Looking for some ways you can make your personal transportation more sustainable? Check out our Sustainable-transportation action list at:
Other opportunities to take action or learn how to are listed below.
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Events
A webinar with Senate President Pro Tempore, Tim Ashe
Legislative action to combat climate change and develop jobs in clean energy
The Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) – a regional effort to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from transportation
Monday, March 16 at 7pm
Click here to register.
For more information contact Johanna Miller – 802-223-2328 ext. 112 or jmiller@vnrc.org
The Game of Extremes: A Climate Resiliency Workshop
When extreme weather hits, what can we do to protect lives and property?
Friday, March 20, 8:30-11:30am; Spark Space at Burlington Electric Department, 585 Pine Street, Burlington
Click here to register!
For more information, contact Jenna Antonino DiMare at jenna.antonino.dimare@2030districts.org
LEAP (Local Energy Action Partnership) Energy Fair
Vermont’s largest energy fair Saturday, April 18, 9am-3pm
Crossett Brook Middle School Gym, 5672 VT-100, Duxbury
For more information:Contact Ned Houston, 802-244-7829, hesplanning@gmail.com or Visit www.waterburyleap.org
Other opportunities
EERE newsletters
The Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy newsletters include 10 relating to transportation and more than 100 on other topics. Grant announcements are among the items included. Select newsletters and subscribe at: https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USEERE/subscriber/new
Preferred Electric Vehicle Dealership Network
The Burlington Electric Department has established the Network to streamline the process of buying an electric car.
Winooski Avenue study report
Watch a video of a presentation about the report at: https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/north-winooski-avenue-corridor-study-update
More information is at: https://www.ccrpcvt.org/our-work/transportation/current-projects/corridors-circulation/winooski-avenue-corridor-study/
This scheme of combustion to get power makes me sick to think of – it is so wasteful. We burn up wood and coal, as renters burn up the front fence for fuel.
Thomas Edison, 1910
Rick Wackernagel (He, him or his)
Itinerant climate activist
rick.wackernagel@gmail.com, 802-578-4907262, South Prospect St Apt 2, Burlington VT 05401
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