Events
APRIL STOOLS’ DAY Saturday, April 16, 2016 9AM – 11AM at Williston Community Park & area trails Meet for “doo-ty” at the Picnic shelter near the skate park on the east side of the Williston Central School. Help Scoop the Poop Pet poop that’s not picked up sends unwanted nutrients
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Sustainable Williston will meet Wednesday evening, April 6th, at 7:15pm at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library. Anyone who lives or works in Williston and is interested in sustainability is invited. Topics will likely include continued work on the Town Plan, the fate of the Birth Tree Project this year,
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There’s an informative Web site offered by the University of California at Berkeley that offers, among other things, a map of the United States showing how many greenhouse gases the average household puts out in every zipcode. Here’s our area: You’ll notice that South Burlington and especially
Ideas and Opportunities
By now you’ve probably heard of electric cars, but have you heard about electric buses? They have all of the advantages of good electric cars in a larger size. For example, they’re very quiet, don’t put out any exhaust, have a low carbon footprint, and require much
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Waterbury LEAP, a grassroots sustainability group, will be hosting their annual, free Energy Fair on Saturday, April 9th. Here are the details:
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Sustainable Williston will meet this Wednesday evening, March 2nd, at 7:15pm at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library. Anyone who lives or works in Williston and is interested in sustainability is invited. We’re trying out a more regular meeting schedule, normally meeting the first Wednesday of each month at
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As of this past January 1st, Chittenden Solid Waste District, our local solid waste management organization, now accepts single-use batteries for free recycling at drop-off centers and the environmental depot. Batteries have a much bigger carbon footprint than most things their sizes, and they add toxicity to landfills when just
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Here’s an announcement about some great new developments in Vermont public transit from CCTA and GMTA. My favorite is the new feature that will allow finding out exactly where a bus is using your cell phone. The new CCTA transit center in Burlington, opening this Fall In the coming
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Sustainable Williston will meet this Thursday evening, February 4th, at 7:15pm at the Dorothy Alling Memorial Library. Anyone who lives or works in Williston and is interested in sustainability is invited.
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Vermont solar company SunCommon will offer a free showing of Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything, a film about the consequences and opportunities arising from climate change, tonight at Main Street Landing in Burlington at 5:30 PM. Full details are here. SunCommon will continue to offer showings of the
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Happy New Year, Sustainable Willistonians: Have you been getting this excellent newsletter from Efficiency Vermont??? The beginning of this month’s Efficiency Vermont newsletter Their current offering includes: * Do It Yourself guidelines, videos, etc. on how to best air seal your home. Great information and practical ideas to take some