Green Energy Times

Join Rural Vermont supporters from near and far for our biggest and best event of the year! live music, friends, RV’s work, keynote and discussion led by Ben Hewitt…

paying them a performance bonus for wrecking the climate. We’ll never get to renewable energy if we keep handing gobs of money to oil and coal and gas. …we need to come out as strong as possible. Add your voice to a brand new effort to end fossil fuel subsidies…

“We need to get off the fossil fuel bandwagon that keeps us dependent on oil and contributes to climate change. The $113 billion in taxpayer handouts that oil, gas, and coal companies receive should be used to invest in green jobs. It’s time for this corporate welfare to end.”

Randolph Area Community Development corporation Looks At Biomass District Heat …makes sense for our region. …finding ways to reduce the long term use of energy resources within the town of Randolph, VT.

soliciting services for qualified contractors to perform home energy efficiency improvements for income eligible households in Cheshire and Sullivan Counties. Weatherization work …insulation, air sealing, and general carpentry work in residential dwellings…

by N.R. Mallery While the Upper Valley Food Cooperative was officially incorporated in summer of 1976, it was actually born from a group of people that had a vision and a dedication, in 1970, the “Do It Store” started on Main St. in W. Lebanon, NH with a vision of an environmental center – a [...]

By Jessica Goldblatt Barber Local food systems are an alternative to the global corporate models where producers and consumers are separated through a chain of processors, manufactures, shippers and retailers. As the food industry grows, the ‘middle man’ is increasingly able to control the quality of food. Conversely, the local food system redevelops these relationships [...]

Chittenden Reservoir Day, the annual cleanup and celebration of the lake, will be held on Vermont Green Up Day May 5 – thanks to Tropical Storm Irene. “Because CV Greenteam volunteers spent much of the fall helping customers clean up after Irene struck, we didn’t hold Reservoir Day last fall as usual, so we decided [...]

Saturday & Sunday, April 28th & 29th, from 11 AM – 3 PM Take a look inside and out. Ask questions to very nice and knowlegable locals. Discover what Yurt living can mean to you and the planet! WHERE: 1332 Towne Hill Road • From Montpelier right hand turn off Main Street onto Towne Hill [...]

Reposted from:  VPR Commentary April 23, 2012 (Host) For much of our history Americans have treated water as an almost unlimited commodity, equally suitable for washing, watering the garden and drinking. But writer and commentator Bill Mares is a former teacher and state legislator who thinks that attitude is changing. (Mares) Twenty five years ago, [...]