My name is Barry Needleman. I’m the Chair of the Board of Directors of the North Country Camps Foundation. We operate the North Country Camps (NCC) (Camp Lincoln for boys and Camp Whippoorwill for girls) in the Adirondack Mountains. This past summer we celebrated our 100th season. We’re seeking staff members for the 2020 season who […]
Continue readingWhats new at STVT? Two perspectives on the potential of transportation demand management and another endorsement of TCI. Don’t forget to check our calendar of upcoming transportation-related events! Hosting an event? Email us with a title, description, date, place and time. If it fits our mission, well add it to the calendar. Supply and Demand Jack Hanson on […]
Continue readingInterdisciplinary Brainstorming Opportunity: Open to all! The Emergent Media Center is hosting a Brainstorm/Question Storm event with Leon Walls (UVM faculty) in March or April to explore the potential of creating a tool for research purposes with 3rd-5th graders that would measure implicit bias as it relates to the identification of scientists (e.g. judging who can be a scientist based on […]
Continue readingOn Faith Climate Action Day, VTIPL members & friends met with Sen. Tim Ashe whose staff captured the moment. Green Mountains, Blue Water Earth Care News March 2020 Happy World Water Day In this newsletter: ▪ Faith Climate Action Day a Big Success! ▪ VTIPL Transition – Meet our New Coordinator ▪ Article: Weybridge Church […]
Continue readingMarch 2020 E-Newsletter from VNRC Policy updates — It’s Town Meeting Day: Don’t forget to vote! – Here, find an issue guide and list of questions you can ask your legislators. — Act 250 modernization bill passes in House – On Friday, the Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill, H.926, that strengthens environmental protections in Vermont’s land use law. Read more below. — Global […]
Continue readingLake Champlain Committee Late February 2020 E-News Calling All Kids – Enter Our World Water Day Contest! Know a K through 12 student, teacher or homeschooler in the Lake Champlain Basin? In honor of World Water Day, LCC and Champlain Basin Education Initiative (CBEI) partners are hosting our annual cool contest to celebrate water. It’s a great way […]
Continue readingGirls on the Run is looking for more volunteer coaches and I thought you would be the perfect person to help pass the memo along to Champlain folks (and any other networks you’re a part of!). The commitment is 10 weeks, twice a week for 90 minutes. Coaches do not need to identify as female […]
Continue readingFridge Foraging with Melissa Pasanen Monday, March 9, 2020 – 5:30pm to 7:30pm Community Teaching Kitchen, South End Store (map) Fridge-foraged dinners – for nights when you don’t want to shop, but the fridge and pantry are relatively empty. Join Melissa Pasanen to learn how to create dinner out of not much, use up […]
Continue readingMy name is Sarah Meade and I am a sophomore at Champlain, interning with the Vermont Ibutwa Initiative. For my internship I am planning on hosting a film screening of “The Greatest Silence: Rape In The Congo.” The film and Ibutwa’s mission is to educate people about the violence that women and children face in […]
Continue readingHello! I’d like to invite you to an evening of music with Burlington’s own Me2/ Orchestra! We will be playing a FREE concert at UVM’s Davis Center on Thursday 3/5 at 7:30 pm. On the program: The Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius: This has three movements – the Intermezzo, the Ballade, and the Alla Marcia. […]
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