COURTESY OF VERMONT SWEEP Spring / Summer eNewsletter Table of Contents From the Board Letter from the Chair SWEEP Spring Membership Gathering SWEEP Welcomes New Board Members SWEEP Membership Renewals Climate Resiliency & Featured Articles Climate Resiliency Fellowship & Vermont SWEEP Spring Gathering Restorative Practices Increase School Resiliency The Health of Vermont’s Future Hardwood Forests is […]
Continue readingcourtesy of aashe April 10, 2018 News | Opportunities | Resources | Events | Jobs Submit | Subscribe | Advertise News of the Week Northwestern U Earns Energy Star Partner of the Year Award The award recognizes Northwestern’s achievements in energy efficiency, including its efforts to accurately track energy usage data and measure progress in reducing consumption. Northwestern recently completed a comprehensive energy audit of all 222 […]
Continue readingcourtesy of chittenden solid waste district April 2018 Hi Christina, Sometimes, I feel like I take trash for granted; it can seem like an unavoidable part of the throwaway culture that we live in. Like trash is somehow an integral part of being human. Of course, there’s nothing inevitable about trash. Unlike death and taxes, waste is […]
Continue readingNortheast Regional Bulletin April 2018 Hey There Advocate! Thanks for all your hard work through the beginning of this year. Now that we have wrapped up our amazing and SOLD OUT National Conference, let’s focus on the upcoming month, and most importantly, World Fair Trade Day! Thank you all for your continued work, […]
Continue readingGreen Mountains, Blue Water Earth Care News April 2018 In this newsletter: VTIPL Annual Conference’s Keynote Speaker: George Lakey Faith Climate Action Week: April 14 – 22, 2018 Bennington’s Second Congregational Church Wins National Award Urge VT Senators to Keep Funding for a Study of Carbon Pricing in Budget Enter Efficiency Vermont’s Video Contest! 350Vermont’s Building […]
Continue readingCOURTESY OF AASHE April 3, 2018 News | Opportunities | Resources | Events | Jobs Submit | Subscribe | Advertise News of the Week Hobart & William Smith Colleges Announce Completion of 5 MW Solar System With support from New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the completed five-megawatt solar project consists of two solar arrays, each providing 2.5 megawatts of clean energy. Containing more […]
Continue readingMarch 27, 2018 News | Opportunities | Resources | Events | Jobs Submit | Subscribe | Advertise News of the Week U Hawai’i Maui College to Generate 100% of Energy Needs with Onsite Solar A new solar photovoltaic system coupled with battery storage will be capable of eliminating the campus’ fossil fuel-based energy use when it becomes operational in 2019. The project is part of a partnership […]
Continue readingcourtesy of aashe March 20, 2018 News | Opportunities | Resources | Events | Jobs Submit | Subscribe | Advertise News of the Week Durham College Receives $14.7M for Energy Upgrades Provincial government funding through the Greenhouse Gas Campus Retrofits Program will be used to install a $9.1 million ground source heating and cooling system at the Oshawa campus. Additional upgrades of existing facilities, including the installation […]
Continue readingcourtesy of vermont research news Vermont Research News: March 21, 2018 Vermont Research News: Good Sleepers, Civil Unions, New Books and more… March 21, 2018 GOOD SLEEPERS Vermonters are some of the best “sleepers” in the nation according to one recent study. Sleep experts recommend 7-9 hours of sleep a night — but on average American’s fall […]
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