Author Archives: Sustain Champlain

Climate Internships and November Lobby Actions

Citizens’ Climate Education is currently accepting applications for Spring and Summer 2020 interns. We have 15 positions available, in policy and advocacy, outreach and engagement, and communication and education. Some are remote, some are onsite. Some are paid, some are unpaid. Please see details here: https://citizensclimatehighered.org/chapter-interns Below are actions we invite students (and non-students) to take in […]

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City Market classes & events: Grain Free Baking, Southern Comfort, and Winter Farmers’ Market

Drop In: Healthy Halloween Snacks for Kids Thursday, October 31, 2019 – 9:30am to 11:30am Community Room, South End Store (map) Join us for a fun morning of making healthy Halloween-themed snacks! We will make pretzel & cheese broomsticks, clementine “pumpkins”, and fruit monster faces. This is a drop-in event, so no need to sign […]

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Burlington-based Organization offering International Voluntary Service Projects for your Students

This is Matt Messier from Volunteers For Peace(VFP) – We are based in Burlington, Vermont (www.vfp.org) and now have hundreds of International Voluntary Service Projects available to your Students    (see attached flyer). Programs can be found by following these 4 easy steps: Enter your information on our search page at https://vfp.org/projects/ Select “Search Projects” Any available projects will […]

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Volunteer Opportunities: Land Stewardship with the Intervale Center

Join Us to Build Trails and Remove Invasive Species! Trail Building: Monday, October 28, 2-5PM Come join us to help complete a walking trail that runs parallel to Intervale Road. This trail will allow pedestrians to have safer and more enjoyable travels throughout the Intervale. Come dressed appropriately in work clothes, layers, and sturdy boots, […]

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United Way Volunteer Connection listings – October 21 edition

October 21, 2019 By Sue Alenick, United Way Volunteer Columnist HALLOWEEN SET-UP – City of Winooski is looking for a volunteer Rotary Park Set-up Crew to help make the park come alive this Halloween. On Friday, October 25th, help load jack o’lanterns into the park, place candles in each jack o’lantern, and light the candles. Set […]

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Sustainability Literacy Symposium, 12-13 February 2020, Charleston, SC, USA

SCC joins as co-organizer of the “Sustainability Literacy” Symposium Symposium Sustainability Literacy: Faculty, Staff, and Students as Agents of Change Charleston, SC, February 12-13, 2020 The Symposium will be hosted by the College of Charleston and is being organised by the European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR), the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme […]

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Green Mountain Club is hiring! Plus New Maps, Contests, and Beer

Join the GMC Team We currently have two opportunities for you to join the staff here at the Green Mountain Club.  We are hiring a Database Coordinator (full-time, year-round) and an Accounting Assistant (part-time, temporary).  Check out the job descriptions and apply through our website, or forward this email to someone you think fits the bill! […]

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NOFA-VT NEWS: Jobs at NOFA, Organic Food guide, Agricultural Literacy Week, and more!

NOFA Vermont E-Newsletter • OCTOBER 2019 The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont is a member-supported non-profit organization:  JOIN US!  NOFA-VT IS GROWING! NOFA-VT is hiring for a Farm to School Program Director, a Market Development Director, and a Farm Business Advisor. Join us! Check out the full job descriptions » FIND LOCAL, ORGANIC FOOD Check […]

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Encourage Students to Support a National Carbon Price Through our November Lobby Activities

Citizens’ Climate Lobby currently has several opportunities for students to make their voices heard on climate change. Please see below. Register for November Lobby Day Congress is moving forward on climate change, thanks to CCL’s 100,000+ members asking for climate action. At November Lobby Day (Nov. 11-12), participants will meet with their members of Congress […]

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Apple Gleaning – Oct. 22

Glean Apples With Us! We believe that all Vermonters should have access to—and be able to afford and enjoy—fresh, locally-grown food. Intervale Gleaning and Food Rescue develops sustainable solutions to improve food access in Vermont. Utilizing primarily volunteer labor, the program gleans and rescues fresh food from Intervale farms during the growing season and packages […]

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