Resources
Yesterday we had our first meeting of Smaller Footprint, a community group for working together to greatly shrink our household carbon footprints. During the meeting I wanted to recommend the following carbon footprint calculator, a useful and meaningful tool, but couldn’t find the address. Well, here that information is!
Events
Here’s an announcement from Efficiency Vermont, our state efficiency utility, which is tasked with helping improve energy availability in Vermont through improving energy efficiency. The most convenient event for most Williston residents will probably be the Richmond forum. Community Forums December 2014 Please join Efficiency Vermont Director Jim Merriam
Ideas and Opportunities
This post is reprinted from the Facing Climate Change blog. The holidays present a whole different set of circumstances compared to daily life, so they also come with a whole different set of sustainability challenges. Top among these after travel and food (see my previous post) is gift-giving. Recycled wrapping
News
From VTrans: To meet the growing demand for bicycling facilities, VTrans is kicking off an exciting new initiative, the VTrans On-Road Bicycle Plan. The Plan will help guide improvements along Vermont state highways to work better and be safer for all bicyclists — families, commuters and recreational riders. Get involved! You
Ideas and Opportunities
Reposted from FaceClimateChange.com Thanksgiving, Christmas, Passover, the Fourth of July, and other holidays all have a few things in common: they tend to involve travel and special meals or feasts. For many extended families, like mine, these kinds of occasions are the only times during the year we all
Ideas and Opportunities
Sustainable Williston’s new Smaller Footprint group offers a way to make big improvements in your individual, family, or small business carbon footprint and become more resilient to extreme weather events by working with other community members in a friendly, laid-back environment. Nobody can make every desirable change at once,
Ideas and Opportunities
The Energy Co-op of Vermont, a northern Vermont heating fuel provider and energy efficiency Co-op, announces the launch of Co-op Heat Pumps, an innovative heat pump leasing program. The Co-op Heat Pump program offers homeowners a super-efficient Fujitsu heat pump for less than $40 a month on a ten-year lease,
Events
Sustainable Williston will hold its monthly meeting this coming Wednesday, November 12th, at 7pm in the Vermont Room upstairs at the Dorothy Alling Library. Topics may include our silverware drive for CVU, a new group for individuals and families to greatly reduce carbon footprint, and a review of our group
Events
Sustainable Williston and CVU’s Environmental Action Club (ENACT) want to thank everyone who came to the polls Tuesday and contributed silverware to the silverware drive to reduce plastic use at CVU! We’re planning steps for an ongoing drive now, and hope to find hundreds more unneeded forks, knives,
Events
Do you have extra forks, spoons, or knives you aren’t using? Consider gifting them for use at CVU to replace the plasticware that’s currently used and thrown out at the cafeteria every day. The polls will be open for voting at the Armory tomorrow from 7:00AM to
Events
From the Vermont Natural Resources Council: This coming Saturday, November 1st is the second annual Button Up Vermont Day of Action; a nascent annual tradition aimed at motivating more Vermonters to “Button Up” in the fall, just like we “Green Up” every spring! Many people waste heat — and a ton
Events
This past Sunday, Sustainable Williston celebrated families of new children in Williston with a gift of a tree or shrub to each family, each with a small bronze tag with the new child’s name. The trees were donated by Gardener’s Supply in Williston, and sponsors Vermont Wildflower Farm