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A History of Earth Day on College Campuses

An article about commemorations for the 50th anniversary of Environmental Studies at Middlebury. It includes a mention of the Environmental Quality organization, looking back on it.

Claire Ayer returns to school, and while balancing being a student and a mother, she also refuses to let the ailing environment become a problem on campus

The article describes the 1971 Environmental Conference that was held on campus at which Governor Deane C. Davis gave the opening address. Twenty anti-war protesters came to voice their concerns about the United States' actions in Vietnam. Davis…

A student editorial on environmental challenges and what students can do to take action.

Former Student and current staff concerns about driving habits on campus. Two editorials lamenting student driving habits and connections to climate change and other threats

A student essay on changing gender roles in American agriculture with emphasis on recent shifts in and around Vermont

A Middlebury Campus article about a December 1968 lecture regarding food supply, famine, and overpopulation. It raises the possibility of a food crisis and the need for people to eat things like seaweed.

Syllabus for Middlebury course Visions of Nature taught in Fall of 1994 by Prof. Alison Byerly

Two articles in the Middlebury Campus from Fall 1980 about food, both vegetarian and organic food, both at the college and at the local cooperative store.