Category Archives: Courses, Webinars & Conferences

Achieving Environmental Literacy – NEEEA Conference & Sustainable Schools Summit, November 1-3

November 1-3, 2013

Download the Conference Brochure and Register Soon!  

  • Choose from over 40 workshops and field trips
  • Hear keynote speaker, David Orr, Founder of the Oberlin Project and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program at Oberlin College
  • Create connections across environmental and educational fields
  • Grow from cross-sector networking and collaboration
  • Meet New England’s 2013 Environmental Education Award winners.
  • Learn how to increase environmental literacy
  • Help create and maintain effective, safe and healthy green schools throughout      New England
  • Win the New England Eco-Trivia Crown! Continue reading

Education for Sustainability Summit at Shelburne Farms

Join us at this one-day event to celebrate our collective Education for Sustainability (EFS) work: we’ll gather to reveal our paths, rejuvenate our practices, revel in our successes, andshelburne realign toward the future.

This event is free and open to anyone currently involved in, or interested in learning more about education for sustainability: teachers, administrators, support staff, non-profit organizations, community partners, and most importantly: students. Continue reading

New England Regional Fair Trade Gathering – Registration is Open

Registration is now open for the New England Regional Fair Trade Gathering. Sign-up for a day full of Fair Trade education and community organizing basics with your fellow Fair Traders.

New England Regional Fair Trade Gathering
REGISTER HERE
Saturday, September 21st
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA Continue reading

GREEN MOUNTAINS, BLUE WATER: Earth Care News from Vermont Interfaith Power and Light

GREEN MOUNTAINS, BLUE WATER: Earth Care News from Vermont Interfaith Power and Light (VTIPL)
August 2013

In this newsletter:
VTIPL Conference: Saturday, November 16, 2013
Film: Tipping Point Showings in W. Brattleboro, Greensboro
Climate Justice Activist to Speak at Goddard
Emergent Universe Oratorio
Draw the Line – 350.org Action to oppose Keystone XL
Derby Line Church Event Addresses Climate
Home Weatherization Skillshops
Two Programs from National Interfaith Power and Light
Senate to Take Up Energy Efficiency Bill
Renewable Energy Vermont Conference Continue reading

Extreme Energy Immersion for Student Climate Leaders

The Expedition Education Institute is thrilled to announce the launch its traveling programming with a brief immersion into energy issues, advocacy, and leadership for change!

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Free lecture: Building Our Economy: Moving Past Rhetoric to a Just and Sustainable Future

Building Our Economy: Moving Past Rhetoric to a Just and Sustainable Future
A free public lecture by  Riane Eisler and Nancy Folbre.

 Wednesday June 12, 3:30-5pm, Marsh Life Sciences Lecture Hall, Room 235, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, FREE
Final event of the USSEE Conference Continue reading

Call for Proposals: Sequestering Tradition?: A Cultural Sustainability Symposium

Call for Proposals
Sequestering Tradition?: A Cultural Sustainability Symposium
August 15-18, 2013 ~ Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont

Overview
This Symposium grows out of the premise that “cultural vitality is as essential to a healthy and sustainable society as social equity, environmental responsibility and economic viability,” as articulated by Jon Hawkes in The Fourth Pillar of Sustainability: Culture’s Essential Role in Public Planning.

We view “cultural vitality” as the diverse, thriving practices and beliefs that undergird social systems and make human action meaningful. Just as environmental sustainability recognizes the critical role of ecological diversity to the survival of our planet, cultural sustainability recognizes the critical role of cultural diversity to the health and well-being of our “cultural ecosystems.” Cultural sustainability provides a framework for discussing tradition as a dynamic cultural process, one that empowers people to make intentional decisions about their communities. Continue reading