Alive in the Forest, Spring 2021

In this issue: Our 2020 Annual Report, Wildland Forestry and Vermont’s Current Use Program, restoring the West Barn, Forest Friend signs, Game of Logging Level 2, burning trees for electricity, and more. Hot off the e-press: Our 2020 Annual Report Take a look at what Vermont Family Forests was up to last year, in words and […]

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March 2021 Newsletter – UNEP Youth and Education Alliance

MARCH 2021 NEWSLETTER “The Earth has music for those who listen.”– William Shakespeare UNEP Youth & Education Alliance (YEA!) Updates: Green Jobs for Youth:NEW RELEASE from UNEP’s Youth and Education Alliance! Global Guidance for Education on Green Jobs: Connecting Higher Education and Green Opportunities for Planetary Health – Designed for educators, career advisors, curricular developers, education commissions and administrators, this document has […]

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CWSD: April Webinars

Are you ready for Spring? We sure are! This month’s webinars include multiple backyard composting webinars, Trash Talk and a Kids in the Kitchen webinar. Register for one (or more!) of our upcoming ZOOM webinars (also available on Facebook LIVE) today. Spaces are limited! **Backyard Composting – Multiple sessions available!See below for dates, times and […]

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AASHE Bulletin – March 31st edition

March 31, 2021 News of the Week EPA Releases 2020 Top 30 HEI List of Green Power UsersThe University of California tops the EPA’s ranking of higher education institutions based on their total annual usage of green power. Of those listed, Georgetown University has the highest amount of green power as a percentage of total […]

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Sustainability Curriculum Consortium webinar: “Practical Ways to Get Radical in Higher Ed” – April 6

“advancing curriculum and faculty development for sustainability in higher education” Beyond the Knowledge Crisiswith Debbie Kasper SCC Webinar Tuesday, April 6, 20212:00 PM Eastern/11:00 AM Pacific “Practical Ways to Get Radical in Higher Ed” Debbie KasperHiram College There is widespread agreement that radical and immediate social changes are necessary to avert catastrophic collapse of earth systems and allow for the possibility of sustaining healthy human civilizations. Among […]

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Lobbying event for Ocean Climate Action – April 14

Ariel Burgess, adjunct faculty in the Core, is acting as the Vermont State Lead for a national virtual capitol hill lobbying day for ocean climate policy.  It may be a neat way for students to get involved in a direct lobbying event and hopefully talk to their representatives! (….we may be landlocked, but we need […]

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Virtual Exhibit Tour: “Protest and Promise” at the Wadsworth Athenaeum – April 7

Virtual Exhibit Tour: “Protest and Promise”with Christi Rentsch Moraga ’76Docent, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtWednesday, April 7, 5:30pm, via Zoom EVENT DETAILSChristi Rentsch Moraga, a 1976 graduate of Middlebury and a member of the Docent Council at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, CT, will lead Friends and Student Friends of the Middlebury College Museum of […]

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United Way Volunteer Connection listings for March 25, 2021

March 25, 2021 United Way’s Volunteer Connection site is set up to help connect agencies and volunteers. Agencies are working hard to navigate volunteering during this time, but opportunities are starting to increase. Here is a link for Volunteer Connection to learn more about these and other opportunities. JOIN THE BOARD FOR A NEW PRESCHOOL – Join this […]

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