January 26, 2022News of the Week Colorado State U to Launch Air Travel Offset ProgramStarting Feb. 1, the university will assess a $10 offset fee for domestic air travel trips and $20 for international air travel trips on university business. Sponsored research travel and trips paid for with personal funds will be exempt.More Air & […]
Continue readingThe Impact of Your Advocacy Have you ever wondered what happens after you send a message to your elected officials? Or maybe you’ve wondered whether the phone call you made or the letter you signed onto had an impact.We’re here to tell you that it did. It does. Your advocacy makes a difference.From sending messages to […]
Continue readingAbout • Our Work • Calendar • Support • Blog • Visit • Stay & Dine • Farm Store Looking Back on 2021 in Photos. This past year, Shelburne Farms navigated the ongoing disruption of Covid to emerge a stronger, more resilient nonprofit organization. We are grateful to all of you who have championed our work through another challenging year. Thanks to your support we can share and steward our […]
Continue readingEnjoy our monthly newsletter providing updates on research, outreach and education from Lake Champlain Sea Grant.Reconnecting to Land and Water Through Indigenous Traditional KnowledgeBy Shari HalikDecember 01, 2021Lake Champlain Sea Grant partners with Shelburne Farms and the Abenaki People to support Indigenous education in the Lake Champlain basin. “There are currently very few Abenaki resources […]
Continue readingWelcome to the November organizer update for College/University and School Campaigns! The year is almost over, but our campaigners are still hosting events and making progress towards their campaign goals as they prepare for a well-deserved winter break!Read on to apply to become a 2022-23 Fair Trade Campaigns Regional Fellow, register for our upcoming network call, […]
Continue readingCCL Newsletter, November 2021Table of Contents:CCL’s fall conference a successTake action this weekMedia: Republicans tout solutionsSupporting CCL on Giving TuesdayUpcoming trainingsThis week on the CCL blog With carbon pricing still in play, volunteers gather for CCL’s fall conferenceWith carbon pricing still under consideration in the Senate version of the Build Back Better Act, Citizens’ Climate […]
Continue readingThe New England Grassroots Environment Fund‘s mission is to energize and nurture long-term civic engagement in local initiatives that create and maintain healthy, just, safe, and environmentally sustainable communities by moving resources to community-based organizers and shifting power in decision-making to those most impacted by the work. Our monthly newsletter serves as a way to keep […]
Continue readingPatrick Leahy The full impact of Senator Leahy’s remarkable political career won’t be known for some time. One clear thread is the commitment to social justice and democratic principles as Phil Baruth describes in the one biography of the Senator written so far — “Patrick Leahy, a Life in Scenes.” In a future research newsletter we […]
Continue readingGreen Mountains, Blue WaterEarth Care News – November 2021Native American Heritage Month Photo courtesy Donna C. RobertsBuild Back Better Act Needs Our Support NowCOP26 – A Moral Clarion Call – IPL President Rev. Susan Hendershot72 Faith Institutions Divest from Fossil Fuels pre-COP26COP26 Lacks Sufficient Indigenous RepresentationUgandan Youth Activist Shows Another Side of COP26Vermont State Climatologist Speaks in […]
Continue readingUSCRI Vermont November 2021 Newsletter USCRI Vermont is honored to announce that journalist and critically-acclaimed author Brad Kessler is donating sales royalties from his new book “North” to USCRI Vermont. USCRI alumni and staff advised the author as he was writing this book about the intertwining lives of a Vermont monk, a Somali refugee, and an Afghan war veteran. North […]
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