Green Mountains, Blue Water Earth Care News November 2018 In this newsletter: Video of George Lakey’s Keynote Address & Workshop on VTIPL Website Cool Congregations Challenge VT Climate & Health Alliance’s Letter to Vermonters & Video Support Needed for Washington State’s Initiative 1631 350Vermont Annual Convergence: Sunday, Nov. 11, Burlington Button Up Home Weatherization & […]
Continue readingMountainfilm On Tour! Mountainfilm on Tour is coming to Burlington, bringing a selection of culturally rich, adventure-packed and inspiring documentary films curated from the Mountainfilm festival held every Memorial Day weekend in Telluride, Colorado. The show will explore themes connected to Mountainfilm’s mission: to use the power of film, art and ideas to inspire audiences […]
Continue readingWe’re bringing a big sustainability hackathon to UVM on November 13th from 3-8pm (including a delicious hot dinner). The event will use design thinking to imagine ideas on getting Target customers to stop using plastic bags locally, with the potential for scale nationally. The event is in partnership with Target’s Corporate Social Responsibility team, who […]
Continue readingAs you’re likely aware, the Community Bike Workshop (the non-profit arm of Old Spokes Home that provides refurbished bikes at reduced prices to people of low income) and the Old Spokes Home retail shop are moving from their separate locations to the site of the former Good News Garage, meaning that all customers – regardless […]
Continue readingIt’s that time of year again- the leaves are falling, temps are dropping, and snow is starting to cap the peaks! Time for the annual Doug Crowell lecture series presented by the Vermont Chapter of ASLA. This year we are excited to have Dr. Attila Toth, a distinguished professor at Slovak University in Nitra, Slovakia […]
Continue readingBurlington Ready for 100% is pleased to invite you to another Energy-transition Conversation: Getting to Net-zero Energy: Developing a roadmap for Burlington Burlington Electric Department (BED) has a goal of making Burlington a net-zero-energy (NZE) city by 2030. At net zero, all energy for electricity, heating, cooling and in-city ground transportation will come from renewable […]
Continue readingHi Friends, November is just around the corner and it is again time for community-building, celebration, inspiration, and mapping out 350VT’s next steps! Like years past, we will have time to socialize and connect, a special guest (Thomas Tonatiuh Lopez Jr. from the International Indigenous Youth Council), appreciations, and report backs. Our goal is to […]
Continue readingThe tiny-house movement hits the road and comes to The University of Vermont on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 7:00 p.m. in the Davis Center’s Mansfield Room. As part of an Open House earlier in the day on the Andrew Harris Commons outside the Davis Center (1:30 to 3:30 p.m.), the couple will share their tiny-house-on-wheels […]
Continue readingWhen you grow up in an Irish-Catholic family and have to compete with six other people at the dinner table, you learn to tell stories in order to be heard. I started telling stories for The Moth back in 2013, then for other podcasts like Risk!, Strangers and The Lapse. Then I hit the road, taking the stage in Montreal, Brooklyn […]
Continue readingDear Burlington Water Resources Customer, We value our relationship with you as your Water Utility and the trust you’ve placed in us to steward these vital City resources. Recently, the Mayor and Public Works announced the Clean Water Resiliency Plan (CWRP) to stabilize and modernize our aging wastewater and stormwater systems. Please see the attached […]
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