The Knoll
Our student-powered garden offers opportunities to sink hands in soil, research, and connect with community.
The unmistakable urgency of the climate crisis is becoming ever more dire, and Middlebury is rising to meet the moment.
As an international institution, we are poised to use all of our networks, perspectives, and resources to help tackle this daunting challenge head-on.
Aligned with Middlebury’s commitment to prepare students to lead impactful, engaged lives and to tackle society’s most pressing challenges, the Office of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs cultivates experiential learning and institutional action towards a more sustainable and just world.
Get Involved
Below are just a few of the many ways you can get involved with Sustainability and Environmental Affairs—on campus, locally, and around the world.
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Climate Action Program
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The Climate Action Program supports vital work being done on campus while piloting new opportunities to drive real impact and student capacity. -
Sustainability Solutions Lab (SSL)
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Provides paid, on-campus experiential learning opportunities for the practice and cultivation of critical thinking and professional skills. -
EcoReps
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EcoReps help to create an environmental network through peer-to-peer education, events, student connections
Living Sustainably
From dining halls to dorms to driving around the town and state, your daily actions can help reduce carbon emissions and contribute to cultural shift that values sustainable living. Find out how.
Sustainable Middlebury
Upcoming Events
See Events for a complete list.
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EcoReps Pumpkin Smash
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
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Howard E. Woodin Environmental Studies Colloquium Series
“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
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Exploring Careers in Communications with Devon O’Neil '01
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)