Sustainable Development

Cultivating Change: Bridging Education & Ecology through Experiential Learning in Colombia

Kevin Heller — 2024-04-09T13:56:36-0700

Environmental Policy student, returned Peace Corps volunteer, and AmeriCorps alumnus, Kevin Heller, shares his first-hand experiences on an experiential learning course offered in Colombia over spring break.

Water Conflict and Development in Southeast Asia Info Session

cmtaylor@middlebury.edu — 2023-09-19T10:55:49-0700

Conflict Transformation-funded January 2024 Global Course Info Session with Profs. Wei Liang and Jessica Teets

How We Put the Blue in the Green New Deal

Jason Scorse and David Helvarg — 2023-07-17T15:31:32-0700

Research by the Center for the Blue Economy and others helped lay groundwork for the Biden administration’s approach to climate, write CBE director Jason Scorse and colleague David Helvarg in Common Dreams.

IPSS Panel: Monterey County Sustainability and Social Change Projects

idriscoll@middlebury.edu — 2023-04-12T15:43:22-0700

Join us for this IPSS Fall 2022 presentation panel. Students will present for 10 minutes followed by 10 minutes for Q&A.

Zoom: go.miis.edu/ipss23 Pasword: 2023

IPSS Panel: Research from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization

idriscoll@middlebury.edu — 2023-04-12T15:17:44-0700

Join us for this IPSS Fall 2022 presentation panel. Students will present for 10 minutes followed by 10 minutes for Q&A.

Zoom: go.miis.edu/ipss23 Pasword: 2023

IPSS Panel: California Sustainability Practices and Programs

idriscoll@middlebury.edu — 2022-11-16T12:44:39-0800

Alumnus Justin Locke Speaks With 60 Minutes About Storm-Proof Renewable Energy Development in the Caribbean

Kira Lemons — 2020-11-03T12:15:34-0800

As part of a segment on the development of storm-proof renewable energy resources in the Caribbean, Justin Locke (MPA, ‘08) spoke with Bill Whitaker of 60 Minutes about the Islands Energy Program of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI).

Students Hailed as “Clean Energy Heroes” for Study on Affordable Sustainable Housing

Eva Gudbergsdottir — 2020-09-22T16:57:24-0700

Three Middlebury Institute International Environmental Policy students earn high praise from Central Coast Community Energy for an ambitious class project where they make the financial case for clean, renewable, and affordable housing solutions for Monterey.

A Rising Tide

Jason Warburg — 2019-06-04T16:15:27-0700

A recent study by the Institute’s Center for the Blue Economy estimated the potential physical and economic impact of sea level rise on several Monterey landmarks.

Professor and Alumna Collaborate on Save the Children’s Global Childhood Report 2019

Eva Gudbergsdottir — 2019-05-31T15:23:00-0700

The 2019 Save the Children Global Childhood Report was co-authored by Middlebury Institute Professor Beryl Levinger and alumna Nikki Gillette MPA ‘07/MBA ’08.