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Index 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
Guest
EditorialEducating State and Local Leaders on Peak Oil "And if you were the Mayor of Burlington..." Letter to a Representative Where
Are We and How Do We
Go On From Here?
Editorial
What's
a Mother to Do?
ArticlesLocalvores:
A Winter
Challenge
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports
from Around the StateCan Vermont Feed Itself? Alternatives: MCTV - Broadcasting for the Rest of Us Ready, Set… Now What Do We Do? Creating a Peak Oil Response Group Columns Doctor
Gloom's Soapbox
Quote
of the
Month: from
"In Praise of
Oil", by Betsy HartSpecial
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
MonthThe right to know is a cornerstone of
our
democracy...
EditorialA Measured Dose of Hopefulness
Guest
EditorialAn 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 StateColumns 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 StateColumns 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 DomeThis Year's VT Legislative
Accomplishments
Creative Economy to be tracked and
developed in
Vermont
Tracking Legislation in Vermont
Quote
of the
MonthJason Bradford: No Time to
Mess Around
And Giving us Pause: Post
Oil:
Zero Money and
Zero Growth
EditorialA Ways to Go
Guest
EditorialAn 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 DomeScudder 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
MonthFrom "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
CultureGlobal 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) Project
Funding Opportunities
EnergyFarmer to Classroom Correspondence Program Local First Vermont! Holiday Gift Ideas... Good Neighbors Cut Petroleum Use Burlington Currency Project Interest Free Loans
Interview with Netaka White of Vermont
Biofuels
(courtesy Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund)
FoodOn-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 Fifty
Million Farmers (Richard Heinberg,
courtesy
Energy Bulletin)
HealthMeasuring 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 Peak Oil
Medicine Website
Transportation Update
from Idle Free Vermont
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports from Around the StateDraft 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 Vol. 2, #1 January 07 Special Events
NOFA-VT's
25th Annual Winter Conference!
Under
the Golden Dome: Localvores' Summit December's Event Notes Energy Organizers' Meeting, December 6th Meeting with Dr. Alan K. Betts Weekly
Energy Related Legislative Activities (new feature
on this page)
Quote
of the Month: 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 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
CultureSenate 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 New
Year's Resolve - Empowerment
EconomyVermont 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 Peak
Globalization?
EnergyACoRN
Moves Forward on Local Energy Plans
FoodIs there Power in those Old Falls? Full text of the letter to President Bush recommending Full Funding of Renewable Energy and Efficiency Programs Tree
of Life Local Food Network
HealthPeak
Oil Medicine Website
TransportationDraft
Vermont Pedestrian and Bicycle Policy Plan is
Completed
As
the Crow Flies: Reports from Around the StateUpdate from Idle-Free Vermont Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program Vol. 2, #2 February 07 Special Events Introducing the
VPON Community Pages!
Under
the
Golden Dome: 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 Weekly Energy
Related Legislative Activities
Quote
of the
Month: Clean Cities Newsletter's Policy Watch Tracking Legislation in Vermont Tracking National Legislation "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!
CultureVermont 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 Burlington
Sustainable Living Network is
born!
EconomyPost 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 Winter Business
Leadership
EnergyIt's Capitalism or a Habitable Planet - you can't have both (article from the UK) Praise for Peter
Welch
FoodREV Updates There's Heat in Them Thar Steam! Download the Oil Depletion Protocol Clean Cities Energy Updates 2007 VT Community
and School Garden
Symposia
HealthAgriculture in a Post-Carbon Economy Local Agricultural Community Exchange OPENING FEB. 3RD, in Barre, Vermont New Local Foods Store in Barre Winter Lasagne Vermont
Department of Health to Award Over
$1 Million to Support Local
Health Prevention Programs
TransportationPeak Oil Medicine Website UVM
Transportation Center has new Director,
names Signature Projects
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports from Around the StateUpdate from Idle-Free Vermont Sample "Letter to the Editor" on Idle-Reduction Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program CarShare Resources Vol. 2, #3 March 07 Special Events Featured this
month on the VPON Community
Pages
Under
the
Golden Dome: 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 Weekly Energy
Related Legislative Activities
Quote
of the
Month: 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 Derrick
Jensen: "Because I'm in
Love..."
Editorial:
We The People
Guest
Editorial:YOUR ESSAYS on
Community Building and Local
Democracy!
Articles: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 Climate Vermont
Legislative Activities pertaining
to Climate Change
CultureConfronting 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 Citizen Action
Day - The Home Edition
EconomyCatalogue of Films available for loan through UPPER VALLEY GROUP of the SIERRA CLUB 7 Days for the Earth (Mad River Valley) Does Vermont have
a role in solving China's
problems?
EnergyHow to create an efficient fossil-fuel-free economy Citizen Powered
Energy Handbook: Community
Solutions to a Global Crisis
FoodS. 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 Planetary
Physicians: Carbon
Farmers of America - Right Here
in
Vermont!
HealthBees Threatened Once Again: Mystery Ailment Strikes Honeybees Post Peak Bread Recipe! (Localvores, take note!) Anti Viral Herbs
and Natural Remedies -
Things we can do for Ourselves!
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports from Around the StatePeak Oil Medicine Website Transportation Update from Idle-Free Vermont Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program VTrans - Transportation Survey Results Vol. 2, #4 April 07 Special Events Vermont's Energy
Future
Under
the
Golden Dome: 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?” Weekly Energy
Related Legislative Activities
Quote
of the
Month: "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 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
ClimateVermont
Legislative Activities pertaining
to Climate Change
CultureThe Global Warming Survival Guide - 51 Ways to Save the Environment Gore Warns Congress of 'Planetary Emergency' Don't Jersey
Vermont!
Economy7 Days for the Earth (Mad River Valley) World without Oil Front Porch Forum continues to build Strong Neighborhoods Leonardo DiCaprio's eco-project Local First
Vermont
EnergyDeep Economy - a new book by Bill McKibben Monpelier Energy
Forum Report
FoodBackground 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 Localvores, Local
Eaters, Local Birds...
HealthMore on our friends, the Bees A Healthy Dose of
Media Lit!
TransportationPeak Oil Medicine Website Statehouse
Hearing on Support for Public
Transportation (April 3rd)
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports from Around the StateUpdate from Idle-Free Vermont Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program Bus Buzz The City of Bikes Faux News Vol. 2, #5 May 07 Special Events World without Oil
Under
the
Golden Dome: Community Benefit Dance for ACoRN Way to Go Week Democracy School Imagining our Common Future REV Spring Conference Allegheny Mountain Green Festival Weekly Energy
Related Legislative Activities
Quote
of the
Month: 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 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
ClimateVermont
Legislative Activities pertaining
to Climate Change
CultureVermont Clean Cities Coalition Website comes on line! Charlotte
Sustainable Living Network
EnergyWill our society Collapse? End of Paradise Front Porch Forum continues to build Strong Neighborhoods UVM Leading by Design Mini hydro
project seeks to unlock
potential of old dam
FoodCanada 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 The State of
Vermont's Bees
HealthEating Local this summer? Sky Farming? Burlington-area
Plant Identification
Excursions: Edible and Medicinal
Wild Plants
TransportationMore Plant Wisdom! The Hesperian Foundation Peak Oil Medicine Website Update from
Idle-Free Vermont
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports from Around the State
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Program H.527 - The State's Transportation Program VT Rails: Past and Future Vol. 2, #6 June 07 Special Events VPON panel at
Democracy Fest
Under
the
Golden Dome: Alternative Energy Tour Conservation and CoHousing Foraging Workshop: Finding and Preparing Wild Spring Edibles LOCAL GOVERNMENT
RESPONSES TO PEAK OIL
Quote
of the
Month: 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 ...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
ClimateHow we address
Peak Oil DOES matter!
CultureVermont Legislative Activities pertaining to Climate Change Help create a more accurate carbon calculator for Vermonters! EU Parliament Seeks "Carbon Neutral" Status Biking
Inspiration at 76!
EconomyMulti-Use Path Benefits Pedestrian safety and AARP (Burlington) Who's to blame? Front Porch Forum Green Collar Jobs?
EnergyH.433: an act relating to the next generation initiative of workforce development through workforce development programs and internships Vermont's Creative Economy Conference Update (May 31)
on H.520
FoodRed 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 Preserving Fossil
Fuels and Nearby Farmland
by Eating Locally
HealthWho 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. Bees Besieged
TransportationWisdom of the Herbs School - Summer Workshops Peak Oil Medicine Website Freeride Bike
Co-op opens in Montpelier
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports from Around the State
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! Vol. 2, #7 September 07 Special Events Search Feature
added to VPON site!
Under
the
Golden Dome: Fourth Annual Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions Northeast Animal-Power Field Days Trade Fair & Conference When (and how) to
Lobby your Legislator
Quote
of the
Month: Weekly Energy Related Legislative Activities Tracking Legislation in Vermont Contact Vermont State Legislators Live Audio Streaming of VT Legislative Proceedings Tracking National Legislation from Winslow
Myers, retired VT teacher
Editorial:
A Greener
Mountain State
Guest
Editorial:Funding Efficiency
VPON
Community
PagesFrom a Peak
Perspective: Featured
this Month on the VPON
Community Pages
ArticlesClimate Vermont
Legislative Activities Pertaining
to Climate Change
Culture1 Million Deaths from Climate Change, and counting... Imagine if... a
response to the "Imagining
Our Common Future" Conference
EconomyWhat 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 VCRD's "Advancing
Vermont's Creative
Economy" Conference
EnergyWomen's Ag Network's "Growing Places" Lite Green, Bright Green? The Vermont
Energy Digest
FoodVT 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... Share the Harvest
HealthPutting Up the Harvest Vermont Farmer's Markets Ferrisburgh bakery rises to challenge Sustainable Ag Scholarship Coal is not the
answer
TransportationPeak Oil and Dentistry Peak Oil Medicine Website Vermont Clean
Cities 2007 Transportation
Energy Report
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports from Around the State
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Update from Idle-Free Vermont Close the Gaps Campaign Donate that old bike! Craigslist: Ridesharing! Vol. 2, #8 October 07 Special Events Peak Everything
Under
the
Golden Dome: 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 Vermont wins
emissions case
Quote
of the
Month: 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 Community and
colleagial relationships...
Editorial:
An Ark for Noah
Guest
Editorial:No Holiday for
Energy Slaves
VPON
Community
PagesFrom a Peak
Perspective: Featured
this Month on the VPON
Community Pages
ArticlesClimate The National
Conversation on Climate Action
- Join the Conversation
CultureVermont Legislative Activities Pertaining to Climate Change Smart Growth great antidote to Climate Change and Peak Oil Global Warming... two stories, courtesy Climate Today The End is
Nigh: Be Positive
EconomyPeak 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 The Invisible
(work-gloved) Hand:
District seeks ways to cut
Trash
EnergyWant Not, Waste Not! Vermont Freedom Currency -- a proposal Sustainable Community Grants We are all
Peakists now... interview with
James Schlesinger
FoodVt. 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 We can't afford
not to eat locally
HealthThe 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 of a Nation
TransportationHealth, Population and Peak Oil Peak Oil Medicine Website Local Group
Launches “Cool Ways
to Go” Campaign
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports from Around the State
Transportation Updates from Vermont Clean Cities Update from Idle-Free Vermont Craigslist Rideshare Vol. 2, #9 November 07 Special Events Education in the
New Environmental Economy
Under
the
Golden Dome: 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! Democratic
presidential candidates on
energy and climate change, Part 1
Quote
of the
Month: 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 David Suzuki
Editorial:
Melting the Ice
in the Heart of Man
Guest
Editorial:North American
Natural Gas and the Vermont
Electricity Debate
VPON
Community
PagesFrom a Peak
Perspective: Featured
this Month on the VPON
Community Pages
ArticlesClimate Vermont Natural
Resources Council - Update
on Gov's Commission on
Climate Change
CultureVermont State Employees Credit Union encourages members to "Idle-Free" VPON FLASHBACK: A review of Monbiot's "Heat" and applicability for Vermont Earth Under Fire Who's a
Leader? Step It Up and
McKibben's new book
EconomyWinooski infill development continues Inventing a
Virtual Think Tank for the
Transition to a Relocalized
Economy
EnergyLiving 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 VPON FLASHBACK:
Winter Weatherization Tips
FoodSERG 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) NOFA VT reports
increase in winter CSAs and
Farmers' Markets
HealthCurrent 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 Journal of the
American Medical Assocation
on Peak Oil and Public Health
TransportationSenate 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 Updates from VT
Clean Cities
As
the Crow
Flies: Reports from Around the StatePetro Consumption per Day (worldwide) |