Events
This year, Sustainable Williston is a Button Up Vermont community partner. This means that Williston is one of 18 Vermont towns whose residents are eligible for a free home visit from a professional energy contractor who can identify opportunities for home weatherization. Buttoning up your home is the best way
News
Here’s a note from Green Mountain Transit (GMT), formerly CCTA. This Saturday, they’re encouraging shopping at small businesses throughout the area and offering free bus rides wherever you need to go. This can be especially handy if you want to go to downtown Burlington, but don’t want
Events
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WILLISTON, VERMONT – Sustainable Williston, Williston’s grassroots environmental group, will commemorate Williston children born or adopted between August 2015 and August 2016 with the gift of a free tree or shrub for each child at the third annual Birth Tree Celebration Sunday, September 25th, from 2:00
Events
An announcement from Melinda, our town Conservation Planner Trees planted on the Allen Brook behind the fire station Join the Friends of the Winooski River, Williston Central School students and other volunteers to plant trees and shrubs to protect water quality and habitat. Thursday May 5th 10:30 AM to
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Here’s an announcement from Melinda Scott, our town Conservation Planner: This year marks the 46th anniversary of Green Up Day, which began in April 1970 and continues today as a unique Vermont tradition. Green Up Day brings out thousands of volunteers throughout the state to remove litter and trash
Information
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
Events
The Town of Williston is offering a build-your-own rain barrel event July 25th. Here’s the announcement: Summer is officially here! It’s the perfect time of year to consider incorporating the use of a rain barrel for lawn and landscaping needs. The Chittenden County Stream Team and the Town
Events
It’s a great weekend for solar energy events in Vermont! First, there’s a series of free solar tours around the state this Saturday, June 20th, including several sites in Chittenden County, like South Burlington, Jericho, and our own town solar array in Williston Village. The tours are sponsored
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Sustainable Williston will meet next on Thursday, May 28th, from 7:15-8:45 PM at the Dorothy Alling Library. Williston Town Planner Ken Belliveau will attend the first part of the meeting as a guest to discuss the 5-year town plan currently under development. We’ll also hear abbreviated reports
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Sustainable Williston will kick off its new Sustainable Energy series with a presentation from Vermont solar energy company SunCommon at 6pm on Monday, May 4th at the Dorothy Alling Library in Williston. Learn about costs, benefits, and opportunities for home and community solar power, and bring your questions. Free and
Worth a look
The new winter scenes in our header are photographs from around town by Sustainable Williston member Marie-Claude Beaudette. Here’s one more photograph to enjoy.
Resources
a reposted message from Emma Long at the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission Hello, Williston! The ice-scraping, defrosting, start-your-car-early season is fast-approaching. Are you ready to try something new? Check out Go! Chittenden County, a one-stop resource for information about transportation options. By calling or emailing Go! CC, you can