Welcome to the 2005 Vermont Field Studies Class webpage!

2005's Vermont Field Studies class has chosen to represent the choices we make as Vermonters in managing our house, located in our very own “Eco-Hood”. As you tour our house, you can make decisions about different lifestyles or choices, and see what the differences are, both in market price (what you pay in dollars) and in real cost (which incorporates the effects of human choices on natural, social, and human capital).

Since prices rarely reflect full costs, decisions based solely on price often lead to unsustainable long-term decisions. By collaborating to educate consumers about their choices and improve market mechanisms, ecologists, economists, and other social and natural scientists can play an important role in a transition to a more sustainable society.

Come visit our Eco-hood!

The students of Vermont Field Studies 2005 would like to thank the following guest speakers who met with us throughout the week.  Thank you for sharing your knowledge and love of Vermont with us!

Deb Heleba, Land Link VT Coordinator, UVM Sustainable Agriculture program

David Booth, Acadia Brook Farm

Zak Adams (RSENR)

 Ben Dykema of Dykema Dairy Farm

Sean, UVM grad and Mad River Glen Naturalist

 Eric Friedman, Mad River Glen Marketing Director

Lisa Williams, Yestermorrow School

Gabe Bolton, Wagner Forest Management

Carl Russel, UVM grad and horse logging operation manager

Jon Bouton, Windsor County Forester

David Brynn, RSENR & Vermont Family Forests

Colleen Hickey, Lake Champlain Basin Program

Ruth Wallman, Lake Champlain Islands Chamber of Commerce

David Kestenbaum, Outfitter and eco-tourism specialist

Mary Watzin, RSENR

Linda Bowden, ECHO

Brian Voigt, UVM PhD student in spatial analysis lab

 Kenneth Mulder on urban modeling and QoL

Liz Curry and Brenda Torpey, Burlington Community Land Trust

Stu McGowan, Shoeless Konstruction

Melinda Moulton, Sustainable Redeveloper

Course Instructors: Roelof Boumans, Jon Erickson