Atlantic meets the pacific: maritime peoples and places! Peace boat Voyage (scheduled from June 11-24, 2013) offers an opportunity for student from MIIS and Middlebury to engage in comparative education. This faculty-lead voyage will include visits to the coastal ports in  Venezuela, the Panama Canal, Panama, Guatemala, and Mexico. During the voyage, the course would [...]

The Punta Mona Center for Sustainable Living and Education is one of the most extensive organic permaculture farms in Costa Rica. Located on the Southern Caribbean coast, the center have 85 beachfront acres of primary, secondary and established food forests. In a Permaculture Design Course and Sustainable Living Internship you gain practical field skills in [...]

Multicultural May Event: Vergennes Elementary School School Counselor Katie Cormier is looking for Middlebury College students to come speak with her students or do an activity about the importance of diversity for 40 minutes as part of the annual Multicultural May Celebration.  Students are available during the following days/times: May 6, 7, 8 or 9 [...]

Green Mountain Digital is the mobile apps market leader in nature and wildlife. It design and publish authoritative and comprehensive mobile applications that engage users with all aspects of the natural world. Founded in 2009 in Woodstock, Vermont, it has designed and published more 65 mobile apps across multiple platforms, including Audubon Birds of North [...]

Manna Project International (MPI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that utilizes the passions and energy of young people to empower developing international communities through hands-on learning and service. MPI strives to foster communities of young adults and encourages them to use their passions and education in service to communities in need. For the second year, LtN [...]

Have an interest in conserving and enhancing Vermont’s natural resources? Apply to be  Water Quality Monitoring Assistant at the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources’ mission is to preserve, enhance, restore, and conserve Vermont’s natural resources, and protect human health for the benefit of this and future generations. Responsibilities of [...]

Project Coordinator Intern with Excelsior Action Group  is volunteer driven, community based non-profit organization operating in the Excelsior Neighborhood of San Francisco. EAG’s mission is to Revitalize the San Francisco Excelsior Neighborhood’s Commercial Corridor by involving residents, merchants, neighborhood associations and city agencies through activities aimed to reinvigorate, green, beautify, strengthen and unify our diverse [...]

We have included exciting opportunities that are available to  students contemplating careers in global health and development. The links are posted on the right side of the blog under the category International Development and Global Public Health. Whether you are looking for fellowship, job ( part-time or full-time), internship or  volunteer positions, there are a [...]

 Translators  must serve both the author and the reader, simultaneously seeking maximum fidelity and maximum readability.  Is the enterprise possible or foredoomed to failure? Will the translator come to be devoted to one master and despise the other?  John Balcom is an award-winning translator of Chinese literature, philosophy, and children’s books. He teaches in the [...]

This is seniors event. Do you want to learn  more about  taxes, managing debt, understanding credit scores, living on a budget and interpreting your 401k plan? This event is a great opportunity to learn from a panel of experts about these important life skills.  Come to this fun program and learn ! Monday, April 8, [...]