September 2025

GundxChange: Spatial Systems Modeling to Support Resilient Landscapes in Response to Climate Change
Eric Lonsdorf, Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences, Emory University; Macmillan Scholar in Residence, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont
September 5, 2025 from 12-1 p.m.
Farrell Hall, room 006

Postdoc Coffee Talk: Community-Centric Multi-Criteria Assessment Framework for Energy Transition
Jayashree Yadav, Postdoctoral student at UVM, Center for Resilient Energy & Autonomous Technologies in Engineering (CREATE)
September 11, 2025 from 10-11 a.m.
Farrell Hall, Atrium

GundxChange: Reimagining Global Conservation: Seeding Hope and Charting a Course
Cynthia Gill, Macmillan Scholar in Residence, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont; Accredited Leadership and Transition Coach
September 12, 2025 from 12-1 p.m.
Farrell Hall, room 006

GundxChange: Planetary Health Research – Impacts and Direction
Elizabeth Daut, Global biodiversity conservation and cross-sectoral One Health expert, Macmillan Scholar in Residence, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont
September 19, 2025 from 12-1 p.m.
Farrell Hall, room 006

The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice: Film Screening and Q&A
This exclusive community film screening will include an introductory presentation from Paul Bierman, author of “When the Ice is Gone,” and an engaging discussion and Q&A with environmental filmmaker Kathy Kasic and Paul moderated by Mikaela Lefrak, host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Light refreshments will follow. Free and open to all. Register at the link above to let us know you plan to attend.
September 21, 2025, from 5-7 p.m.
UVM Davis Center, Silver Maper Ballroom

Postdoc Coffee Talk: The Sustainability Paradox: Experiences of farmers in Vermont
Josiah (Josh) Taylor, Postdoctoral student with UVM's Food Systems Research Institute; Community Development and Applied Economics; Gund Institute for Environment
September 25, 2025, from 10-11 a.m.
Farrell Hall, Atrium

GundxChange: Dancing with Systems: Moves for Complex Times
Marta Ceroni, PhD, Co-director, Academy for Systems Change, Donella Meadows Project; Affiliate, Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont
September 26, 2025 from 12-1 p.m.
Farrell Hall, room 006

Freeze, Flock, Fall: A conversation with three UVM environmental authors
September 26, 2025 from 5:30-7 p.m.
ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
Free, but please register here.

Past Events

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