Local Motion has started a petition calling on the Burlington City Council to make Burlington safe for walking and biking. Why now? Because Burlington is drafting its first-ever walk-bike master plan, and in early 2016, City Council will vote on it. There will be pushback from people who don’t think any change is needed, and City […]
Continue readingI am director of Idle-Free VT Inc., a non-profit organization that raises awareness of unnecessary vehicle idling in Vermont. Our Vermont Idle-Free Schools project, thanks to funding by the High Meadows Fund and the Vermont Community Foundation, is implementing 50-60 Idle-Free from the Start (idling awareness and eco-driving) guest-lecturing presentations before high school classroom audiences — mainly in driver education classes — for 2015-16. […]
Continue readingGet Involved Visit Our Website Give E-News December 2015 Lately, we’ve been thinking about managing change. As you likely know, world leaders are meeting in Paris right now to negotiate a global climate agreement to stop the worst effects of climate change. Their efforts, bolstered by the pressure of millions of climate activists from around […]
Continue readingChamplain College Dining Services is involved in the effort to buy more locally sourced food. Sustain Champlain is currently working on analyzing all of our food purchases to find out what is local, organic, fair trade, humanely-raised, etc by using the Real Food Calculator hosted by theReal Food Challenge. Vermont First Stakeholder Forum Creates Connections for […]
Continue readingNewsFlash December 2015 Click the icons above to find us on Facebook & Twitter! How to keep your holiday spirit out of the landfill 1. Choose live, local Christmas trees. Here’s why: The average artificial tree lasts 6 to 9 years but will remain in a landfill for centuries. With CSWD’s Yule Fuel program, when […]
Continue readingIn this newsletter: Last Call to Register for VECAN conference Gas Pipeline- Public Service Board Hearings Creating a Culture of Clean Water Merchants of Doubt Documentary Paris Climate Talks: A Prayer and Blogs Jobs, Justice, Climate Rally in Boston: Dec. 12 Climate Deal is Best Hope for Peace USCCB Leader Signs Onto Climate Appeal Pope […]
Continue readingIn this our tenth year of Sustain Champlain, we’ve continued making strong headway in making our campus and community a more sustainable place to work/live/study. Here’s a glimpse as to what we’ve been up to: Student Eco-Reps 16 Student Eco-Reps representing diverse academic fields have explored themes including: Waste, Transportation & Conscious Consumption 5 students […]
Continue readingFrom the White House Briefing Room: On November 19th, 2015, the White House launched American Campuses Act on Climate (ACAC) initiative to amplify the voice of the higher-ed community in support of a strong international climate agreement in the United Nations COP21 climate negotiations in Paris. The launch included a White House roundtable with campus […]
Continue readingNote: this is the next in a series of blog posts from our student-run Champlain College Publishing Initiative. Look for these and others as we bee-come more aware of our flying friends. What’s the BUZZ? The Mating Ritual of the Honey Bee by Kiera Hufford ’18 Ever wonder about the “bees” part of “the birds and […]
Continue readingThis is the last week of the most important climate talks of the decade. We don’t yet know how the Paris Climate Summit will end, but we do know this: After negotiators and politicians go home, the climate movement’s work won’t be done — not by a long shot. It will still be up to […]
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