Category Archives: Events at Champlain

Champlain’s Center for Service February Newsletter

reposted from the Center for Service & Civic Engagement: Hello all, Attached please find the Center for Service’s first newsletter of the New Year, made by Hannah Andersen (’14)!  We’ve had a tremendous semester so far and are looking forward to a busy few months filled with lots of great volunteer opportunities. As always, please […]

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Discussion, “Debating Localvorism”

Discussion, “Debating Localvorism” When: April 7, 2014 @ 7:30 PM View Full-Size Map Add to Calendar Add to Google Where: Alumni Auditorium Champlain College 163 South Willard Street,Burlington,VT 05401 USA Cost: FREE Contact: Core Dean Betsy BeaulieuE-mail Speakers Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailShare on pinterest_shareMore Sharing Services0 What is Chautauqua? Join the Core […]

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Michael Snyder, Commissioner of VT forests, parks, and recreation coming to speak

Branch Out Burlington!, Burlington’s volunteer urban forestry organization, proudly presents:

Who:   Michael Snyder, Vermont Commissioner of Forests, Parks & Recreation

What:  Vermont’s Forests: Connecting People, Place, and Time

Where: Aiken Center, Room 102

When:  Sunday, February 16, 4:00 pm

Why:   Learn what’s up with our precious forests

How much: FREE

What else: Home-made refreshments will be served!

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Sustain Champlain Committee Meetings

Upcoming Sustain Champlain Committee Meetings: Tuesday, February 18th, 3:30-5pm, IDX 309 – Transportation Charge: To implement the 2013 Transportation Plan and to continue finding ways of reducing single-occupancy vehicle travel to/from campus. To work with our transportation partners, CATMA & RSG, on these goals. Thursday, February 20th at 2pm in Hauke Boardroom  – Waste Charge: […]

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2014 Kill-A-Watt Challenge

2014 Kill-A-Watt Challenge  || Brought to you by Sustain Champlain & Residential Life   The Kill-A-Watt Challenge is an annual opportunity to demonstrate the collective power (pun intended) of individual actions. By encouraging everyone to be more mindful of the electricity they use, we hope to raise awareness around 1) where our electricity comes from, […]

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Climate Justice Winter Roadshow

Climate Justice Winter Roadshow Wednesday, February 5th, 5-6pm, Joyce 301, Champlain College A movement is brewing.  Across the continent, communities are organizing to stop extreme energy extraction in its tracks.  Corporations pushing new mines, drill rigs, pipelines, dams, export terminals, and dirty bank loans are running smack against our uncompromising determination to stand with the […]

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New Chatauqua Event Series Showcases Food and Art

Repost from Champlain News By: Olivia Werenski ‘17/ Champlain College News The Champlain Chautauqua Event Series may have an usual name, but it is grounded in an education movement in the United States, popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Champlain College Core Division series takes its inspiration from traveling shows, lectures, […]

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Vermont Student Climate Coalition

Francesca Hall, a junior at UVM, has been working with students across Vermont to build a strong coalition of student environmental organizers and activists. Her goal is to connect and strengthen the campaigns being waged throughout the state to make Vermont and its colleges and universities models of sustainability and environmental stewardship.

In order for this coalition to be effective, however, it needs student representatives from every school to take an active role in connecting their school to this coalition and in some manner representing the interests of students on their campus.

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