Idle-Free VT Inc. is a 501c3 non-profit organization that raises awareness of unnecessary vehicle idling (idling when parked) in Vermont. News & Updates Latest news about Idle-Free VT and vehicle idling in Vermont • Vermont Idle-Free Schools project update • School idling restriction policy at new WRVSU • Idle-Free VT GHG/GGE reductions impact • ACTION: […]
Continue readingWe’re thrilled that BREAKAWAY is a finalist for the 2016 Womanity Foundation Award. Our team is privileged to be partnering with Grassroot Soccer and longtime partner, Population Media Center on our proposal to create a mobile version of the game and localized education model. If we’re successful in receiving the award, we’ll bring BREAKAWAY full circle and return to […]
Continue readingErik Shonstrom Publishes for Children and Nature Nework Posted: 10 Feb 2016 08:06 AM PST The Children & Nature Network is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to fuel the worldwide grassroots movement to reconnect children with nature. Core Assistant Professor Erik Shonstrom‘s article, Sensory Curiosity: The Key to a Child’s Exploration of the Natural World, […]
Continue readingNews | Opportunities | Resources | Events | JobsSubmit | Subscribe | AdvertiseIn an ongoing effort to improve the AASHE Bulletin and in response to reader feedback, we are introducing a new single-column design. This design helps improve readability and flow for all the latest campus sustainability news and information. As always, we welcome your […]
Continue readingLake Champlain Committee February Ripples E-news Mandatory BMPs on Missisquoi Farms On February 3, 2016, Vermont’s Secretary of Agriculture, Chuck Ross, decided that best management practices (BMPs) are necessary in the Missisquoi Basin to achieve compliance with Vermont’s water quality goals. Read more… Fish Deformities Follow Oil Train Explosion In 2013 an oil train derailed and […]
Continue readingThese short videos are from one of our graphic design students, Dan Salerno. They are each less than 2 minutes long. Dear Starbucks. What Is Compost?
IN THIS ISSUE Our newsletter is focused on providing our students and external partners information on the “Good Work” we do in our diverse communities. We hope you enjoy this first issue! Environmental Policy – Service Learning In Ecological Economics The 400-level class of Ecological […]
Continue readingGREEN MOUNTAINS, BLUE WATER: Earth Care News from Vermont Interfaith Power and Light (VTIPL) March 2016 In this newsletter: Help VTIPL Match Our Challenge Grant! Faith Climate Action Week: April 15 – 24, 2016 “Joanna Macy and The Great Turning” Film “Merchants of Doubt” Film Showing – April 1 Support Fossil Fuel Divestment in Vermont […]
Continue readingBecome an EcoLeader, the planet needs you Launching NWF EcoLeaders Top 50: Inspiring the Next Generation Throughout 2016, the EcoLeaders Career Center, hosted by the National Wildlife Federation, will celebrate the motivating stories and career accomplishments of young professionals making their names (and a difference) in the conservation movement. We’re calling this group of change-makers […]
Continue readingHello friends! Here at the PLAN office we’re busy getting ready for this year’s Zero Waste Road Trip, which kicks off next week and goes through the end of April. Check out the updates below for a map of the trip with speaking tour stops, and a shout out to our friends at Klean Kanteen who are equipping our zero waste road trip and the […]
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