This course teaches students to pose questions about ecological phenomena, construct hypotheses, collect appropriate data in the field to test these hypotheses, and then to descriptively and quantitatively analyze these data, concluding with interpreting and presenting this information. This hands-on class will familiarize students with transferable tools and skills used to investigate ecological problems.

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photo of Dean of Academics, Dr. Laura Spence, standing in front of a green hedge and a birch tree with white bark in spring time

Laura Spence

Laura Spence, Ph.D., is originally from South Shropshire, England, a sheep-grazed land reminiscent of the Vermont of 150 years ago. Laura’s journey from Shropshire to the Northwoods, via New Zealand and…

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High Mowing & Sterling College: Part IV – Tom Evaluates Sterling’s Trials

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Bill McKibben Speaks at Sterling College

This article was originally printed in the Barton Chronicle. We thank the Chronicle and author Elizabeth Trail for their kind permission to reprint it.  —by Elizabeth Trail “We all want…

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Tradd Cotter Teaches “Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycorrhizae” This Summer

Study “Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycorrhizae” with Tradd Cotter at The School of the New American Farmstead at Sterling College Mushrooms are delicious and full of nutrients, but they are also…

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