Hello 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 […]
Continue readingWhew! After a busy month, I am ready to announce the winner of this year’s Kill-A-Watt Challenge. So! Drum roll please………………. The winner of the 2016 Kill-A-Watt Challenge is: 371 Main St! 371 Main Street residents racked up their scores by a combination of energy savings (a 16% reduction!) and event participation. So now, 371 […]
Continue readingWhat Do We Do? By Emma Reed Our bees produce a variety of products on Champlain’s campus: honey, wax, pollen, and propolis. The honey produced by our bees is bottled and marketed by Champlain students. It’s never heated, fine-filtered, or processed in any way. The honey is spun from the comb, poured into jars, and […]
Continue readingBeloved CCPI Staff Writer Jessica Demarest interviewed Kristin Wolf during the Fall 2015 semester as part of our Apiary Project. In honor of sustainability month, we’ve transcribed the interview for you to read. What was the reasoning behind starting the Champlain Apiary? While getting her PhD at George Mason University, Kristin’s mentor was very involved […]
Continue readingRegistration is now open for the 2016 Vermont Walk/Bike Summit! Please plan to join us on April 1 & 2 at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Rutland. This year’s Summit will include interactive mobile workshops, peer exchanges, a highly-acclaimed keynote, and a variety of dynamic presentations and topics including advocacy and education, public safety, economic […]
Continue readingCoinciding with Champlain College’s Sustainability Month, faculty member Rebecca Schwarz gave her CRE250 Creative Media Portfolio 1 class an assignment titled “Eco Logic art projects”. The following are the artists statements from each of the students. Growing Metal, by Ross Cagenello Aiken Courtyard installed in a tree For this project, I have created a mobile in the […]
Continue readingThis blog post is the first in a new series co-sponsored by Sustain Champlain and the Champlain College Publishing Initiative. It’s called Profiles in Sustainability, and will feature periodic in-depth feature stories on individuals in and around our campus community who are working to further institutional goals around sustainability in innovative ways. Profiles in Sustainability: […]
Continue readingMagnificent Microbes, Healthy Guts Wednesday, February 17, 2016 – 6:00pm to 7:00pm City Market (map) Join local ancestral food and health enthusiast Eric Garza for a workshop on the role that microbes play in our gut health. Eric will discuss cutting edge research linking gut microbe diversity with chronic ailments like obesity and neurodegenerative conditions. […]
Continue readingLOCAL MOTION JOB OPENINGS Local Motion is Vermont’s nonprofit walk-bike advocacy organization. We have a very exciting year ahead of us as we grow into our new statewide role. If you share our belief that walking and biking should be safe and accessible for all Vermonters, and that Vermont can be the best state for […]
Continue readingWe are pleased to announce that REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for our Cultivating Climate Resilience Summit on April 9!! Cultivating Climate Resilience: An education summit for empowerment & action Saturday, April 9, 2016 – 8 am to 4 pm Montpelier High School – Montpelier, Vermont Hosted by Vermont State-Wide Environmental Education Programs (VT SWEEP)