A 9-Year Quest for Carbon Neutrality Took Middlebury to Forests and a Dairy Farm

As climate change threatens havoc on a global scale, more and more colleges are responding by adopting carbon neutrality as a goal, or by asking whether neutrality is feasible. At Middlebury College, that question was answered when the college achieved carbon-neutral status in 2016 — after a nine-year quest that involved students, trustees, faculty and staff members, utility companies, willow shrubs, dairy cows, and a lot of creativity.