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One step closer to a Williston park and ride ...
The Williston Observer reports on the current slow but steady progress of the Williston Park & Ride project: http://www.willistonobserver.com/park-and-ride-plans-moving-forward/
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Sustainable Williston meets Wednesday, 5/14, at 7pm
Sustainable Williston, our town’s grassroots environmental group, meets Wednesday evening at 7pm upstairs at the Dorothy Alling Library, and anyone interested in local environmental issues is welcome.
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Community Solar Forum in Hinesburg, Tue April 22nd
From the Hinesburg Energy Committee: Community Solar Forum Tuesday April 22nd, 2014 7 PM Hinesburg Town Hall, Hinesburg Vermont Please join us for an evening forum on Community Solar. As our towns and villages shift to renewable energy, homes that do not have good access to the sun and would
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Tour Energy Efficient Houses in Burlington and South Burlington April 26th
From the South Burlington Energy Committee: Energy Efficient Open Houses-Saturday, April 26th High heating bills this past winter? House colder and draftier than usual? Come visit homes where owners have made energy efficiency improvements to save $$ and to make their homes more comfortable. Saturday, April 26th. from 10AM to
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Next Sustainable Williston Meeting: Wed, Apr 16th, 7pm
Sustainable Williston, our town’s grassroots environmental group, meets Wednesday evening at 7pm at the Dorothy Alling Library, and anyone interested in local environmental issues is welcome.
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Years of Living Dangerously this Sunday
350.org has organized viewing parties for the premiere of the new Showtime climate change series Years of Living Dangerously: scroll down for information on where to join others to see it, or check it out yourself at home. Produced by James Cameron of Titanic and Avatar fame (among many
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Sustainable Williston to Install Tidal Power at Lake Iroquois
Sustainable Williston has received a grant from the Eccentric Billionaire Foundation to plan and execute a tidal electricity generation facility in Lake Iroquois. The new tidal generation plant, which will take 120 years to build, will be about four times the size of the existing lake. artist’s conception of
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Tonight: Free showing of Bag It
An average guy makes a resolution to stop using plastic bags at the grocery store. Little does he know that this simple decision will change his life completely. He comes to the conclusion that our consumptive use of plastic has finally caught up to us, and looks at what we
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Our Next Meeting is Wed, Mar 19th at 7pm at the Library
Sustainable Williston, our town’s grassroots environmental group, meets Wednesday evening at 7pm at the Dorothy Alling Library, and anyone interested in local environmental issues is welcome. Current meeting topics include increasing bus ridership at CVU, plastic waste, the Birth Trees project, Williston bike paths, reducing waste at town celebrations,
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Williston Collaborates with Other Local Communities to Improve Water Quality
You may have heard about the stormwater improvements that are in the works for Williston and surrounding communities. Stormwater improvements are an environmental double win: they protect water quality while providing greater resilience in the kinds of large storms that are becoming increasingly common. Lisa Sheltra of the Williston Public
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Free showing of Bag It! The Movie
Try going a day without plastic. Plastic is everywhere and infiltrates our lives in unimaginable and frightening ways. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow “everyman” Jeb Berrier, who is admittedly not a tree hugger, as he embarks on a global tour to unravel the complexities
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2014 Sustainable Living Expo in Middlebury March 29th
Sustainable Williston member Dennis Bates passed along this information about the 2014 Sustainable Living Expo in Middlebury, where he’ll be exhibiting his sunroom / solar greenhouse designs (details edited from a notice sent out by ACORN: Addison County Relocalization Network). What A one-day exposition of workshops, exhibits and events