Summer Jobs for Change in Burlington! Ever wish you could get paid to travel Vermont, bike around some of the most scenic parts of the state, and camp with friends, all while making an impact on the future of important environmental issues? If you answered yes, VPIRG has the job for you. The Vermont Public […]
Continue readingCamp AmeriKids is currently recruiting volunteers to staff our residential summer camp and I am wondering if there is a way I could post this opportunity for your students. More information on our program and the application process can be found at: www.elm-project.org. Here is a link to the online application form: https://weblink.donorperfect.com/amerikids_staff. I have also attached a flyer […]
Continue readingSummer Service Scholars (SSS) is an academic internship program in New York’s State Capital through the Siena College Center for Academic Community Engagement. Accepted Summer Service Scholars spend 9 weeks with a nonprofit community partner in the Capital Region, working on projects that build capacity within the organization. SSS provides participants with engaging and valuable […]
Continue readingDo you love nature connection programs, find that kids are best nourished when brought outside into the magical woods to explore, play, create, and learn with the help of incredible mentors? Do you want to support this work, but find your skills aren’t as keen with a bowdrill set as they are managing the backend […]
Continue readingThe Northeast Recycling Conference coming to Burlington this spring! Check out the great program line up, including Keynote Speaker from the Closed Loop Fund. Full conference agenda and registration info here: https://nerc.org/conferences-and-workshops/event-agenda The Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. (NERC) holds two events each year in March/April and October/November. NERC’s events are designed to provide attendees with […]
Continue readingBen & Jerry’s Sustainability Event by Kiera Hufford ’18 During the Spring 2016 semester, a team of faculty members worked to design and run an event centered around Ben & Jerry’s and their social responsibility policy. The event was launched on April 3, 2016, and was the first time it had taken place. “The [Stiller] […]
Continue readingCheck out this great blog post from Dylan Cullen ’17 Environmental Policy, in Peru, studying with The School for Field Studies. “A Quilted Exhibition of Celebration and Sorrow.”
by Elena Gorell ‘16 and Haley Parent ‘18 Christina Erickson, the Sustainability Director at Champlain College, initiated the creation of the Green Revolving Fund, or GRF, in 2013. The goal of the GRF is to work in conjunction with Physical Plant to develop energy efficiency projects around Champlain’s campus in addition to implementing sustainability projects […]
Continue readingCCM faculty and renowned author Tanya Lee Stone is working on a non-fiction book centered on Girl Rising, a film that seeks to answer the question: why are 62 million girls around the world not being educated? The Girl Rising film profiles nine girls in nine countries who were all given the opportunity to conquer […]
Continue readingWhat is “sustainability?” It’s more than growing crops or planting trees. It encompasses a type of progress that helps and supports society’s needs without interfering with the future. Often people in our Champlain community consider sustainability, they might about the apiary or the water bottle ban. But what about the inner workings of sustainability? What […]
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