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Quinn Gordon & the Certificate in Community Agriculture Program
Quinn Gordon came all the way from Missoula to join us in the EVST undergrad program four years ago, but he's used the program as a jumping off point for far distant locales. In 2015 Quinn spent a month working on an elephant conservation center in Surin, Thailand, where he worked with Thais and...
Josh Carter, MS 2005, and Sustainable Agriculture
Inspiring and educating people about sustainable agriculture
Home:
Shelburne, Vermont via Canterbury, New Hampshire
Present Title:
Market Gardner, Shelburne Farms
His Passion:
Josh's passion is feeding his family, friends, and community, healthy and delicious organic produce. He also loves to inspire...
Studying Climate Change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Chúc Mừng Năm Mới! Happy New Year from Vietnam! Fifteen UM students recently joined me for four weeks in Vietnam to examine current and anticipated effects of climate change on the people, lands and waterways of the Mekong Delta. The travel seminar is set up to explore both the socio-cultural...
Melissa Petersen, Conservation Biologist and Published Author
Convservation Biologist and Published Author, Melissa Petersen
Home:
Shelton, Washington
Her Passion:
Melissa is passionate about the restoration and conservation of natural areas and showing people the complex beauty of those places through writing. With a two-year-old son she also enjoys...
Peter Gurche on Finding the "Radical Center!"
Home:
Spokane, Washington
Present Title:
Associate at the Center for Natural Resources & Environmental Policy at the University of Montana and Coordinator of the Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent.
Accomplishments:
Peter earned a Brainerd Fellowship to work with Professor Len Broberg on the...
EVST Alumna Kiki Hubbard Director of Advocacy & Communications at the Organic Seed Alliance (OSA)
EVST Alumna Kiki Hubbard Director of Advocacy & Communications at the Organic Seed Alliance (OSA)
Home
Missoula, by way of Wisconsin and Washington D.C.
Present Title
Director of Advocacy & Communications at the Organic Seed Alliance
Her Passion
Protecting family farms and community food systems from...
Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel Wins Gournay Prize
EVST M.S. alum Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel won the Gournay Prize at Ohio State University for her nonfiction book Fear Icons, which will be published in the 21st Century Essays series in Fall 2018.
Ohio State Press Gournay Prize announcement
Alumna Sikina Jinnah named a 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Her work on “Global Governance of Climate (Geo)Engineering" addresses the political challenges surrounding governance of emerging technologies designed to address climate change.
Grow Food with a Purpose and for College Credit
Earn 6 credits this summer learning and working on the PEAS farm at the University of Montana in Missoula. Students currently enrolled at other colleges are encouraged to apply for this summer opportunity. Students get their hands dirty in every facet of our 10-acre vegetable farm, sowing...
Graduate Fellowship Opportunity Food, Energy, Water Nexus
Are you applying to the Environmental Studies graduate program and interested in studying questions that are at the nexus of food, energy, and/or water?
The University of Montana recently received a major grant from the National Science Foundation to create the BRIDGES program, a special...
2016 National Wilderness Workshop, Nov. 8-10
November 8-10
In the UC
Free
EVST alum Heather MacSlarrow (Society for Wilderness Stewardship Executive Director)
The 2016 National Wilderness Workshop, free to all University of Montana students and faculty, includes sessions relevant to conservation advocacy including:
case studies that explore...
Congratulations to Sonny Kless Scholarship Recipients
EVST undergrads Cassidy White and Simon Dykstra have been selected to receive the Sonny Kless Scholarship based on their dedication, passion, experience, initiative and leadership. There were several excellent applications for the award. The scholarship is named in honor of the late Sonny Kless,...
Professor Robin Saha Granted the 2016 Thomas Ehrlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award
Read Campus Compact’s post about Robin Saha’s award
Read the Missoula Independent’s article about Robin Saha
Campus Compact is pleased to announce that Robin Saha, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Montana, has been selected as the recipient of the 2016 Thomas...
Food Justice Lecture
Free Public Address on “The Good Food Revolution”
Thursday, September 22, 2016
7:30 pm
North Underground Lecture Hall, University of Montana
Malik Yakini will discuss the work of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (DBCFSN) as an example of a grassroots effort to build community...
Community Farming: Josh Slotnick at TEDx
One of the oldest campus-community farms in the U.S., the PEAS Farm will soon wrap up its 20th season. Through the Program in Ecological Agriculture and Society, undergraduate and graduate students combine traditional academics with hands-on work at an urban, sustainable farm. That’s two decades...
2016 Bachelors Graduates
The latest group of EVST Bachelors of Arts Graduates in front of Rankin Hall after EVST Commencement Ceremonies, May 22, 2016. Best of luck in everything and we will miss you!
