Category Archives: Taking Action

Leadership Training for Climate Organizers (VT)

Re-post from 350 VT: – Are you inspired by this current moment to take action? Are you looking for new tools to make change in your community? Are you desiring to connect with others throughout the state to build more effective action? We are excited to offer a 3-day training for activists who would like […]

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Introducing PAUSE, a Champlain Student-Led Activism Group

A message from Dylan Cullen, President of the Student Government Association, Environmental Policy, Champlain College 2017 PAUSE for a minute.  Take some time to think about what Champlain College would look like with a thriving, engaged, and present activist community. What kinds of futures would this make possible for the College? When I envision Champlain […]

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Public Hearing on Renewable Energy Siting – Tuesday, March 24th

The Senate and House Natural Resources and Energy Committees will hold a joint public hearing on renewable energy siting, with a focus on solar energy, on Tuesday, March 24th, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room 11 at the Vermont State House. Over the last decade, the Vermont Legislature has made repeated commitments to renewable […]

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March Week 3: Second Nature, AASHE, VCGN, CSDW, NAAE, VT Interfaith, City Market Peace and Justice Center

Check out the latest info from these great organizations! Second Nature (good watch): Sustainability Sit-Downs #8 is out. This week’s video features Richard Cook, President Emeritus of Allegheny College and Second Nature Board Chair, discussing trans-disciplinary sustainability education and our effects as humans on the environment. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of […]

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March Week 3: Second Nature, AASHE, VCGN, CSDW, NAAE, VT Interfaith, City Market Peace and Justice Center

Check out the latest info from these great organizations! Second Nature (good watch): Sustainability Sit-Downs #8 is out. This week’s video features Richard Cook, President Emeritus of Allegheny College and Second Nature Board Chair, discussing trans-disciplinary sustainability education and our effects as humans on the environment. Sustainability Sit-Downs is a new Second Nature video series consisting of […]

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Champlain/Burlington Clean Up service day – March 21

As Spring arrives and the snow melts, lots of things start popping up all over Burlington – including heaps of nasty trash and recyclables that didn’t quite make it to where they were supposed to go. Please encourage your students to join the Center for Service and Civic Engagement in cleaning up our city on […]

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call to action for safe biking for everyone in Burlington

Last fall, many worked tirelessly to take the idea of a “bikeable Burlington” closer to reality in Burlington’s New North End. Currently, Local Motion is working to take the “bikeable Burlington” idea city-wide — and to share with you two things that you can make a difference for safe biking over the next week. First some good news: […]

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Vermontivate

Vermontivate! is a nationally recognized, award-winning community sustainability game designed to bring fun, impact, and creativity to the serious work of tackling climate change. From March 23 – May 2, 2015 players of all ages and experience levels from every corner of Vermont will take on a slate of challenges centered around themes such as: […]

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Call for Faculty and Staff Concerned About Climate Change: Engage Students in The Power Dialog

The following is a call to action courtesy of Eban Goodstein, Ph.D., Director, Bard Center for Environmental Policy and Director, Bard MBA in Sustainability, Debra Rowe, Ph.D., President U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, and David Blockstein, Ph.D., Senior Scientist National Council for Science and the Environment: Call for Faculty & Staff Concerned About Climate Change:  Engage Students in The Power Dialog    Over the next […]

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Call for Proposals for 2015 Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium Conference, due 1/23/15

Call for Proposals for “Strengthening Ties for Collective Impact: Campus Sustainability in the Northeast Region” The Northeast Campus Sustainability Consortium and the New England Campus Sustainability Forum are accepting proposals for the “Strengthening Ties for Collective Impact: Campus Sustainability in the Northeast Region” conference being held at UMass Amherst on April 9-10, 2015. Details for […]

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