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Annual Meeting
Cultivating Climate Resilience Conference 2016
An Education Summit for Empowerment & Action
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Montpelier High School – Montpelier, Vermont
Keynote Speaker: Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, Vermont State Climatologist & Chair of the Department of Geography at the University of Vermont
~~Registration information coming soon!~~
Today’s environmental educators must address climate change. This deeply complex global issue is the context for every lesson we teach, whether we make it explicit or not. Furthermore, our audiences are looking for guidance to help them navigate the decisions that must be made by individuals, communities, countries, and the world at large. We have the opportunity to step up as leaders in this arena, and many of us feel a responsibility to do so.
As one of the six member states in NEEEA, SWEEP has received an EPA grant to advance climate change education. With these funds, SWEEP will profile selected schools that are implementing climate resilience practices (such as solar panels and energy efficiency measures) and teaching climate resilience curricula to their students. A sub-grant will go to Shelburne Farms to find these schools and write a case study on each.These school stories will be featured at theCultivating Climate Resilience Conference in April 2016 to inspire climate resilience actions in other schools across the state and the broader region.
Through this work, SWEEP will elevate the conversation about climate change and energize action to address it. This initiative needs a cohesive, motivated network of Vermont educators ready to get to work. Please join our effort!
For more information, contact Conference Coordinator Bethany Powers.
For more information: https://vermontsweep.org/index.php/conference/climate-conference-2016
Come and learn the tracks and signs of many common Vermont mammals. National Park Service Science Communication Specialist Ed Sharron will guide a snowshoeing experience. Co-sponsored by Vermont Coverts and the Vermont Woodlands Association.
Parking available at the Billings Farm & Museum parking lot across the street.
Register here: https://demhs.vermont.gov/content/disasterlan
Concerned about RAP’s?
For more information and to RSVP: https://www.ruralvermont.org/events-rv/small-farm-days/?utm_source=1%2F27%2F16+Update+-+SFADs%2C+NOFA%2C+issue+updates&utm_campaign=1-27-16+Email+Update+-+SFAD&utm_medium=email
Register here: https://demhs.vermont.gov/content/disasterlan-thetford
See attached course announcement for upcoming Traffic Incident Management courses. The Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Vermont State Police will be hosting an Incident Management Responder Training for road crews, law enforcement, firefighters, towing & wrecker operators, medical personnel and other emergency responders together to engage in various interactive, hands‐on incident resolution exercises. For further information, regarding TIM please check out the website, https://vsp.vermont.gov/trafficsafety/tim.
Traffic Incident Management – 03/03/16 – 6:00pm – 9:00pm – Northfield Fire Station, Northfield, VT – https://demhs.vermont.gov/content/traffic-incident-management-northfield
Traffic Incident Management – 03/29/16 – 6:00pm – 9:00pm – Groton Fire Station, Groton, VT – https://demhs.vermont.gov/content/traffic-incident-management-groton
To register for a specific TIM course:
- DEMHS General Registration form attached.
- Scan to Homeland Security Training Coordinator at [email protected].
If you are interested in hosting a TIM course, please contact [email protected].
For further training opportunities check out the Vermont Training Calendar, https://demhs.vermont.gov/calendar
Thank you,
Homeland Security Training Coordinator
SAA Point of Contact / State Training Officer
Department of Public Safety
Division of Emergency Management & Homeland Security
45 State Drive
Waterbury, VT 05671 – 1300
This exciting new program will provide technical assistance and up to $5,000 of additional incentives (beyond the $2,500 available from Efficiency Vermont for home weatherization) to help former CVPS customers incorporate heat pumps, modern wood heat and solar electricity into comprehensive home energy projects that reduce overall energy use by 50% or more.
Organizers from the Vermont Building Performance Professionals Association will describe the program and incentives at a forum Wednesday March 9, 6:30 to 8pm at the Thetford Center Community Center. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served.
Bob Walker is happy to work with any former CVPS territory towns to help get the word out about this exciting program. If you or someone from your energy committee can make it to this forum on March 9th it would be a great introduction to the program for you.
You can learn more about the program at https://www.zen-vt.com For more information about the ZEN program contact 802-447-5249 or [email protected].
Thank you to everyone who attended the fourth presentation in the Act 64 Brown Bag Lecture Series that took place two weeks ago. We have passed the halfway point in the series, with three presentations still to come. For a copy of the Act 64 Brown Bag Lecture Series schedule please email [email protected]
The next presentation will be on Thursday March 10th from 11:00-12:00pm in the Winooski Room at the Department of Environmental Conservation. If you can not make it in person, feel free to join online using this link: tinyurl.com/CWI-BrownBag-5 *the link will become active the day of the presentation
In case you missed the presentation on February 11th, you can now view it on YouTube.
You are invited to a meeting to learn about forest blocks and important areas for wildlife habitat connectivity in the “Green Mountains to Upper Valley Linkage” region. (See below for towns included in this region)
Thursday, March 10 | 6:30 – 8:00 PM
Bethel White Church |129 Church Street
Ecologists and natural resource professionals will share:
- the latest science on priority conservation areas;
- land use and conservation strategies for towns and local groups;
- resources that are available to help.
The meeting will also include a conversation on the status of your planning efforts at the local and regional level for forests and wildlife. Come prepared to share what you are working on!
Towns in this region include: Barnard, Bethel, Bradford, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Chelsea, Corinth, Fairlee, Hartford, Hartland, Killington, Norwich, Pittsfield, Pomfret, Rochester, Royalton, Sharon, Stockbridge, Strafford, Thetford, Tunbridge, Vershire, Washington, West Fairlee, Williamstown, Woodstock
The meeting is sponsored by the Staying Connected Initiative and the
Green Mountain National Forest.