in the Water
Join us virtually to watch “There’s Something in the Water” and engage in a short discussion afterward. This Canadian documentary highlights three communities deeply affected by the rampant environmental racism present in Nova Scotia. Elliot Page (the producer and director) speaks with Black and Indigenous women about how the pollution of their water has affected their families, friends, and neighborhood, and dives into why the outrageous health effects have been left unaddressed by the government.
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Earth Week / Energy2028: Where Should We Go?
As a part of this year’s Earth Week series Energy2028 and the Climate Challenge: Building the Future We Want, Friday events will focus on the ways in which we might approach the implementing and strengthening Energy2028 over the next seven years, as well as how we might lay the groundwork for the work we do after 2028.
Facilitated group discussions will dive into topics of:Virtual Middlebury
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Scott A. Margolin '99 Lecture in Environmental Affairs
The 2021 Scott A. Margolin ‘99 Lecture in Environmental Affairs presents:
“Forests, bats, guerrillas: A systems approach for thought and action in the Anthropocene” by Liliana Davalos, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University.
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Earth Week / Energy2028: Progress, Priorities, and Challenges So Far
A panel discussion of the progress, priorities, and challenges of the first two years of implementing the school’s Energy2028 initiative including perspectives from students, alumni, administration, and faculty.
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Ride or Die: Fractured Environments, Building Community & Keeping it Real
“Who I am is the possibility of the transformation of humanity. What I’m giving up is that I’m misunderstood” – Mahting Putelis
Who do you stand with? Where do you stand? What does it mean for us to have something in common? CEO of Hunt to Eat Mahting Putelis and artist-in-residence Dr. Carolyn Finney open up with each other about identity, conservation, generational trauma, & the challenge of walking the talk. Join them as they take the leap – bring your open hearts and good questions!Virtual Middlebury
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Earth Week / Energy2028: Origins and Significance of Our Climate Commitment
A discussion featuring Middlebury College President Laurie Patton, Provost Jeff Cason, Schumann Distinguished Scholar Bill McKibben, 350.org co-founder Phil Aroneanu ‘06.5, students, and others.
Live Q&A to follow.
Register here!
Submit questions here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6WEx0DEYCZ_8_9Mr0cuBJCdPdI9LpKgVAKYqn60-yQNEcwA/viewformVirtual Middlebury
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series - The aftermath of wildfire in western North America landscapes
The aftermath of wildfire in western North America landscapes: forest recovery or transformation
A Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Caitlin Littlefield ’07.5, Research Assistant Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont.
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Social Justice Podcast Club
Throughout the pandemic, many of us have turned to podcasts as a form of entertainment and education. They are a great way to become exposed to new social justice topics, hear new perspectives and narratives, or dive deeper into specific issues. Join us every other Tuesday night to discuss one podcast episode from a variety of social justice topics including climate, racial, and indigenous justice. The assigned podcast(s) will be sent through email to club members a week or more before each meeting, hopefully providing ample time to listen, dissect, and take notes.
Virtual Middlebury
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Climate Solutions for Vermont: Virtual Panel Discussion
Join us for Climate Solutions for Vermont, a local virtual webinar of “Solve Climate By 2030,” a global teach-in designed to accelerate local solutions to climate change. Jon Isham, professor of Econ and ES, will moderate a panel discussion highlighting ENVS401 student project collaborations with local orgs to address climate and sustainability issues.
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Represent This! Black Bodies, Green Space and Radical Self-Care
“Nothing is more intimate than your body in the world” – Alice Randall
NY Times bestselling author & activist Alice Randall joins artist & Middlebury scholar-in-residence Carolyn Finney for a conversation where they give up the “t” on the intimate experience of being a black body on a green and imperiled planet.
Join them as they go off the beaten path to dig into self-care, allyship, Black possibility and the art of living.
What would a Black Walden Pond look like?Virtual Middlebury
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Chemistry & Biochemistry and Env. Studies Guest Lecture
Prof. William Tarpeh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, will give a guest lecture via zoom, titled “Tracking and Treating Aqueous Nitrogen Emissions” on Friday, April 2, 2021 at 1:45 PM. Students are invited to meet with Prof. Tarpeh immediately following his lecture.
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series: What Are Rivers For? The Case for Happiness
A Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Nicolas Howe, Associate Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies Williams College.
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I've Been Black This Whole Time: The N Word, the Great Outdoors & Finding Common Ground
Climbing, hiking and hanging outdoors - what does the N word have to do with outdoor recreation and all things green? Cultural appropriation. Invisibility. DEI. It’s not easy being green. And why should we care?
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series - Pesticides in Paradise
A Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series talk by Virginia Rauh ‘69, Professor and Vice Chair, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series - MIDD-ES CORE PANEL DISCUSSION
Justice
Merrill “Mez” Baker-Medard, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies.
Dan Brayton, Director, Environmental Studies Program, Professor of English and American Literatures.
Alexis Mychajliw, Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies.
Daniel Suarez, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies.
Please visit go/woodincolloquiumseries for zoom detailsVirtual Middlebury
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Our Planet: Too Big To Fail
Finance and Climate documentary featuring Midd Alum Elsa Palanza ‘01 – First major US online Screening at Middlebury with Q&A
Virtual Middlebury
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