The Gund Institute for Environment collaborates with Leadership for the Ecozoic (L4E), a transdisciplinary research initiative based at UVM and McGill University that advances collaborative research, teaching, and leadership for a just and sustainable future.

Rooted in the disciplines of ecological economics at UVM and anthropology at McGill, L4E is a vibrant intellectual community of students, faculty, postdoctoral researchers, visiting scholars, activists, and Indigenous thinkers collaborating to enable a socially just transition to a mutually enhancing human-Earth relationship.

L4E works toward the Ecozoic era through four key areas:

1. Facilitating transdisciplinary research that empowers emerging leaders;
2. Building a research-to-action network that connects theory with practice;
3. Engaging in advocacy and creative communications; and
4. Reimagining teaching and learning across campuses and communities.

For more information, contact Julie Starr at julie.starr@uvm.edu and visit https://www.l4ecozoic.org/.

Key Dates

• 2025 dates coming soon

Contacts

• Josh Farley (jfarley@uvm.edu)
• Matt Burke (matthew.burke@uvm.edu)
• Joe Ament (joseph.ament@uvm.edu)
• Jon Erickson (jon.erickson@uvm.edu)
• Dina Spigelski