Green Mountains, Blue Water Earth Care News April 2017 In this newsletter: Save the Date! VT Interfaith Power & Light Conference on October 21 People’s Climate March: April 29 in Washington, D.C., Montpelier & Nationwide Reminder: LEAP Energy Fair in Duxbury — April 8 from 9 – 3 Active Hope Workshop at Metta Earth on […]
Continue readingOver two years ago, a giant climate march enveloped New York City and over 2,000 Vermonters were a part of that beautiful and important day. We brought our families, our instruments, our hand-made signs, our song books, and our cries for change! It was beautiful, fun, and impactful. Were you there? Or have you heard […]
Continue readingHi blog readers, this is Gabriel Ingman, one of the new blog updaters for the Center for Service and Sustainability. I am here to tell you about a opportunity, in the near future, to get connected with the community of Burlington for a good cause: the COTS Walk 2017, happening on May 7, 2017 from […]
Continue readingWe have partnered with CarshareVT to offer a student “Park-It Pledge” Incentive. If you had a car here for Fall semester, pledge to leave it at home for Spring semester and sign up for the free CarshareVT membership we will give the first 10 people to sign up $30 in driving credits so that you […]
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 readingWe are excited to announce that we are now recruiting for students to participate in our annual service trip to Uganda this coming May/June. Please join us for an information session on Tuesday, 11/29 at 8:30pm in CCM 223. Deadline to apply is December 6th. https://bit.ly/CCServiceTrip ************************************************************************************************************** Christina Erickson, Ph.D. Director of Service & Sustainability […]
Continue readingAs we get nearer to Thanksgiving and Winter breaks, we wanted to keep you up to date on Shuttle Schedules. See below for a day by day breakdown: Wed-Sun Nov. 23-27 – Thanksgiving Break – No Shuttles Dec. 12-16 – Exam Week – All Shuttles run like normal Saturday Dec. 17 – Weekend Shuttle on […]
Continue readingWhat is it? The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes and supports community-committed students who have demonstrated an investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. The fellowship provides training and resources that nurture students’ assets and passions to help them develop strategies to achieve social change. Through the fellowship, Campus Compact provides learning opportunities focused on the skills fellows need in order […]
Continue reading, all – Next Monday evening Becca Stevens, an Episcopal priest who has done significant work with victims of human trafficking in the South, will be speaking on campus at 7:30PM in the Perry Presentation Room. A more complete bio as well as a couple of links appear below my signature, and I’ve attached a […]
Continue readingSign up by July 20th to help battle carbon pollution, and you’ll be entered for a chance to win a GoPro Hero Session 4. Once you sign-up, you’ll be automatically entered to win a ton of other awesome prizes, like Darn Tough socks, iPad and a Apple TV. Wow! Already signed-up? You’re already eligible to […]
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