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Early September News from Shelburne Farms: Mobilizing Climate Action for Health, Celebrating Abenaki Agriculture, and a Late Summer Recipe

Join us at the Farm Barn for our 41st Annual Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 21 from 10AM–4PM! It’s a full-day celebration of Vermont forest, farm, and food traditions for the whole family. Want to support the event? Harvest Festival is free for members. Renew your membership today and volunteer to help! Mobilizing Climate Action for Health MONDAY, 9.23 • 7:30-9PM @ […]

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Vermont Research Newsletter: Wal-Mart, women legislators, new spider spotted and more

Short constitutions equal more trust Vermont has the shortest constitution of any state, at 1,433 words. A recent article finds that trust in the government correlates to constitution length, with higher levels of trust associated with shorter constitutions. The study also finds that there is a relationship between social capital and constitution endurance, the amount of time […]

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AASHE Bulletin – September 17th edition

September 17, 2019 News | Opportunities | Resources | Events | Jobs Submit | Advertise News of the Week Smith College Adopts ‘Year on Climate Change’ for 2019-20 Academic Year The college has designated the 2019-20 academic year as the Year on Climate Change, a college-wide initiative to critically examine the complex and urgent issue of climate change. This program encourages the entire campus community […]

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MONTHLY SCREENING: ANTHROPOCINE – Sept. 25

MONTHLY SCREENING: ANTHROPOCINE Wednesday, September 25, 7:00 PM The Anthropocene screening is part of a nationwide release to coincide with the U.N. Climate Summit in New York. It will screen simultaneously throughout the USA. Directed by Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier, Edward Burtynsky Narrated by Alicia Vikander Canada | Documentary | 87 mins | US release 2019 […]

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Vermont Research Newsletter: Teen pregnancies, Snakecotten, moose and more… Inbox x

View this email in your browser Share Tweet Forward Teen pregnancy and nighttime driving Vermont is the only state that doesn’t have mandatory nighttime-driving curfews and this may increase teen pregnancies, a new study finds. According to the research, states with stricter laws controlling new drivers have decreased fertility by 3–4% among mothers between the ages […]

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Northern Woodlands Educator’s eNewsletter

 ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌  ‌ NW Educator’s eNewsletter August 30, 2019 Phenology Calendar A Look at the Season’s Main Events Virginia Barlow First Week of September Ospreys begin moving south. Trees with leaves suck a huge amount of water from the soil. If it’s not too rainy, conditions for logging may be excellent from now until leaf fall. A […]

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AASHE Bulletin – September 3rd edition

September 3, 2019 News | Opportunities | Resources | Events | Jobs Submit | Advertise News of the Week Washington Monthly Releases ‘Best Colleges for Student Voting’ List The Washington Monthly ranking represents their second year for measuring how well colleges encourage their students to vote, boosting democratic participation and civic engagement. The ranking is based on data from the National Study of Learning, Voting, […]

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VT Interfaith Power & Light newsletter – September 2019

Green Mountains, Blue Water Earth Care News September 2019 In this newsletter: Registration for VTIPL’s Annual Conference Now Open! Congregational Sponsors of VTIPL’s Conference VTIPL’s Coordinator Retiring at End of Year Celebrate Sacred Waters at Shelburne Bay Park Sept. 7 Vision for Vermont Summit: Sept. 14, Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton Two Vermont Events during National […]

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AASHE’s 2019 Sustainable Campus Index

I’m excited to share that AASHE has released the 2019 Sustainable Campus Index (SCI), a publication that recognizes top-performing colleges and universities in 17 sustainability impact areas and overall by institution type, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS). The report also highlights innovative and high-impact initiatives from institutions that submitted STARS reports […]

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UVM’s Office of Sustainability ? News for August

Check out the good word from our neighbors. Many of the community-related information is the same for Champlain! View this email in your browser UVM Campus Sustainability Newsletter August 2019 As we anticipate the Class of 2023’s arrival, we are reminded of one of the reasons students come here: sustainability! In 2017, 42% of students said […]

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