The American Public Health Association (APHA) cites 2017 as “the year of climate change and health,” and we agree that it’s vital to talk about the climate crisis’ impact on public health. That’s why Climate Reality held a Climate & Health Meeting yesterday in partnership with the APHA, the University of Washington Center for Health […]
Continue readingThis fall semester, Champlain College students taking Ecological Economics, taught by Dr. Valerie Esposito, worked on a project to gain greater understanding on how to make change, enact policy and increase student voice on campus. They interviewed members of the community, including VP for Student Life, Leslie Averill, and President Don Laackman, about what increased shared […]
Continue readingDecember 2016 Newsflash Visit Our Website During the last month of the year, the US produces 1 million extra tons of waste. According to the EPA, the volume of household waste in the United States shoots up 25% between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day1. That’s adds up to about 1 million extra tons…in […]
Continue readingVermont Research News: Birds, earthworms, books and more…. December 7, 2016 On the web The Vermont Bird Records Committee issued its Thirty-Sixth Annual Report. The number of bird species remained level at 388, constituting 22 orders and 61 families. The first documented subspecies Vermont recording of Audobon’s Yellow-rumped Warbler — spotted in Windsor — […]
Continue readingTake a listen to this podcast, https://soundcloud.com/nicole-stratis/exploring-community, created by Environmental Policy senior, Nicole Stratis, as the culminating piece for her fall Independent Study. An exploration of my local community through the stories of five resilient, inspiring, and creative individuals uniting with the power of plants. Featuring: John Hayden (The Farm Between in Jeffersonville, VT), Bonnie Acker […]
Continue readingTake a listen to this podcast, https://soundcloud.com/nicole-stratis/exploring-community, created by Environmental Policy senior, Nicole Stratis, as the culminating piece for her fall Independent Study. An exploration of my local community through the stories of five resilient, inspiring, and creative individuals uniting with the power of plants. Featuring: John Hayden (The Farm Between in Jeffersonville, VT), Bonnie Acker […]
Continue readingEducator’s eNewsletter November 25, 2016 PHENOLOGY CALENDAR A Look at the Season’s Main Events Virginia Barlow First Week of December Chipping sparrows have big appetites: each one will eat 160 times its weight in seeds over the course of a […]
Continue readingThis is a really nice piece done by Eva Sollberger about Spectrum that came out Thanksgiving day. Only 7 minutes, and about half way through it switches over to the Food Shelf, but please see it through because it circles back to more interviews with Spectrum kids: https://m.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/sharing-the-bounty-siv468/Content?oid=3844519 Enjoy, Mark Redmond, Director
Rowan College Burlington County Offers Vets Free Solar Energy Training The college now offers military members transitioning out of the service and honorably discharged veterans an opportunity to participate in the college’s Solar Ready Vets program, a six-week training developed by the U.S. Department of Energy that prepares participants for the North American Board of […]
Continue readingBusiness senior Emily Rice ’17 recently described her work as an intern at Ben & Jerry’s in the International Society for Organizational Development & Change newsletter.