Justice

Acclaimed Writer, Environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams to Deliver 2024 Commencement Address

tfederoff@middlebury.edu — 2024-04-29T00:00:00-0400

Terry Tempest Williams, celebrated author, naturalist, and social justice advocate, will give the 2024 Middlebury College Commencement address on Sunday, May 26.

Middlebury hosts events during Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week

tfederoff@middlebury.edu — 2024-04-11T00:00:00-0400

Middlebury recently participated in Worldwide Climate and Justice Education Week, a global initiative of hundreds of educational institutions around the world that encouraged conversations about climate change and justice across college campuses.

The initiative at Middlebury included a teach-in during classes, climate-oriented events at the Knoll, a talk on climate anxiety and the Holistic Future Circles series.

Middlebury environmental group partners with 350Vermont to host climate justice talk

tfederoff@middlebury.edu — 2023-12-20T00:00:00-0500

Members of Middlebury’s Sunday Night Environmental Group (SNEG) held an Empower Vermont event in conjunction with 350Vermont, a climate justice non-profit organization based in Burlington, Vt., on Tuesday, Dec. 5 in Axinn 229.

350Vermont, founded by Schumann Distinguished Scholar of Environmental Studies Bill McKibben and a group of Middlebury students in 2007, was the first global grassroots climate campaign. The organization works toward climate solutions by running campaigns and workshops throughout the state, according to its website.

Middlebury College's Ambitious Energy2028 Plan

jtrobertson@middlebury.edu — 2023-07-11T00:00:00-0400

Middlebury’s new Energy2028 plan builds on a history of thinking holistically about sustainability. In 2007, then-President Ron Liebowitz signed the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, and the campus achieved carbon neutrality within ten years - a story shared in this video. The college has won numerous awards for its integrated approach to sustainability, including campus operations and curriculum. The new integrated plan also includes ambitious targets for using the college endowment’s investment strategy to fight climate change.

Middlebury College sets goals to get greener by 2028

jtrobertson@middlebury.edu — 2022-06-29T00:00:00-0400

Second Nature Org: Middlebury College

jtrobertson@middlebury.edu — 2021-06-09T00:00:00-0400

Second Nature is committed to accelerating climate action in, and through, higher education.

Click through to check out their array of information on Middlebury.

Middlebury College premieres Energy2028 Plan

jtrobertson@middlebury.edu — 2019-01-30T00:00:00-0500

Middlebury College announced a commitment to power its core Vermont campus with 100% renewable energy by 2028. The College also set ambitious goals to reduce energy consumption, to phase out direct fossil-fuel investments in its endowment, and to create new educational programs and opportunities that will help empower future generations of environmental leaders.