Beat the deep freeze with City Market classes!It’s a perfect time to sign up for City Market Livestream classes – we have over a dozen upcoming classes to engage every interest. Can’t wait to get back to the great outdoors, or planning your next winter camping trip? Don’t miss Camping Coffee with our friends at OGE! And […]
Continue readingA unique, year-long professional learning opportunity for select school, early childhood & district teams from New England & New York. Whether you’re a long-time farm to school advocate or looking to begin integrating food, farm, and nutrition programs into your school community, you’re invited to form a team and apply. The Institute kicks off at Shelburne Farms with […]
Continue readingHappy Days of Garden Dreaming!Happy New Year…we’re starting 2022 with a new name and a refreshed logo! We’re celebrating 20 years of helping people grow food, and during that time our mission and programs have expanded. Our work continues to center around community building, and we still provide community garden organizers with training, networking and […]
Continue readingSAVE THE DATE Join us for UNA-USA’s virtual Global Engagement Summit! Thursday, February 24, 2022 | 1-5 p.m. ET UNA-USA’s Global Engagement Summit, typically held at UN Headquarters in New York City, is the largest annual gathering of UN advocates in the country, bringing together UN and U.S. officials, young professionals, community leaders, and subject matter […]
Continue readingThe Zero Waste Campus Council (ZWCC) is hosting its monthly Meet Up, Waste Down on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 10 am PST/1 pm EST via Zoom! These meetings are held for one hour every 4th Tuesday of the month at 10 am PST/1 pm EST via Zoom. We will have an initial welcome and introductions and then people can […]
Continue readingGreen Mountains, Blue WaterEarth Care News – November 2021Native American Heritage Month Photo courtesy Donna C. RobertsBuild Back Better Act Needs Our Support NowCOP26 – A Moral Clarion Call – IPL President Rev. Susan Hendershot72 Faith Institutions Divest from Fossil Fuels pre-COP26COP26 Lacks Sufficient Indigenous RepresentationUgandan Youth Activist Shows Another Side of COP26Vermont State Climatologist Speaks in […]
Continue readingLake Champlain Sea GrantFall 2021 Research Seminar Series Lake Champlain Sea Grant invites you to attend the October research presentation in our fall seminar series. Quantifying the Social Benefits and Costs of Reducing Phosphorus Loading Under Climate Change Date/Time: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 – 12:00pm to 1:00pm ETLocation: Virtual attendance on ZoomSpeaker: Jesse Gourevitch, University of Vermont PhD graduate […]
Continue readingJoin Us for an Upcoming WebinarManaging Organizational Change for Transformational, Deep Decarbonization Initiatives on CampusTuesday, November 16th | 1pm EDT In a January 2021 executive order addressing the climate crisis, President Joe Biden committed the U.S. to an ambitious conservation goal: to protect 30 percent of U.S. land and coastal seas by 2030. That target, […]
Continue readingNews | Opportunities | Resources | Events | Jobs We hope you’re finding engaging content and creating meaningful connections at this year’s AASHE Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education (GCSHE), happening virtually right now!You can still register for the GCSHE through tomorrow, Oct. 14, with on-demand playback through Dec. 31. This annual conference brings together sustainability leaders from around the world in a virtual […]
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 […]
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