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Click on the edition you'd like to see; links to articles are embedded in the index at the top of each archived page, beginning with the March 06 edition.  If you have trouble with any of the archived links (particularly "internal" to VPON site pages), please let us know. If you can't find something, contact us; we'll likely be able to get it for you.

Please note: we've changed our look since some of these were archived.

Volume 1: 2006
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

Volume 2: 2007
January
February
March
April
May
June
(off for the summer)
September
October
November


(remaining archives coming soon...)


Vol.1, #1
February 06 

Editorial:  Creating The New Normal
Guest Editorial:  Holistic Management and Keyline Soilbuilding

Vol.1, #2
March 06
Special Events
Richard Heinberg Presentation
Under the Golden Dome
H654 and J.R.H.47
Educating State and Local Leaders on Peak Oil
"And if you were the Mayor of Burlington..."
Letter to a Representative
Guest Editorial
Where Are We and How Do We Go On From Here?
Editorial  
What's a Mother to Do?
Articles
Localvores:  A Winter Challenge 
Can Vermont Feed Itself?  
Alternatives: MCTV - Broadcasting for the Rest of Us
Ready, Set… Now What Do We Do?  Creating a Peak Oil Response Group
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State
Columns
Doctor Gloom's Soapbox
Quote of the Month:  from "In Praise of Oil", by Betsy Hart

Vol.1, #3
April 06
Special Events
Legislative Energy Event
Vermont's Energy Future
Under the Golden Dome:
Energy Related Bills
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
H-654:  Food and Energy Security
Vt. Dept. of Public Services:  Increase in Wind Incentives
Joint House Resolution J.R.H. 47 - grants for community gardens
Quote of the Month
The right to know is a cornerstone of our democracy...
Editorial
A Measured Dose of Hopefulness
Guest Editorial
An Eco-Idea
Articles
 Reinventing Economics
 Alpaca farm runs on CVPS Cow Power
 Turning Warming Down by Turning the Meter Backward
 Responsible Energy Planning
 Student's Corner:  The Peak Beast
 Student's Corner:  American Babel
 Film Review:  CNN's "We Were Warned: Tomorrow's Oil Crisis"
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State
Columns
 Doctor Gloom's Soapbox

Vol.1, #4
May, 06
Special Events
 Grow Biointensive Workshop
 Tunbridge Energy Forum
 Sustainable Energy Forum:  Peak Oil and the Environment (Washington, DC)
 Local Living Economies Events in Burlington!
Under the Golden Dome
 Will Stevens of ACORN Runs for the House!
 Farmer Protection Act
 Renewable Energy Vermont
 Tracking Legislation in Vermont
 Vt. Department of Public Service's Comprehensive Energy Plan
Quote of the Month
 NYTimes:  "the party's over..."
 BONUS:  Song of the Month:  There's Only So Much Oil on the Ground
Editorial
 Peak Spring?
Guest Editorial
 We're On Our Own
Articles
 Candidate for Governor of Maine Runs on Peak Oil Platform!
 The Inside Scoop:  A Tale from the Microbiological World
 Student's Corner:  Maybe Peak Oil Isn't Such a Bad Thing?
 Doing It with Bio in the Spring
 Methanol:  An Energy Carrier with Potential
 CVPS Cow Power™ is on the moooove
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State
Columns
 Doctor Gloom's Soapbox
Gold Stars to...
 
Vol.1, #5
June, 06 - The Transportation Issue!
Special Events
Biointensive Gardening Workshop in Brattleboro
Local Living Economies Events in Burlington!
Vermont Biofuels Association 2nd Annual Biodiesel Workshop
Vermont Earth Institute's 3rd Annual Sustainable Living Celebration
An Inconvenient Truth
Under the Golden Dome
This Year's VT Legislative Accomplishments
Creative Economy to be tracked and developed in Vermont
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Quote of the Month
Jason Bradford:  No Time to Mess Around
And Giving us Pause: Post Oil:  Zero Money and Zero Growth
Editorial
A Ways to Go
Guest Editorial
An Option for the Future:  The Champlain Parkway Plan
Articles
- Bikes -
      Bicycle at the Beginning and End of the Journey—Your Choice In Between (Folding Bicycles)
      The Soul of a Pedicab Chauffeur
      In Praise of the Bicycle
      Your Ideas on Biking and Walking
      The Lamoille County Rail Trail
      Vermont Bike/Ped Organization
      Bike Recycle Vermont
- Trains -
      In Praise of the Train
      Vermont Rails
      The Lamoille County Rail Trail - Short Sighted Decision?
      Your Ideas on Vermont's Railways
- and Automobiles -
      Carless in Vermont at 1600 Feet!
      LINKS - CCTA's Express Bus Service
      Biodiesel - Made in Vermont
      Green Technologies on Biodiesel Qs and As
      Your Ideas on Motorized Transport (Cars, Busses, and Telecommuting)
      LACE:  Local Agricultural Community Exchange - Peak Oil, Transportation and Food Security
      Got Biodiesel?
      Two New Carpooling Options for Central Vermonters
      Portland, Oregon's Car Sharing Project
      Scangauge - The Educational New Toy for your Car
- and don't forget the Planning!
      On-Line Chittenden County Transportation Survey
      Vermont Sprawl's Annual Vermonter Poll
      Your Planning Suggestions
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State
Columns

      Doctor Gloom's Soapbox - (He's BA-aaack!)

      Book Review: Coming Home to Eat:  The Pleasures and Politics of Local Foods


Vol.1, #6
July 06
Special Events
An Inconvenient Truth
Maude Barlow:  Who Owns the World's Fresh Water? 
12th Annual Vermont Solar Fest!
Non-Violent Communication Workshop
5th Annual Vermont Activists Skills Share
Statewide Eat Local Challenge!
Under the Golden Dome
Scudder Parker's Energy Plan for Vermont
Pat Leahy on US Senate Energy Bill (05)
A Stone's Throw Away... Joining the US Conference of Mayors on Climate Protection
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Quote of the Month
        From "The Oil Drum":  The difference between PO pessimists and optimists
Editorial
   
    Whether Report
Guest Editorial
        Altimeter Readers vs. Parachute Packers
Articles
        Greater Montpelier Peak Oil Awareness Group Receives Grant
        VPON-linked Lecture Squad wows them at Lamoile County Planning Commission
        Burlington College Student Sarah Grillo Selected to Attend National Peak Oil Leadership Training
        Hydrogen Fueling Station Comes to Burlington
        CVPS Cow Power Enrollment Passes Milestone
        Independent Country Stores Strengthen Vermont’s Rural Economy
        An Inconvenient Truth, reviewed by Jim Hansen
        An Inconvenient (Half) Truth:  Peaking Over the Hedge At Our Future, reviewed by Vermont's Rob Williams
        The Great Warming
        Salad with a Side of Fuel (or perhaps you'd prefer a Saudi Arabian Breakfast?)
        M. K. Hubbert on "Two Intellectual Systems: Matter-Energy and the Monetary Culture"
        You Belong Here, You are Home:  Celebrating the Work of Peter Forbes
In Vermont News
        Welcome to The Dinner Hour
        Summer Reading
        Bugs Bite Me Not
        Don't Kill that (Pig)Weed!
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol.1, #7
August 06
Special Events
        Vermont Council on Rural Development (VCRD) to hold Energy Summit
        The Sierra Student Coalition's National Leadership Gathering
        Statewide Eat Local Challenge!
        Who Killed the Electric Car?
Under the Golden Dome
        Douglas Walks Away from Energy Efficiency Benefits for Vermont
        Jeffords' Bill on Reducing Greenhouse Gas Pollution
        Vermont's Food and Energy Challenges (and, btw, whatever happened to H.654?)
        Bernard Sanders on H.R.5206 - The Securing America's Energy Independence Act
        Scudder Parker is "All About Energy"
        Tracking Legislation in Vermont
        Tracking Legislation Nationally
Quote of the Month
        Moshe Braner, on preemptive war
Editorial
        Between the Worlds
Guest Editorial
        How to Respond to Change: Meditations on the Motion of Cheese
Articles
    Youth Activism
        Peak Oil Student Activist Sarah Grillo on 20/20 Vision's National Summit on Energy Security
        Hope in Action:  Youth Activism on the Rise!
    Energy
        Report on the Sustainable Biodiesel Conference (July 15th and 16th, 2006)
        SERG on Keeping your Cool this Summer
        Heating Costs Scaring You??
    Food
        Homestead Security equals Free-Range Chickens, a Good Dog, and plenty of Jerusalem Artichokes
        Taking the Plunge - Random Thoughts on Starting the Localvore Challenge
        Related News:  Peak Grains
        Take Back Vermont Dairy!
        Sweet Clover Market to open in Essex (and looking for help...!)
    Media
        July Peak Oil Sightings in the Vermont Press
        Living Post Carbon - Vermonters Begin Grappling with Peak Oil (Vermont Commons)
        Vermont Commons Journal:  articles by Megan Quinn, Peter Forbes, Catherine Austin Fitts, and more... a great resource.
        Book Review: The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, the Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run Out of Energy
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol.1, #8
September 06
Special Events
        VERMONT/NH:
        Labor Day Walk with Bill McKibben and John Elder
        Tom Wessels:   “The Myth of Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future” - 5 Vermont locations
        Joanna Macy:  "The Great Turning" - Dartmouth College Campus, Hanover, NH
        Renewable Energy Vermont's Annual Conference - Burlington, VT
        Vermonters Building Solutions: People Creating Healthy Communities Conference - Randolph, VT
        NATIONAL:
        Time for Action:  A Midnight Ride for Peak Oil (ASPO) - Boston, MA
        Third U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions - Yellow Springs, OH
Under the Golden Dome
        The Vermont Rural Energy Council
        Looking for the Energy and Enviromental Votes...
        Portland, Oregon Takes the Lead on Peak Oil
        Tracking Legislation in Vermont
        Tracking Legislation Nationally
Quote of the Month
        "...we will run out of fossil fuels before we run out of optimists...." - Dmitry Orlov.
Editorial
        Be a David
Guest Editorial
        Community Supported Energy
Articles
    Climate
        Time for Something Different
        Thoughts on the Labor Day Walk with Bill McKibben and Friends
    Energy
        Report on VCRD Energy Summit
        More Cow Power Powering Vermont Businesses
        What Would $10/Gallon Fuel Do to YOUR Budget?
        NPR Covers Solar, Energy Efficiency
    Food
        Back From - and Back To! - Local!
        Localvores - A Month of Eating Local
        Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes - A Model for Urban Ag.
        Permaculture in Vermont
        National Gardening Association Grants for Youth Gardens
        Norwich Farmers Market Launches Winter Market
        Vermonts' Farmers Markets - a comprehensive list.
    Health
        Healthy Towns
    Transportation
        Vermont's Clean Cities Program - projects and input invited
        Comments on Vt's Clean Cities Program White Paper
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol.1, #9
October 06
Special Events
        The Myth of Progress:  Toward a Sustainable Future
        Burlington's Energy Future:  Beyond the Oil Crisis
        12th Annual Share the Harvest
        Facing the Media Crisis
        Renewable Energy Vermont's Annual Conference: Beyond Peak Oil
Under the Golden Dome
        The Peak Oil Quiz... What do your Representatives know about Peak Oil?
        Vermont Gubernatorial Debates
        Legislative Initiatives on Energy to be discussed
        Vermont invites Citizens to discuss Energy Future
        Courting the Legislators
        Chair of VT's Committee on Natural Resources and Energy Welcomes your Input
        Sound Off on the Issues!
        Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Quote of the Month
        Hugo Chavez:  The Era is giving birth to a Heart
Editorial
        Bifurcation Point
Guest Editorial
        Idle-Free Vermont
Articles
    Energy
        ACoRN Biofuels Cooperative!
        Energy and Climate News in Vermont Media
        This Old House:  Why My House is a Disaster Zone
        Energy Co-op of Vermont
        Impacts of Vermont's Weatherization Assistance Program
        Vermont's Public Service Board increases Energy Efficiency Funding   
        What Can I Do to Affordably Weatherize my Home?
        What's Wrong with this Picture?
    Food
        From Empire to Earth Community:  The Difference Localvores are Making
        Diary of a Localvore:  The Dwinel-Yardley Family's Month-Long Localvore Journey
        Farm Aid, or Aid for the Urbanites??
    Culture
        The Great Turning
        Climate Change and Civil Rights
        Power of Philanthropy - or - What to do when you become a Former President of the United States
        What's on Bill Clinton's nightstand?
        The Tipping Point:  How Little Things can make a Big Difference
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 1, #10
November 06
Special Events
        Vermont Aerial Art Action to Highlight Global Warming
        First-ever North American Secession Conference 
        Vermonters Building Solutions: People Creating Healthy Communities
        Vermont Master Gardeners' Course
        October's Event Notes
           Amory Lovins at Vermont Law School
           Renewable Energy Vermont Conference
           Boston ASPO Live Blog!
           Community Solution Conference Report
Under the Golden Dome:
        Who Signed the VPIRG Clean Energy Pledge (and Who Didn't)?
        Vermont invites Citizens to discuss Energy Future
        Courting the Legislators
        Chair of VT's Committee on Natural Resources and Energy Welcomes your Input
        Sound Off on the Issues!
        Tracking Legislation in Vermont
        Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
        All these horrors in our name...
Editorial:
        Peak Oil: Got Planning?
Guest Editorial:
        Bill McKibben: Join us on November 4th!
Articles:
    Culture
        Where Are We and Where Do We Go From Here?
        Burlington Currency Project Loans Available
        Volunteer Opportunities with the Vermont Earth Institute
        Sustainable Living Networks in Vermont
        Vermont Commons "Autumn of Empire" Fall Edition
        Last Dance (poem)
        Front Porch Forum
    Energy
        East Middlebury Home Retrofitted with Geothermal; now posting Realtime Data on Performance
        Energy and Climate News in Vermont Media
        ~The Omniscient One’s 100% Organic Biofuel Recipe~
        Mediated Modeling - Vermont's Participatory Energy Planning Process
        Weatherization Tips from the Sustainable Energy Resource Group
        Low Income Weatherization Qualification Levels
        Vermont Solar and Small Wind Incentive Program Funding Update
        Energy Efficient Bulbs
    Food
        Localvore Challenges Raise Awareness, Questions
        More info on Local Food Sources
        Cimarron Farms Launches "Carbon Farmers of America" program
        Music to Eat Local By!
        Transportation
        VPIRG Action:  Protect Vermont's Rights to Regulate Tailpipe Emissions!
        Clean Cities Newsletter Transportation Updates
        Post-Peak Transport (humor, sort of!)
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 1, #11
December 06

Special Events
        NOFA-VT's 25th Annual Winter Conference!
        Vermont Earth Institute’s Annual Meeting and Sustainable Campuses Program
        Energy Organizers Network Gathering
        Burlington Legacy Project Town Meeting - is Burlington Sustainable?
        Rutland Area Solstice Localvore Gathering
        November's Event Notes
           Vermonters Building Solutions
           Our Climate, Ourselves
Under the Golden Dome:
        Policy Watch: Idling
        Robert Dostis, Chair of Natural Resources and Energy (VT House) wants to hear from you!
        Tracking Legislation in Vermont
        Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
        George Monbiot, on the Costs of Climate Change
Editorial:
        Taking the Long View
Guest Editorial:
        Making Waterways Pay for Local Electricity
Articles:
    Climate
    UVM Footprint Group
    Global Warming Goes to Court
    Nairobi Climate Change Talks Not Decisive (courtesy Climate News)
    Teachers Association Rejects 50,000 Free Copies of An Inconvenient Truth
    It's Not That Easy Being Green (courtesy Climate News)
    Culture
    Project Funding Opportunities
    Farmer to Classroom Correspondence Program
    Local First Vermont!
    Holiday Gift Ideas...
    Good Neighbors Cut Petroleum Use
    Burlington Currency Project Interest Free Loans
    Energy
    Interview with Netaka White of Vermont Biofuels (courtesy Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund)
    On-Farm VT Biodiesel Seed Oil Production and Feasibility Study
    Growing Energy with Dr. Heather Darby
    Peak Oil on Vermont Radio
    South Burlington, Milton School Districts explore Wood-Chip Heat
    Energy and Climate News in Vermont Media
    The Vermont Apollo Alliance
    Food
    Fifty Million Farmers (Richard Heinberg, courtesy Energy Bulletin)
    Measuring and Understanding Local Foods:  The Case of Vermont
    Finding Food in Farm Country: The Economics of Food & Farming in Southeast Minnesota.
    Food for Thought: Hidden Costs (and Acrobatics) in Food Transportation
    Vermont Business Planning Course for Agricultural Entrepreneurs
    Vermont Organic Turkey and Poultry Farms
    Info on Local Food Sources
    Health
    Peak Oil Medicine Website
    Transportation
    Update from Idle Free Vermont
    Draft Vermont State Rail and Policy Plan Released for Comment
    Clean Cities Newsletter Transportation Updates
    Are High Gas Prices causing Potential Tourists to Stay Home?
    Urban Scooters
    Federal Support for Biofuels
    12 Tips for How to Stretch a Tank of Gas
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State
   
Vol. 2, #1
January 07
Special Events
    NOFA-VT's 25th Annual Winter Conference!
    Localvores' Summit
    December's Event Notes
    Energy Organizers' Meeting, December 6th
    Meeting with Dr. Alan K. Betts
Under the Golden Dome:
Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities (new feature on this page)
Vermont Energy Related Legislation in 2006
VPIRG Victories
80 Members of Congress Pen Letter to President Bush to Fund Renewable Energy
Tracking Legislation in Vermont

Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
        Gaye Symington:  We all have a stake...
Editorial:
Out on a Limb...
Guest Editorial:
Gaye Symington:  What DO We Want for Vermont's Energy Future?
Articles:
Climate
Governor's Commission on Climate Change Website
Senate Hearing "a Dangerous Farce"
Phone and web briefing on the findings of the Northeast Climate Impact Assessment, "Climate Change in the U.S.Northeast."
Vermont Earth Institute offers Global Warming course
Culture
New Year's Resolve - Empowerment
Vermont Campus Compact empowers campuses to find questions and answers
100 Things you can do to get Ready for Peak Oil (all year round)
Funding for Community Projects
Census Results:  Fatter, Taller and Thirstier Americans
Economy
Peak Globalization?
Energy
ACoRN Moves Forward on Local Energy Plans
Is there Power in those Old Falls?
Full text of the letter to President Bush recommending Full Funding of Renewable Energy and Efficiency Programs
Food
Tree of Life Local Food Network
Health
Peak Oil Medicine Website
Transportation
Draft Vermont Pedestrian and Bicycle Policy Plan is Completed
Update from Idle-Free Vermont
Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 2, #2
February 07
Special Events
Introducing the VPON Community Pages!
VPIRG Citizen's Meetings on Global Warming
The Food Less Traveled - NOFA-VT's 25th Annual Winter Conference
VPIRG and Vermont’s environmental community 's Citizen Action Day
Permaculture Workshop Series
Under the Golden Dome:
Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities
Clean Cities Newsletter's Policy Watch
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
"We are having FUN!"
Editorial:
Tip, tip, tip... Are we there yet?
Guest Editorial:
Vermont's Climate and Energy Action Committees - Community Activism at its Best!
Articles:
Climate
VECAN Town Energy and Climate Action Guide Available!
Vermont Legislators move Climate Change to the top of the Agenda
Top Vermont High School Students Attack Global Warming
Bush urged to support mandatory reductions in climate-changing pollution, establish reductions targets
Climate News Updates
Culture
Burlington Sustainable Living Network is born!
Post Oil Solutions - The Solution IS the Community!
The Post-Petroleum Survival Guide and Cookbook
Front Porch Forum Steaming Ahead!
Daylight Savings Time is Changing to Save Energy
Economy
Winter Business Leadership
It's Capitalism or a Habitable Planet - you can't have both (article from the UK)
Energy
Praise for Peter Welch
REV Updates
There's Heat in Them Thar Steam!
Download the Oil Depletion Protocol
Clean Cities Energy Updates
Food
2007 VT Community and School Garden Symposia  
Agriculture in a Post-Carbon Economy
Local Agricultural Community Exchange OPENING FEB. 3RD, in Barre, Vermont
New Local Foods Store in Barre
Winter Lasagne
Health
Vermont Department of Health to Award Over $1 Million to Support Local Health Prevention Programs
Peak Oil Medicine Website
Transportation
UVM Transportation Center has new Director, names Signature Projects
Update from Idle-Free Vermont
Sample "Letter to the Editor" on Idle-Reduction
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program
CarShare Resources
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 2, #3
March 07
Special Events
Featured this month on the VPON Community Pages
China in Transition:  Environmental Challenges in the Far East
This is what Democracy looks like!
2007 ADDISON COUNTY CONSERVATION CONGRESS: Fueling Our Community: Building Local, Sustainable Energy Solutions
April 14th National Global Warming Demonstration
Under the Golden Dome:
Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities
Lori Barg's testimony to VT Legislators, on Small Hydro
Let's Pass S.94 - A Bill to Expand Energy Efficiency and Job Opportunties
H.225 - The Omnibus Energy Bill
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Contact Vermont State Legislators
Live Audio Streaming of VT Legislative Proceedings
Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
Derrick Jensen:  "Because I'm in Love..."
Editorial:
We The People
Guest Editorial:
YOUR ESSAYS on Community Building and Local Democracy!
    Rob Williams:  Reviving Town Meeting:  An Interview with Susan Clark   
    Rick Scharf:  Who Will Decide?
    Colin McClung:  Town Meetings:  Doubting Thomas or Paine in the Ass?
    A Localvore's Path:  Stepping Stones to a Self-Determining Community
    Wayne Michaud:  An Idle-Free Activist is Born
    Wendy Patterson:  Chittenden South Democracy for America
    Laurie Crosby:  Making Connections
    Michael Watson:  When Everyone has Standing
Articles:
Climate
Vermont Legislative Activities pertaining to Climate Change
Confronting Climate Change: Avoiding the Unmanageable and Managing the Unavoidable (UN Report)
Oscars for Al Gore Global Warming Film
Gore Rocks on Global Warming with "Live Earth" Concert Plan
Culture
Citizen Action Day - The Home Edition
Catalogue of Films available for loan through UPPER VALLEY GROUP of the SIERRA CLUB
7 Days for the Earth (Mad River Valley)
Economy
Does Vermont have a role in solving China's problems?
How to create an efficient fossil-fuel-free economy
Energy
Citizen Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions to a Global Crisis
S. 94 could make Vermont a Leader in Energy Conservation once again
SERG Winter Updates:  tax credits, home performance services, and more.
Oil Industry Members discuss Alternatives
Federal Support for Solar --- Now's the Time to Act!!
REV Updates - added on March 9th
Food
Planetary Physicians:  Carbon Farmers of America - Right Here in Vermont!
Bees Threatened Once Again: Mystery Ailment Strikes Honeybees
Post Peak Bread Recipe!  (Localvores, take note!)
Health
Anti Viral Herbs and Natural Remedies - Things we can do for Ourselves!
Peak Oil Medicine Website
Transportation
Update from Idle-Free Vermont
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program
VTrans - Transportation Survey Results
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 2, #4
April 07
Special Events
Vermont's Energy Future
April 14th National Global Warming Demonstration
    - Action Opportunity - Step it Up, Vermont! Petition
2007 Sustainable Agriculture Semester at Sterling College
A Going Local Colloquium: “The Challenges and Opportunities in Promoting Local Food and Local Food Systems”
2007 ADDISON COUNTY CONSERVATION CONGRESS: Fueling Our Community: Building Local, Sustainable Energy Solutions
Jared Diamond: “Will Our Society Collapse?”
Under the Golden Dome:
Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities
"Much Unresolved Under Golden Dome..."
Policy Watch Updates from VT Clean Cities Program
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Contact Vermont State Legislators
Live Audio Streaming of VT Legislative Proceedings
Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
from David Orr
Editorial: 
Change the Course
Guest Editorial:
Public Transportation lacks Adequate Funding
Articles:
VPON Community Pages
From a Peak Perspective:  Articles Featured this Month on the VPON Community Pages
Climate
Vermont Legislative Activities pertaining to Climate Change
The Global Warming Survival Guide - 51 Ways to Save the Environment
Gore Warns Congress of 'Planetary Emergency'
Culture
Don't Jersey Vermont!
7 Days for the Earth (Mad River Valley)
World without Oil
Front Porch Forum continues to build Strong Neighborhoods
Leonardo DiCaprio's eco-project
Economy
Local First Vermont
Deep Economy - a new book by Bill McKibben
Energy
Monpelier Energy Forum Report
Background for Building Efficiency Bill (S.94)
    - Action Opportunity on S.94
Portland (OR) Peak Oil Report (first of its kind)
First Branch Sustainability Project Update on Solar Water Heater Campaign
Cow Power Update from CVPS
Peak Coal?
REV Updates
Food
Localvores, Local Eaters, Local Birds...
More on our friends, the Bees
Health
A Healthy Dose of Media Lit!
Peak Oil Medicine Website
Transportation
Statehouse Hearing on Support for Public Transportation (April 3rd)
Update from Idle-Free Vermont
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program
Bus Buzz
The City of Bikes
Faux News
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 2, #5
May 07
Special Events
World without Oil
Community Benefit Dance for ACoRN
Way to Go Week
Democracy School
Imagining our Common Future
REV Spring Conference
Allegheny Mountain Green Festival
Under the Golden Dome:
Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities
Policy Watch Updates from VT Clean Cities Program
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Contact Vermont State Legislators
Live Audio Streaming of VT Legislative Proceedings
Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
from Lee Iacocca
Editorial: 
Where the People Lead...
Guest Editorial:
Land, Bread and History:  A Research Report on the Potential for Food Self-Sufficiency in Vermont
Articles:
VPON Community Pages
From a Peak Perspective:  Article Featured this Month on the VPON Community Pages
Climate
Vermont Legislative Activities pertaining to Climate Change
Vermont Clean Cities Coalition Website comes on line!
Culture
Charlotte Sustainable Living Network
Will our society Collapse?
End of Paradise
Front Porch Forum continues to build Strong Neighborhoods
UVM Leading by Design
Energy
Mini hydro project seeks to unlock potential of old dam
Canada Goes Solar
Recommendations from the Portland (OR) Peak Oil Task Force Report
Green Fuels, Yellow Light Caution
City-wide Community Solar Project (Oregon)
REV Updates
Food
The State of Vermont's Bees
Eating Local this summer? 
Sky Farming?
Health
Burlington-area Plant Identification Excursions: Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants
More Plant Wisdom!
The Hesperian Foundation
Peak Oil Medicine Website
Transportation
Update from Idle-Free Vermont
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program
H.527 - The State's Transportation Program
VT Rails:  Past and Future
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 2, #6
June 07
Special Events
VPON panel at Democracy Fest
Alternative Energy Tour
Conservation and CoHousing
Foraging Workshop: Finding and Preparing Wild Spring Edibles
Under the Golden Dome:
LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESPONSES TO PEAK OIL
Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities (includes a summary of this Session's Bills and Actions)
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Contact Vermont State Legislators
Live Audio Streaming of VT Legislative Proceedings
Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
...from Wendell Berry
Editorial: 
A Great America Once Again
Guest Editorial:
Seize the Day! Brattleboro Selectboard to form Peak Oil Task Force!
Articles:
VPON Community Pages
From a Peak Perspective:  Featured this Month on the VPON Community Pages
Climate
How we address Peak Oil DOES matter!
Vermont Legislative Activities pertaining to Climate Change
Help create a more accurate carbon calculator for Vermonters!
EU Parliament Seeks "Carbon Neutral" Status
Culture
Biking Inspiration at 76!
Multi-Use Path Benefits
Pedestrian safety and AARP (Burlington)
Who's to blame?
Front Porch Forum
Economy
Green Collar Jobs?
H.433:  an act relating to the next generation initiative of workforce development through workforce development programs and internships
Vermont's Creative Economy Conference
Energy
Update (May 31) on H.520
Red Tape Runs Through It (small hydro in VT)
Clarification on H520 from Robert Dostis
Report on REV's Distributed Energy Conference
Algaepower!
Peak Oil will force changes
Montpelier Energy Team Initiatives
Energy Notes, from SERG
VCRD's Vermont Energy Digest
Political Storm over Canada's Energy Security
Food
Preserving Fossil Fuels and Nearby Farmland by Eating Locally
Who Killed the Honeybees?
This Year's VT Farmers' Markets!
Food Preparedness
Home Food Storage and Emergency Preparedness links
Land, Bread and History now archived on the VPON website.
Health
Bees Besieged
Wisdom of the Herbs School - Summer Workshops
Peak Oil Medicine Website
Transportation
Freeride Bike Co-op opens in Montpelier
Update from Idle-Free Vermont
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program
Hybrid Expansion
Burlington Bike Ferry Gets Approval For Limited Expansion On the Causeway
Local Town Trail Committees
June 06 Transportation Issue - Biking!
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 2, #7
September 07
Special Events
Search Feature added to VPON site!
Fourth Annual Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions
Northeast Animal-Power Field Days Trade Fair & Conference
Under the Golden Dome:
When (and how) to Lobby your Legislator
Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Contact Vermont State Legislators
Live Audio Streaming of VT Legislative Proceedings
Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
from Winslow Myers, retired VT teacher
Editorial: 
A Greener Mountain State
Guest Editorial:
Funding Efficiency
VPON Community Pages
From a Peak Perspective:  Featured this Month on the VPON Community Pages
Articles
Climate
Vermont Legislative Activities Pertaining to Climate Change
1 Million Deaths from Climate Change, and counting...
Culture
Imagine if... a response to the "Imagining Our Common Future" Conference
What a Way to Go documentary gives Vermonters pause...
The New Village Green
Shelburne Orchards is creating a movie!
How to talk to Homer Simpson about Peak Oil
Real Time Peak Oil Chat
Play Peak Oil Before You Live It (comments on this spring's World Without Oil alternative reality endeavor)
Front Porch Forum
Economy
VCRD's "Advancing Vermont's Creative Economy" Conference
Women's Ag Network's "Growing Places"
Lite Green, Bright Green?
Energy
The Vermont Energy Digest
VT Biofuels Sales Increase
VBA Project:  Feed and Fuel
Hydro projects receive preliminary OK
Otter Creek hydro proposal dries up
Efficiency Vermont can help Farmers
Energy Updates from Vermont Clean Cities
ASPO-USA comments on the National Petroleum Council's report on energy consumption.
Canaries in the Coal (er, oil) Mines...
Food
Share the Harvest
Putting Up the Harvest
Vermont Farmer's Markets
Ferrisburgh bakery rises to challenge
Sustainable Ag Scholarship
Health
Coal is not the answer
Peak Oil and Dentistry
Peak Oil Medicine Website
Transportation
Vermont Clean Cities 2007 Transportation Energy Report
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities
Update from Idle-Free Vermont
Close the Gaps Campaign
Donate that old bike!
Craigslist:  Ridesharing!
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 2, #8
October 07
Special Events
Peak Everything
Fourth Annual Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions
3rd Annual Vermont Biodiesel Workshop - Delivering An Affordable Energy Solution
The Vermont International Film Festival
Clean Air, Cool Planet Conference (NH)
The 2007 Renewable Energy Vermont Conference
Under the Golden Dome:
Vermont wins emissions case
Preview of upcoming VT House priorities
Democratic Presidential Candidates on Energy and Climate Change
This is what democracy looks like!
Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Contact Vermont State Legislators
Live Audio Streaming of VT Legislative Proceedings
Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
Community and colleagial relationships...
Editorial: 
An Ark for Noah
Guest Editorial:
No Holiday for Energy Slaves
VPON Community Pages
From a Peak Perspective:  Featured this Month on the VPON Community Pages
Articles
Climate
The National Conversation on Climate Action - Join the Conversation
Vermont Legislative Activities Pertaining to Climate Change
Smart Growth great antidote to Climate Change and Peak Oil
Global Warming... two stories, courtesy Climate Today
Culture
The End is Nigh:  Be Positive
Peak Oil, Carrying Capacity and Overshoot: Population, the Elephant in the Room
Peak Oil and Population
The Right to Dry
A fossil-fuel-free localvore vacation in VT
Thoughts on The 11th Hour
The Chelsea Green Guides
Front Porch Forum
Economy
The Invisible (work-gloved) Hand:  District seeks ways to cut Trash
Want Not, Waste Not!
Vermont Freedom Currency -- a proposal
Sustainable Community Grants
Energy
We are all Peakists now... interview with James Schlesinger
Vt. renewable energy focus urged in report; up to 6,000 jobs seen
Vermont's Electrical Energy Future... Citizen Input Requested!
The Myths of Biofuels (DVD)
VT Small Hydro Video on the Web
Why Hydro?
Updates from Sustainable Energy Resource Group (SERG)
Scudder Parker on Achieving Efficiency
Blair Hamilton on Efficiency
Ken Jones... A Montpelier Energy Co Op
Energy Updates from Vermont Clean Cities
A Drive toward Fuel Economy
Food
We can't afford not to eat locally
The Challenges of Growing Wheat in VT
Organic Farming contributes to mitigating the impact of Global Warming
Famous Last Words...
Urban Farming Tips and Tricks
Windam Localvores make Harvest Challenge fun
My Empire of Dirt
VT's Farmers' Markets
Health
Health of a Nation
Health, Population and Peak Oil
Peak Oil Medicine Website
Transportation
Local Group Launches “Cool Ways to Go” Campaign
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities
Update from Idle-Free Vermont
Craigslist Rideshare
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State

Vol. 2, #9
November 07
Special Events
Education in the New Environmental Economy
Step It Up 2
Measures of Sustainability in the Built Environment
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION 2007 CONFERENCE Mobilizing the Grassroots for a Greener Vermont
Democracy and Sustainable Communities
Vermont Planners Conference
Plan Ahead: NOFA VT Winter Conference!
Under the Golden Dome:
Democratic presidential candidates on energy and climate change, Part 1
Democratic presidential candidates on energy and climate change, Part 2
Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Contact Vermont State Legislators
Live Audio Streaming of VT Legislative Proceedings
Tracking National Legislation
Quote of the Month: 
David Suzuki
Editorial: 
Melting the Ice in the Heart of Man
Guest Editorial:
North American Natural Gas and the Vermont Electricity Debate
VPON Community Pages
From a Peak Perspective:  Featured this Month on the VPON Community Pages
Articles
Climate
Vermont Natural Resources Council - Update on Gov's Commission on Climate Change
Vermont State Employees Credit Union encourages members to "Idle-Free"
VPON FLASHBACK:  A review of Monbiot's "Heat" and applicability for Vermont
Earth Under Fire
Culture
Who's a Leader?  Step It Up and McKibben's new book
Winooski infill development continues
Economy
Inventing a Virtual Think Tank for the Transition to a Relocalized Economy
Living Paycheck to Paycheck gets harder (from AP wire)
Business Idle Free Campaign
Vermonter Dave Blittersdorf addresses US Senate
Thousands of Vermonters to receive help with heating bills
Energy
VPON FLASHBACK: Winter Weatherization Tips
SERG Weatherization Workshops
Vermont's Energy Future
VT Biofuels:  Made (and used) in Vermont
Vermont Clean Cities Updates
Peak Oil: Alternatives, Renewables, and Impacts
Solar takes off with US power supply deal
How has "Ausra" solved the problem of storing sunshine?
Presidential Candidates weigh in on Energy Policy (with link to comparision chart)
Food
NOFA VT reports increase in winter CSAs and Farmers' Markets
Current Use Task Force Update
The Food Hub
The Gardener's Year: Planning the Garden
Rural Vermont's Food Tastings and Film Screenings
VT Foodbank Network Partner Program
Ten Reasons to buy Local Food
VPON FLASHBACK:  Land, Bread and History
VPON FLASHBACK:  Measuring and Understanding Local Foods:  The Timmons Report
Health
Journal of the American Medical Assocation on Peak Oil and Public Health
Senate Boosts Community Health Centers, Sanders Envisions Service Throughout Vermont
Wisdom of the Herbs School - Winter Programs
Energy Bulletin health-related articles
Peak Oil Medicine Website
Transportation
Updates from VT Clean Cities
Petro Consumption per Day (worldwide)
As the Crow Flies:  Reports from Around the State