Meet at City Hall Park at 1:30 (wear a costume, if you have one, but not necessary)There will be free helmets available for kids who need them. Helmet decorating before the bike ride in City Hall Park. Family-friendly ride on Burlington streets with front and rear ride escorts and intersection volunteers.Free food in City Hall […]
Continue readingNorthern Star: A Floating ClassroomBy Heather McKeown, Deckhand, Northern Star September 29, 2021Coventry Village School students boarded and learned about Lake Memphremagog. Deckhand Heather McKeown wrote this story about her experience on board the Northern Star of Newport, Vermont on the waters of Lake Memphremagog where she taught and learned with students and staff from Coventry… [read […]
Continue readingPoisoning Paradise Film Festival It’s finally here! Help us kick off the film festival by joining us for the Launch Panel TODAY, October 7th at 4pm HT | 7pm PT | 9pm CT| 10pm ET! CLICK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT Poisoning Paradise (2017) explores the story of how a small community on Kauaʻi pushed back […]
Continue readingOctober 7, 2021 LEND A HAND. VOLUNTEER – United Way of Northwest Vermont’s mobile-friendly Volunteer Connection connects you to hundreds of local volunteer needs. Search by age, date, county, interests or causes that are important to you. Stay connected to community needs. Here is a link for Volunteer Connection to learn more about these and other opportunities. ON THE […]
Continue readingOctober 6, 2021 News | Opportunities | Resources | Events | JobsSubmit | Advertise News of the Week Georgetown U Hires Inaugural VP of SustainabilityMeghan Chapple, Georgetown’s first vice president of sustainability, will oversee Georgetown’s Office of Sustainability and lead the university’s strategic sustainability actions. Chapple most recently served as sustainability director and senior advisor on sustainability at The George Washington University.More Coordination & Planning […]
Continue readingPassing along a few job descriptions, all of which are attached, that may be of interest to your professional circles: The first is a few-month project based position working with a UVM team that is conducting research in service to the Vermont Payment for Ecosystem Services Working Group. Their looking to add someone who could […]
Continue readingOctober E-Newsletter from VNRC October is shaping up to be a busy month! See below for the latest news and upcoming events. There’s still time to raise your voice in support of a strong and equitable Climate Action Plan: RSVP here for the Vermont Climate Council’s public engagement zoom sessions today and tomorrow, and review VNRC’s priorities for […]
Continue readingWe’re bringing it back! Join us for our 11th annual Trash Bash. We will sort our trash to find out just how well Champlain students, faculty, and staff are separating recycling, compost and trash.Drop by and take a look and learn… ************************************************************************************************************** Christina Erickson, Ph.D. (she/her)Director of Service & Sustainability Learning Center for Service & Sustainability, […]
Continue readingJohn Brown’s Vermont with Amy GodineOct. 16th, 1PMZOOM On this anniversary of the radical abolitionist John Brown’s nation-shaking raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, independent historian Amy Godine talks about John Brown’s reverberative meaning in and for Vermont — both in his own time, and in antiquarian and modern memory.Godine curated and […]
Continue readingAmid major carbon price buzz, register for CCL’s November conference The prospects for passing a carbon price this year continue to grow, thanks in large part to the advocacy of CCL volunteers. A major story appeared in the New York Times on Friday, where Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, “confirmed that […]
Continue reading