Free Herbal Consultations Mondays November 4, 11 and 18, 4:00 – 7:00pm , City Market, Free Have you ever been interested in using herbal medicine to improve your health? Join Betzy Bancroft RH (AHG), Larken Bunce MS, and Guido Masé RH (AHG) and students from the Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism in a free, personalized […]

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With the weather getting colder you should come to the next Branch Out Burlington! meeting…It will warm your heart! Get involved with the final preparations for the Annual Meeting…the Awesome Tree Contest Award Ceremony on Thursday, Dec 12!!! (Put that date on your calendars!!!) WHEN:  Tuesday, Nov 12  6PM-8PM WHERE: Dept of Parks and Rec;  645 […]

Please join Richard Donovan for Gund Tea, Friday from 12-1 at the Gund Institute Conference Room (Johnson House – 617 Main St). PRESENTER: Richard Donovan  – Vice President of Forestry at Rainforest Alliance TITLE: Corporations, Communities & Sustainability – The Upsides & Downsides DATE: November 8th, 12-1pm TOPIC: Based on global experience working directly with […]

WHEN: Tuesday 11/5 at 4 p.m.

WHERE: Sugar Maple Ballroom, Davis Center, UVM

His talk will be based on his recent book “Navigating Environmental Attitudes.” It was a book used last spring in NR 2, and it speaks directly to many of the issues of environmental behavior, environmental conflict, and environmental problem-solving that ENVS and RSENR students are wrestling with.

Tom Heberlein is Professor Emeritus at UW-Madison Department of Community and Environmental Sociology. He was trained as a social psychologist and used that foundation to become one of the early “pioneers” of environmental sociology.  He is widely known for his field experiments on littering behavior, energy consumption, residential electricity conservation, crowding in outdoor recreation settings, hunter behavior, public attitudes toward wolves, and contingent valuation of non-market goods. His research primarily centers around attitude theory – concepts of attitude structure, the attitude/behavior relationship, and attitude change – and its relationship to social norms.
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Homeowners, businesses,organizations, students, and local and State officials interested in learning more about renewable energy are encouraged to attend. Expo attendees can visit and network with businesses and organizations from throughout Vermont and the region. Admission to the Renewable Energy Expo is free. This year’s exhibitors will include: solar electric, solar hot water, bioenergy, wind, […]