Champlain College’s environmental progress makes the Burlington Free Press’s Green Mountain section this weekend… https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20130421/GREEN01/304210006/-1/GREEN/I-Believe-Environmental-progress-plan-future
Student Training for Environmental Protection (STEP) is growing! We now have three STEPs confirmed for this summer, one in Virginia and one in Wisconsin, and one in Connecticut. The STEP program is designed to give students and young folks the skills they need to become effective environmental advocates and organizers. STEP is an intensive course facilitated […]
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PEDAL-POWERED HISTORY TOUR TO RE-LAUNCH ‘CYCLE THE CITY’
Join a Burlington history tour along the re-launched Cycle the City route.
Cycle the City Tour – free!
Families, history buffs, and people young and old alike will embark on a fun 10-mile tour of the Queen City. All abilities welcome. Self-guided and group options available. No one will be left behind. There will be pre- and post-ride festivities at Maglianero café. The route jumps off the Burlington Bike Path to explore the Ethan Allen Tower, the Ethan Allen Homestead, the Intervale, the Old Spokes Home bike museum and the architecture of UVM and Hill Section homes.
Day in the Dirt! is a fun volunteer day to give Burlington’s community and school gardens a spring boost and raise funds for the Vermont Community Garden Network. On April 27, teams of garden superheroes will work at project sites all over Burlington then gather at the Intervale Center for lunch, celebration, and prizes.
The garden work sites are Baird Park Community Garden and King Street Youth Center Garden in the South End; Archibald Neighborhood Garden and Riverside Neighborhood Garden in the Old North End; C.P. Smith Elementary School Orchard in the New North End; Abenaki Heritage Garden and Community Teaching Garden at the Intervale; New Discovery Garden and VNA Family Room Garden at Ethan Allen Homestead; and the Fanny Allen Garden.
Call 802-861-4769 or email info@burlingtongardens.org for more information.
To sign up for a team or make a donation, go to:
https://www.burlingtongardens.org/Dirt.html
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This month our display theme is the environment, just in time for Earth Day. There is plenty of food for thought here with titles on the natural landscape, practical ideas for living green, urban agriculture, and the pitfalls of consuming too much “stuff”. Read more here: https://librarynewsandevents.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-books-new-venue.html
ECO, Educating Children Outdoors Internship
The North Branch Nature Center in Montpelier is looking for an energetic and motivated intern to be a part of Educating Children Outdoors for the 2013-2014 academic school year. The intern will enjoy working with elementary aged children, be charismatic, take initiative, stand out as a leader, be willing to learn and share best practices and follow safety protocols put in place by the North Branch Nature Center.
ECO connects children with the natural world and helps foster stewardship in their communities. Through collaboration with public schools ECO helps to open doors to the joy of learning outside in all kinds of weather. By using city parks, public lands, and other local green spaces ECO engages children in the natural inquiry based learning of their surrounding environment. ECO provides an opportunity for teachers and students to apply integrated academic curricula beyond the classroom to the outdoors for exploration, experimentation, creativity, and personal growth.
Each week the intern will volunteer their time and work in a public school with a lead ECO teacher. There are currently 5 Central Vermont schools participating in ECO (Montpelier, East Montpelier, Moretown, Waitsfield and Plainfield). Depending on the availability of the intern, the hours are flexible and can be 4 to 12 hours a week.
CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE FEATURED IN “THE PRINCETON REVIEW’S
GUIDE TO 322 GREEN COLLEGES: 2013 EDITION”
Champlain College is one of the 322 most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review (www.PrincetonReview.com). The education services company known for its test prep programs and college rankings, ratings and guidebooks, profiles Champlain College in the fourth annual edition of its free downloadable book, “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges.”
The BECC Conference is a great small event with both academics and practitioners from different fields. The sessions and plenary speeches are amazing. This year the conference is in Sacramento, CA on November 18-20, 2013 and there is a pre-conference Community Based Social Marketing workshop with Doug McKenzie-Mohr. “The Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) Conference 2013 is […]
Continue readingSpring is here and the sun is shining! We want to take a minute to thank you for registering with CATMA as one who bikes/walks to and from work. In addition to being active, some of you are also enjoying the rewards for this healthy behavior and receiving $15 gift cards! For those who want […]
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