June 2015 • July 1, 2015 brings disposal law changes • Recycling fee increase comes to the MRF July 1 • Waste Warrior training returns! • The Rover is coming to your town! • Free backyard composting & edible landscaping workshops at Green Mountain Compost • It’s paint season! • Come to our celebration of…YOU! […]
Continue readingDear Champlain Faculty, Staff, and Families, This summer, The Wellbeing Team, has organized 6 Family hikes! We hope you will mark your calendars to join Julie and Lauren from the Wellbeing Committee for one or for all! Please check out the schedule below and the links provided with more detail about each of our selected hiking […]
Continue readingThe Pride Center of Vermont is bringing Jessica Pettite (a well-respected social justice advocate,trainer and comedian) to City Hall (Contois Auditorium) on June 24th from 10am-3pm. The topic of the event is “Social Justice: When Diversity is Not Enough”. See more information here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Tre McCarney, tmccarney@shelburnefarms.org, 802.238.6511 May 19, 2015. Shelburne, Vermont — Nourish Vermont, a traditional foods and health gathering, is back at Shelburne Farms for its third year. This year’s event will take place Thursday June 4 – Saturday June 6 at Shelburne Farms’ Coach Barn in Shelburne, VT. Inspired by the […]
Continue readingVermont Community Garden Network is getting ready for this spring’s Burlap Bag Sale & Fundraiser! Burlap coffee bags are available in 20-bag bundles at the same low price of $20 a bundle. We’re encouraging people to pre-order to reserve bags and pay online by going to: https://vcgn.org/burlap-bag-sale/. If you’re unable to do the transaction […]
Continue readingThe Spring Move Out Project team (a partnership of Burlington Code Enforcement, CEDO, UVM, Champlain College, CSWD, ReSOURCE, Casella, & Myers) really needs your help to carry out our events on Loomis and Buell Streets on May 20. We need about 40+ volunteers to help manage the event so that it is successful. Sign up […]
Continue readingFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2015 Contact: Jennifer Green City of Burlington 802.865.7532 jgreen@burlingtonvt.gov Alayna Howard Vermont Energy Investment Corporation 802.540.7656 ahoward@veic.org BSP Supports Annual Way to Go! Burlington, VT – The Burlington Sustainability Partnership (BSP), a unique, collaborative endeavor between the City of Burlington, the Burlington Business Association, Champlain College, the Chittenden County Regional […]
Continue readingTypical Vermont summer, as soon as the sun comes out in force, so do the amazing ways to get motivated to get out and enjoy its wonders. So…along with Way To Go! happening right now (May 4-15th) there are two other great challenges to sink your teeth (or pedals) into. From Local Motion comes: The […]
Continue readingJune 16-17, 2015 Grand Maple Ballroom, Davis Center University of Vermont 590 Main St., Burlington, VT 05405 Campus Map All people deserve access to adequate, nutritious food. The complicated and provocative question for the fourth annual UVM Food Systems Summit on June 16-17 is how to provide this basic human right. Globally and in Vermont, the stakes […]
Continue readingCheck out the latest from our local sustainable organizations! City Market (good read/local events/food): The Dish: Git Yer Goat Wednesday, April 29, 2015 – 5:30 to 7:00pm ArtsRiot, 400 Pine St. Goats are the world’s most common meat source, valued for their relatively inexpensive resilience and adaptability. Vermont is home to thousands of these cute critters […]
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