BEDROCK TO BIRDS: A WALK THROUGH TIME ON THE BURLINGTON COLLEGE LAND. March 21, 2-4pm Meet at the parking lot at Burlington College Dress for weather and BYO water All are welcome!! Join Save Open Space-Burlington (SOS-B) and Alicia Daniel, local University of Vermont Field Naturalist on an exploration of the natural history of the […]
Continue readingA reception on public health, economic development and creating vibrant communities for people of all ages, featuring national community design expert, Mark Fenton. Vermont Community Coalition successes will be displayed. April 16, 2015 4:00-6:00 pm Statehouse Cafeteria Montpelier, VT Mark Fenton is a public health, planning, and transportation consultant, and an adjunct Associate Professor at […]
Continue readingTitle: High Penetration of Renewable Energy: Challenges and Solutions Speaker: Andy Walker, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Description: The renewable energy (RE) industry has had much success installing RE systems under net metering policies and benefiting from generous incentives from utilities and tax credits since 2005. Electricity from renewable energy resources grew to nearly 171 […]
Continue readingAs Spring arrives and the snow melts, lots of things start popping up all over Burlington – including heaps of nasty trash and recyclables that didn’t quite make it to where they were supposed to go. Please encourage your students to join the Center for Service and Civic Engagement in cleaning up our city on […]
Continue readingINHABIT will premiere in Vermont at the ROXY MERRILL THEATRE April 3rd at 7:00PM. See the film before its release on EARTH DAY! https://www.tugg.com/events/14711 Director Costa Boutsikaris and Producer Emmett Brennan will be joined by Ben Falk and Keith Morris, two Vermont based permaculturalists who are featured in the film for a Q&A session following […]
Continue reading8th Annual Branch Out Burlington!’s TREE SALE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS This year Branch Out Burlington! is offering eight different beautiful specimens. Including fruiting trees, flowering trees, specimen tree and shade trees. All 5- 6 feet tall and only $49.00 each. These trees always sell out; so preorder now for Saturday May 2nd pick up! […]
Continue readingTeaching from the Garden: Using Gardens to Enhance Student Learning Did you know that a shovel is not just a gardening tool but a tool to engage learners? Join us for an evening of discussion and demonstrations sure to get your garden season growing! – Learn how to use gardens as teaching tool – Learn about […]
Continue readingVermont SWEEP Spring Gathering Please reserve the first of April (no fooling!) to join the Vermont SWEEP community for an evening of presentations, workshops, resource sharing, and of course, great food! When: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2015, From 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm Where: COMMON GROUND CENTER, 473 TATRO ROAD, Starksboro, VT 05487 Agenda Highlights Registration, Refreshments & Networking Welcome & Meeting […]
Continue readingI wanted to extend an invitation to Night Out at the Cluse–a special dinner to raise funds for our MobilityShare program. Here’s the scoop. On Friday, March 27th, at 7pm we’re hosting a family-style, 5-course meal at the Penny Cluse Cafe (it’s not every day you get to eat dinner at the Cluse!). Tickets are $100 […]
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