In September, the students of “Re-Imagining the Landscape: Painting, Drawing, Photography and Glass” were given magic markers and four-by-six foot sheets of paper and sent to find a spot on campus to draw. Over the course of three weeks, they continued to capture their chosen scenes, moving from the sole use of magic marker to a multiplicity of gel pens, sharpies, graffiti markers, spray paint and, finally, digital photography. The images took shape, each reflecting the hand of its author in style, method and choice of materials: while some students …

Brighter Planet, Middlebury’s only environmental awareness company, had its beginnings right here at the College on the Hill. Associate Professor of Economics Jon Isham created the company with two of his students who, for a class project, had proposed an idea for an environmental firm.

If last year’s Green Issue was meant to be a groundbreaking endeavor, we at The Campus are even more excited about this year’s incarnation. While last year’s issue appeared as a novelty, albeit an important and resourceful one, this second-annual issue represents someting more

Since the successful opening of the College’s biomass gasification plant last January, community members raised questions about the plant’s impact on Vermont forests as well as the overall environmental integrity of the biomass initiative.
The plant currently receives three truckloads of woodchips daily from loggers and mills within a 75-mile radius. However, because a private contractor — Cousineau Forest Products — mediates the process, the specific sources of the woodchips are unknown.  Though the chips may well be procured using sustainable forestry methods, it is equally likely that they are not.
Furthermore, …