We’re pleased to offer two webinars all about Act 250, Vermont’s landmark land use law, which turned 50 last week. Act 250 has served Vermont well and has helped keep Vermont’s settlement patterns intact. However, the challenges facing our state have evolved over the last 50 years. Here’s what’s coming up: Act 250: How did we get […]
Continue readingLIVE WEB EVENTS COMING UP: April 15 at 4:00 PM EST FEATURING: Fabrizio Hochschild, Special Adviser on the Preparations for the Commemoration of the United Nations’ 75th Anniversary, United Nations Secretariat, New York To mark its 75th anniversary in 2020, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced that the UN will lead the largest-ever global conversation on the […]
Continue readingWe are hearing that it is hard to keep students engaged in class while socially isolating. So PLAN and GAIA wanted to offer a possible engagement for your class that includes prizes! Please share with your other networks or educators . We created a meme contest that challenges folks to investigate the intersections of internet culture, […]
Continue readingUpdate: Can’t use zoom? That’s OK – Join us via YouTube Live. If your school does not support the use of Zoom. Please reach out to our education staff, watershd@uvm.edu to get the YouTube live link for a session. What is Zoom a Scientist? Over the next few weeks the Lake Champlain Sea Grant team will be hosting “Zoom a Scientist,” […]
Continue readingAbout • Our Work • Calendar • Support • Blog • Visit • Stay & Dine • Gather • Farm Store The final days of March marked the end of a productive 2020 sugaring season, thanks in part to the expansion of our sugarbush over the winter. As sugarmaker Marshall Webb said, “When the sap turns a little sour and the bubbles want to explode out of the pan, it’s time to quit.” Take […]
Continue readingRecently, one of the student employees of the Center for Service & Sustainability, Emily Gatz ’20, participated in a training from the Sunrise School. She sums up her experience here… Sunrise School is a youth-led and organized program designed to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. During a four-day […]
Continue readingJoin us as we mobilize virtually to celebrate 50 years of Earth Day! Each day features an opportunity for engagement. See calendar of events and ideas for each day at: catmavt.org/earth-week-2020 The worldwide response to the coronavirus pandemic is and should be all of our priorities right now, but we hope that the opportunities to engage below […]
Continue readingIn celebration of Citizen Science Month, the Champlain College Library and the Champlain Apiary are hosting a virtual event Bee Happy, Champlain College this Friday at 3pm. You will learn about our very own Champlain College apiary and a variety of cool projects being generated there. Professor Kristin Wolf will take you on a virtual tour of […]
Continue readingApril 2020 E-Newsletter from VNRC A Note from our Executive Director When we sent our last e-newsletter, the COVID-19 crisis had not yet gripped our nation. It’s hard to believe how much has changed — and how much hasn’t. Though the coronavirus has us working remotely, and taking care of our families and supporting our communities, […]
Continue readingThe Wild Burlington Newsletter Issue #2.04.a | More things to do with twigs This was an exceptionally warm March, and all the rain over the past couple of weeks has flushed many of the amphibians from their overwintering sites down into the wetlands. While I’ve seen amphibians move as early as March 8 down in Shelburne, […]
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