Category Archives: Events in the Broader Community

Storytelling for Social Justice training – Nov. 10

Check out this great event courtesy of UVM! Storytelling for Social Justice Training Monday, November 10 6:30-8:30 PM Jeffords 110 (UVM)   So often, people who work for justice are silo’d into different “issue areas” – there are the feminists, the folks working for race justice, the environmentalists, the lgbtq movement, and never the groups […]

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planBTV South End – Save the dates for these two great events!

and… CATALYZING ECOLOGICAL DESIGN @ SEABA – Friday Talks WHO: Ecological Design Collaborative, UVM and Vermont Design Institute have organized three events at SEABA during the month of November. WHEN: • Friday, Nov 7, 2014; 5-8pm. Opening Reception for the Third Landscape Exhibit and LIVING PLACE Ecological Design Competition Panels; part of Art Map Burlington’s […]

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Vermont Power Shift (11/16)

Wanna participate in riveting discussions about environmental and social justice, meet awesome students from around Vermont, learn important organizing skills and attend panels including Politics in Vermont, LGBTQ Activism, Fossil Fuel Divestment and many more, each filled with Vermont’s greatest folks? Well I’ve got just the conference for you! VERMONT POWER SHIFT is taking place […]

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Late October Conferences, Events, and Good Reads–SWEEP, Second Nature, Efficiency Vermont, and Local Motion

Check out the latest news from the following providers: Second Nature SWEEP: Join Us for SWEEP’s Fall Membership Meeting What: SWEEP’s Fall Membership Meeting Where: Kehoe Education Conservation Center When: November 3rd, 4-7pm What: SWEEP Updates, networking, exploration, freedom to tap into your inner child, World Cafe, & presentations by members. There will be food and drinks to […]

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Vermont Power Shift

On Sunday, November 16, come to Landmark College in Putney for Vermont Power Shift!! This conference will feature discussions, panels and trainings (as well as an awesome keynote) that will focus on campaigns from migrant justice to divestment to the Vermont Gas Pipeline and beyond. Wherever your social justice interests align, you can learn new […]

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People’s Climate Summit & Annual Meeting – Nov. 1

The following is a message from 350VT: On Saturday Nov. 1, 350VT is hosting the People’s Climate Summit – a day of workshops, discussions, and movement-building! Many of us are asking what’s next following the People’s Climate March. This will be a day to learn, reflect, and map our direction for the upcoming year. Come […]

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BIRD WHALE BUG: MAKING MUSIC WITH NATURE – Oct. 30

The UVM Humanities Center, the Environmental Program, and the Rubenstein School of Environment & Natural Resources are proud to present David Rothenberg in Conversation and Performance BIRD WHALE BUG: MAKING MUSIC WITH NATURE Thursday October 30, 11:30 am-12:45 pm, Waterman Memorial Lounge How do we communicate with the natural world? Is interspecies music possible? Desirable?  […]

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5th Annual Halloween Bike Ride This Sunday

Shared Streets Not Scared Streets  Join Mayor Miro Weinberger, City leaders and hundreds of riders for the Fifth Annual Halloween Ride, a rolling Halloween costume party! The police-escorted parade begins at City Hall Park at 2PM. Bike decorating, other activities and socializing begin at 1:30. Join the fun at on the  Burlington Halloween Ride Facebook Page and let us know […]

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