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People’s Climate March

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Save the Date – the weekend of September 20 is the People’s Climate March in NYC.

People’s Climate March
Bill McKibben calls it an invitation “to anyone who’d like to prove to themselves, and to their children, that they give a damn about the biggest crisis our civilization has ever faced.”

People's Climate MarchWithout a doubt, the People’s Climate March will be the largest single event on climate that has been organized to date.

In September, world leaders are coming to New York City for a historic UN summit on climate change. Organizers are hoping the People’s Climate March will be the largest-ever demonstration demanding action on climate change.

The goal of the march is to take to the streets to demand for “a world with an economy that works for people and the planet. A world safe from the ravages of climate change. A world with good jobs, clean air, and healthy communities for everyone. This is the moment to bring our different movements together, articulate our common challenges and solutions, and go big.”

See Bill McKibben’s article from Rolling Stone

ice riverA Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate …
When world leaders gather in New York this fall to confront climate change, tens of thousands of people and maybe you will be there to demand they take action before …

Sustainable Williston meets Wednesday, June11, at 7pm

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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.

Topics may include reducing plastic waste, the Williston Farmer’s Market, the Birth Tree Project, and more.

Wind Farm Open House This Weekend

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Georgia Mountain Wind Farm

 

Passed on via VPIRG:

Join us in celebrating local, renewable energy in Vermont and get a chance to see an operational wind facility up close at this year’s Georgia Mountain Community Wind Open House and Wind Turbine Tours. Bring along family, friends and your camera (no pets please). Informational guides will be on site and tours will take you inside the wind turbines.

WHAT: Georgia Mountain Community Wind Open House and Wind Turbine Tours – Celebrating Local Energy and Local Jobs

WHEN: Sunday, June 8th, 1 – 4 pm

WHERE: ALL parking is at the Husky facility located at 288 North Rd. in Milton and shuttle buses will run from 1 to 4 pm. For more information, please visit our website at gmcwind.com or contact us at georgiamtncommunitywind@gmail.com.

Community Solar Forum in Hinesburg, Tue April 22nd

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From the Hinesburg Energy Committee:

community solar

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 like to use electricity produced from solar photovoltaic panels can participate in community solar.  Nick Ziter, from SunFarms Community Solar will present along with Jeff Forward from Richmond who has installed a group net metered solar pv array on his property. We will also discuss the financing options for these systems.

Community solar has been demonstrated to be a very viable option for towns and this forum will explore how towns can get started installing their own pv system.

Sponsored by the Hinesburg Energy Committee.  Hinesburg Town Hall Tuesday April 22, 2014 7 PM

For info contact Chuck Reiss 482-3295

Tour Energy Efficient Houses in Burlington and South Burlington April 26th

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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 $$ and to make their homes more comfortable.
Energy Efficiency Open Houses
Saturday, April 26th. from 10AM to 1PM four (4) energy efficient homes will be open.  Visit the homes, talk with the owners and/or the contractor doing the work and learn how you can save $$ and make your home more comfortable next winter.
The Energy Efficient homes are located at:
  • 88 Lakewood Pkwy – Burlington
  • 112 Adams Street –   Burlington
  • 24 School Street –      Burlington
  • 34 Sunset Avenue –    South Burlington
Go to, http://maps.ccrpcvt.org/EnergyTour/ to see an interactive map of the homes locations and a brief description of the efficiency improvements made to each home.
Sponsored by the Energy Committees of Burlington and South Burlington
Contact:  Ron McGarvey, 802-865-4424, RMCGAR864@aol.com

Years of Living Dangerously this Sunday

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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 other movies, of course), the series employs correspondents like Harrison Ford, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, and others to explore the impacts climate change has already made on the planet. Here’s the trailer:

 

Watch Parties

Venue: My Living Room
Location: Burlington, Vermont, VT
Time: Sunday, April 13, 7:00 PM
You can RSVP here: http://act.350.org/event/years_attend/6963/signup/?t=3&akid=4435.801279.p9L8yy

Venue: AO Glass Studio
Location: Burlington, VT
Time: Sunday, April 13, 4:00 PM
You can RSVP here: http://act.350.org/event/years_attend/6980/signup/?t=3&akid=4435.801279.p9L8yy

Venue: My living room
Location: Charlotte, VT
Time: Sunday, April 13, 7:00 PM
You can RSVP here: http://act.350.org/event/years_attend/7104/signup/?t=3&akid=4435.801279.p9L8yy

Tonight: Free showing of Bag It

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Bag It! poster

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 can do about it. Today. Right now.

Watch the trailer: scroll down to or click on this link for the March 11th entry.

Our Next Meeting is Wed, Mar 19th at 7pm at the Library

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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, and more.