EPA now accepting applications for locally-focused EE projects The application period for the 2016 Environmental Education Grants Program is now open. Approximately $2.7 million of funding is available to support locally-focused EE projects that design, demonstrate, and/or disseminate EE practices, methods, or techniques. Through the EE Local Grants Request for Proposals (also known as a solicitation notice), EPA […]
Continue readingThe Vermont Clean Cities Coalition is excited to announce the release of the Sustainable Campus Transportation Toolkit! This toolkit focuses on methods that higher education institutions in Vermont, like your own, can utilize in order to improve the sustainability of their transportation systems. These recommendations include techniques related to alternative fuel vehicles, transportation demand management, […]
Continue readingThe University of Illinois at Chicago presents the 6th Annual Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy In partnership with Argonne National Laboratory; Clean Energy Trust; Institute for Sustainability & Energy at Northwestern (Northwestern University); Loyola University; UI LABS; University of Chicago; Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (Illinois Institute of Technology) The SISE Program The […]
Continue readingCrepes for a Cause —> February 25th 6:00-9:00pm at The Skinny Pancake, 60 Lake Street, Burlington, VT 05401. All of the proceeds will be benefitting 1% for the Planet, a non-profit whose mission is to build, support and activate an alliance of businesses financially committed to creating a healthy planet. 1% was founded by Yvon Chouinard, […]
Continue readingVOTE VOTE VOTE Make Your Voice Heard And VOTE! Voting is one of the most important responsibilities of being an American Citizen, and is your chance to make a difference! Every vote counts and we would like to help you cast it! If you previously had no idea how to register, we have some good […]
Continue readingThe Routledge Sustainability Hub is an online knowledge centre for the global sustainability community. It offers a wide range of resources for everyone, whether you are teaching, discovering, or working in sustainability. The Sustainability Hub features a wide variety of carefully selected materials and the site is updated regularly to remain current and fresh. […]
Continue readingGreen Mountain Farm-to-School, a nonprofit organization in northern Vermont, has an AmeriCorps opening: The AmeriCorps Farm-to-School Coordinator will work with school staff to develop, implement and evaluate Farm to School program activities such as taste tests, farm field trips, nutrition education and more. The Farm-to-School Coordinator also works at the school district level to coordinate local food purchasing, […]
Continue readingWe’re hiring three Technology Fellows who will be working at the intersection of technology and social justice. This is a two-year fellowship, and one will be working with me in the Equitable Development program at the Ford Foundation. Some of the possible issues that this “tech fellow” might work on include “smart cities,” the use […]
Continue readingVermont SWEEP is hosting: Cultivating Climate Resilience Conference 2016 a conference for educators on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at Montpelier High School. The keynote speaker will be Lesely-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Vermont State Climatologist and Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Vermont. For more information check out the attached flyer and their website, […]
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