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'Black-out' Protests Atom Power Plant Construction in Vernon, VT: The protestors sponsored a candle-light rally in the Johnson Building, the College itself did not officially cooperate and many lights remained on. Some students who did not agree with…

Ecology Activists Plan Protest at Power Plant Davis, Hayes To Speak At Environmental Teach In Earth Day Schedule: The Earth Day program will begin at 9:30 Wednesday morning in Mead Chapel and will continue until late evening. Population Control and…

Parent of a Middlebury Student and Atomic Energy Commission staffer writes in to Campus Editors dispelling rumors and offers "factual information" regarding nuclear power.

The newly approved Environmental Studies program first appears the 1965-1966 Middlebury course catalog, made available to students in the fall of 1965.

Description of the Environmental Studies program in the Middlebury Course Catalog

Excerpt from the 1981 Middlebury Meeting about revitalizing the Environmental Studies Program

A 1971 article in the campus discussing the importance of the Vermont Environmental Center in Ripton, VT in promoting concern of the environmental quality of the region. The center is staffed by three full-time professors who taught a course in…

Middlebury hosted a "Conference on the World Food Crisis," at which William Coffin addressed problems regarding food distribution around the globe.

Student Terry Bouricius presented a resolution at the Student Forum on January 12, 1975 that proposed the school should offer a vegetarian dish in addition to a meat dish at all meals. He thought this would help students become more aware of the…

The "Vegetarian Alternatives" Group circulated a petition to have the school start to serve vegetarian meals in order to "make students aware of the dangers and excesses of the ‘American meat mentality.’"