Category Archives: Events in the Broader Community
LCC Feb Ripples Enews – Greater Controls for Agriculture, Toxin Testing in Fish, Wee Heavy Champ, and More!
Lake Champlain Committee February Ripples E-news Mandatory BMPs on Missisquoi Farms On February 3, 2016, Vermont’s Secretary of Agriculture, Chuck Ross, decided that best management practices (BMPs) are necessary in the Missisquoi Basin to achieve compliance with Vermont’s water quality goals. Read more… Fish Deformities Follow Oil Train Explosion In 2013 an oil train derailed and […]
Continue readingBlackboard Jungle 9 Symposium at UVM
Please join the UVM Office of the Vice President for Human Resources, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs for the 9th annual Blackboard Jungle Symposium, Intercultural Dialogues: The Power of Open Spaces, on March 31 & April 1, 2016. A provocative keynote presentation and panel discussion, “The Rachel Dolezal Phenomenon: Transracial Identity”, will be held on Thursday, March 31, […]
Continue readingVT Interfaith Power and Light newsletter
GREEN MOUNTAINS, BLUE WATER: Earth Care News from Vermont Interfaith Power and Light (VTIPL) March 2016 In this newsletter: Help VTIPL Match Our Challenge Grant! Faith Climate Action Week: April 15 – 24, 2016 “Joanna Macy and The Great Turning” Film “Merchants of Doubt” Film Showing – April 1 Support Fossil Fuel Divestment in Vermont […]
Continue reading2016 Vermont Walk/Bike Summit
Registration is now open for the 2016 Vermont Walk/Bike Summit! Please plan to join us on April 1 & 2 at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Rutland. This year’s Summit will include interactive mobile workshops, peer exchanges, a highly-acclaimed keynote, and a variety of dynamic presentations and topics including advocacy and education, public safety, economic […]
Continue readingCity Market events: Cider Tasting, Healthy Guts & Local Recipe Contest Finalists
Magnificent Microbes, Healthy Guts Wednesday, February 17, 2016 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm City Market (map) Join local ancestral food and health enthusiast Eric Garza for a workshop on the role that microbes play in our gut health. Eric will discuss cutting edge research linking gut microbe diversity with chronic ailments like obesity and neurodegenerative conditions. […]
Continue readingVT Cultivating Climate Resilience Summit – Registration is now open
We are pleased to announce that REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for our Cultivating Climate Resilience Summit on April 9!! Cultivating Climate Resilience: An education summit for empowerment & action Saturday, April 9, 2016 – 8 am to 4 pm Montpelier High School – Montpelier, Vermont Hosted by Vermont State-Wide Environmental Education Programs (VT SWEEP)
Crepes for a Cause – 2/25
Crepes for a Cause —> February 25th 6:00-9:00pm at The Skinny Pancake, 60 Lake Street, Burlington, VT 05401. All of the proceeds will be benefitting 1% for the Planet, a non-profit whose mission is to build, support and activate an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet. 1% was founded by Yvon Chouinard, […]
Continue readingSt. Michael’s Center for Peace & Justice spring speaker series
VT Interfaith Power and Light newsletter
GREEN MOUNTAINS, BLUE WATER: Earth Care News from Vermont Interfaith Power and Light (VTIPL) Febuary 2016 In this newsletter: VTIPL’s New Statewide Member Burlington Public Forum on Divestment “Merchants of Doubt” Film Showing “This Changes Everything” Film Showings “Changing Climate, Changing Minds” Faith Climate Action Week: April 15 – 24, 2016 Praying for Change New […]
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