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If you notice some large seedlings popping up right now that look like this, it might be common milkweed. If you let it be, it will grow into a large (~3 feet) plant with pink blooms loved by pollinators . This plant is also the preferred host species for the Monarch
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Click Here to Register Climate change, shifts in disturbance regimes, and an increasing prevalence of non-native invasive insects, diseases, and plants have created considerable uncertainty around how to best care for our forests into the future. In response to this challenge, a series of forest adaptation studies are being
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We will be joining a national book club discussion on Active Hope by Joanna Macy. “Books about social and ecological change too often leave out a vital component: how do we change ourselves so that we are strong enough to fully contribute to this great shift? Active Hope fills this
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Register Now Join us Tuesday, April 14 from 7-9 pm, to learn how to build soil health and sequester carbon while growing your own food. This event will featuring CAT BUXTON, co-founder of the Vermont Healthy Soils Coalition. The webinar will cover all aspects of starting your regenerative
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Tonight’s meeting will be a calendar planning session at 7:15 PM. Remote meeting information (Zoom): https://us04web.zoom.us/j/231659376?pwd=dVJScjhFaGZVRUFTYkVwQ1l4THNSZz09 Meeting ID: 231 659 376 Password: 077753 One tap mobile ,,231659376# US Toll Meeting ID: 231 659 376 Find your local number: https://us04web.zoom.
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Due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) Sustainable Williston meetings are going virtual. Virtual meeting links will be posted by the morning of the 4th Thursday of each month. We are considering holding virtual meetings on the 2nd Thursday of each month as well, in lieu of the social, to avoid risks.
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For October we are combining our social with a special event: Kick-Off – Williston’s Fabric Shopping Bag Sewing Group Example bag sewn by Melinda Petter of Sustainable Williston. Please join us as we gather to start a community group focused on Sewing Fabric Shopping Bags. Date: Thurs, October 10
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Williston Residents, take note! Registration for the 2019 program (children born between August 2018-Aug 2019) ends Friday 9/27! If you or someone you know has a recent birth/adoption and is a Williston resident, they can register and receive a free, native, tree/shrub to plant at their
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Please urge the Governor to sign bill S.113 restricting single use plastics. This is the final push! Message Governor Scott: https://governor.vermont.gov/contact-us/message Bill Status/Read It: https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2020/S.113
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The Williston Master Naturalist program has been working on a series of events and projects around town. This Tuesday, May 21st is the next event! Come view Hometown Habitat, Stories of Bringing Nature Home, a documentary on how and why native plants in your own garden or yard are critical
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Sustainable Williston encourages Williston residents to attend this Repair Cafe event, recently announced at CVU: “CVU EnACT is working with Transition Charlotte to coordinate a Repair Cafe here at CVU on Saturday, 5/18 from 10-2. A repair cafe is a community event where community volunteers offer no-cost
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Please start by joining us Thursday, May 2 at 6:30 pm @ the DAML. We will discuss “Drawdown” by Paul Hawken. No need to read ahead! Learn the most effective ways to reverse global warming. Books available for check out at the front desk if your interest is peaked. Beverages