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Environmental Events @ UVM

The Gund Institute maintains this Google Calendar, which comprises most UVM environmental events. The calendar so far contains events from: Biology, Plant and Soil Sciences, CALS, Gund Institute, Rubenstein School, and the Food Spire. 

Environmental studies and sciences conference hosted at UVM

Steve Posner, M.S.

by Steve Posner, M.S.

Confronting complexity: 2011 annual meeting of the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences

Over 500 people gathered at University of Vermont this summer to connect, share, and explore their interests in understanding environmental topics from a variety of perspectives. The interdisciplinary backgrounds included professionals in fields as diverse as engineering, music, literature, and ecology. After presenting about systems thinking and campus sustainability at UVM, I attended other conference sessions and describe a few of them below.

Day 2 of NECSC Conference

The second day of the NECSC Conference included three sessions of panel presentations focused in four tracks. Presentations can be found:

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Day 1 of NECSC Conference

Monday, October 27, 2009

The conference began with a lunch and a welcome from Gioia Thompson, Director at UVM's Office of Sustainability; Kurt Teichurt, Brown University's Manager of Environmental Stewardship Initiatives and NECSC Steering Committee member; and Mieko A. Ozeki, Conference Coordinator and Projects Coordinator at UVM's Office of Sustainability. 

2011 AESS Conference @ UVM

Mieko Ozeki, M.S., A.L.M

by Mieko Ozeki, M.S., A.L.M

On June 23-26th, UVM's Environmental Program and the University of Vermont hosted the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences (AESS) 2011 Annual Meeting. This meeting had over 500 attendees, who teach at colleges and universities from across the U.S. and Canada. This four-day event included field trips around UVM and at Middlebury College. 

Sustainability Calendar

This calendar contains events of interest (conferences, trainings, workshops) related to environmental, economic, and social sustainability. The calendar includes events recorded in AASHE's Campus Sustainability Calendar and from other sources. 

NESEA Sighting!

James Wilcox

by James Wilcox

Though I couldn't resist beginning this post with a reference to the Scottish, loch-dwelling, sea creature, the "NESEA" I'm talking about is actually the NorthEast Sustainable Energy Association, whose annual conference, Building Energy, I attended last week in Boston, MA.

6th Annual Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Conference

The University of Vermont in partnership with Middlebury College hosted the 6th Annual Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Conference on October 26-27, 2009. Over 130 sustainability practitioners, students, faculty, and staff from Northeastern and Canadian colleges and universities were in attendance. 

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