Author Archives: Sustain Champlain

Join Sterling College for an evening with Majora Carter – Environmental Justice: Implications of America’s Land Uses – April 15

Join us virtually by Zoom on Thursday, April 15th, 6:30pm – 7:30pm as we welcome Majora Carter, founder of Sustainable South Bronx and the Majora Carter Group, for a discussion on Environmental Justice: Implications of America’s Land Uses The built environment plays an important role in community talent retention or repulsion. When the majority of success stories migrate […]

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Fair Trade Campaigns Updates: Fair Trade & Earth Month

Welcome to our April newsletter! As always, we hope this finds you doing well. Before we dive into news from across our network and what we have in store, we wanted to take some time to recognize and condemn the increase in anti-Asian violence we have seen across the country recently. Like you all, we were […]

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Solve Climate by 2030 – Vermont webinar on Tuesday, April 13 at 7:00 PM

Since last April when we were all together for the 2020 Solve Climate by 2030 panel, it has been a long Covid-19 year for teachers, students, and all Vermonters. Meanwhile, the planet kept getting hotter, with 2020 tying for the hottest year that humans have ever experienced. Yet it is likely that 2020 will be one of […]

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AASHE Bulletin – April 7th edition

April 7, 2021 AASHE Connect | Events | Resource Hub | STARS | Advertise AASHE is pleased to announce three upcoming professional learning opportunities that will help you sharpen your skills while remaining COVID-safe. Opportunities include a workshop about facilitating organizational change, a sustainability change leaders retreat and a cli-fi (climate fiction) book club. Register for one or all […]

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Certify Your Property with BLUE and Help Keep Lake Champlain Clean and Healthy

By Shari Halik, CommunicationsApril 06, 2021 Have you heard about BLUE? BLUE is an innovative stormwater mitigation program that gives free consultations and certifies homes, businesses, and institutions as watershed-friendly in the Lake Champlain basin of Vermont and New York. What is watershed-friendly? All land and properties in the watershed contribute stormwater runoff to Lake Champlain. In […]

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New Educational Opportunities Available with AASHE!

Membership | Resources | Events & Education | STARS | AASHE Connect We are pleased to bring you three upcoming professional learning opportunities that will help you sharpen your skills while remaining COVID safe! Register to attend any or all of AASHE’s virtual event offerings today: Participate in these professional learning opportunities to discover new […]

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Teaching Outside Resource Round-Up with the Vermont Education & Environment Network – April 15

Join the Vermont Education and Environment Network for a round table discussion on resources and tools to enhance your outdoor teaching toolkit. This webinar will be focused on comments and questions you as a classroom our outdoor educator might have about teaching outdoors. Come excited to discuss and connect with fellow educators to learn and […]

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April 2021 VNRC E-News: Wild & Scenic Film Festival is this week!

April E-Newsletter from VNRC We hope the spring weather has brought you some renewed energy and optimism. We’re feeling pretty excited ourselves: VNRC’s annual screening of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival is coming up on Thursday! Learn how to get tickets—and read on for many more updates about our work. Latest News —This week: 13th Annual Wild & Scenic […]

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Community organization seeking volunteer for short term marketing / communication projects

One of our great community partners, and former Champlain College student, is looking for a volunteer to do some short term marketing / communication assistance for a fledgling organization, the Vermont Center for Cultural Diversity. They are looking to make a brochure and build out their social media presence.  If you have anyone who might be […]

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