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There has long been a connection between spirituality and ecology.
Many religious leaders see the environment as a gateway to the divine, and recently, with global climate change so much in the headlines, congregations are starting to take action.
In Vermont, it is not uncommon to see churches of all stripes incorporating ecological ministries into their broader faith missions. One local church has taken its responsibility to the environment to a higher level. At All Souls Interfaith Gathering in Shelburne, the environment is as much a focal point as spiritual growth.
All Souls' environmental bent has garnered a great deal of national media attention since it opened its new green church building in late 2007. With its bamboo flooring, compact fluorescent lighting, pellet furnace and locally harvested wood, the church is a model of walking the talk. "CBS Sunday Morning" is planning a feature on the church and USAToday called it "one of the greenest churches in one of the greenest states," in a recent article on the congregation.
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Burlington EcoInfo Project's
goal is to provide public access to clearly communicated, time-relevant (timely or real-time), useful, and accurate environmental monitoring data in an ongoing and sustainable manner. This two-year pilot project, made possible by funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will enable residents and policymakers alike to have expanded access to important environmental information, providing for improved decision-making.
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Chittenden Solid Waste District
mission is to provide efficient, economical, and environmentally sound management of solid waste generated by residents and businesses within its seventeen member towns and cities. Each member municipality appoints a representative and alternate to serve on the Board of Commissioners. This Board sets policy and makes major decisions for CSWD. Chittenden Solid Waste District is divided in to five main departments: Administration, Finance, Facilities, Unregulated Hazardous Waste, and Waste Reduction. There are 33 CSWD employees in a wide variety of full time and part time positions.
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A long-running conflict between Vermont developers and environmentalists is heating up again.
Despite the passage of a new storm water law that had the backing of both sides, a new fight has erupted over Vermont's controversial permitting process.
There were two developments this week that point to more conflict to come. Backers of the Circumferential highway won at least a technical victory when the Water Resources Board tossed out an appeal by the Conservation Law Foundation which has tried to stop the road. On another battle front, CLF and the Vermont Natural Resources Council appealed the first of four new blanket permits known as general watershed improvement permits.
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Act 250 Clashes With Affordable Housing.
Ever since Vermont's landmark environmental law, Act 250, was passed over thirty years ago, developers have complained that the process is over cumbersome and time-consuming. But it's not just big-money, commercial projects that run aground in development review process. Even builders of affordable housing are sometimes frustrated by Act 250. ... The rules limit the number of units that can built by a single developer, within a five-mile radius within five years, without an Act 250 review. That would appear to include a duplex built in 1999, also by Habitat for Humanity, close enough to the proposed Venus Ave. development to be considered part of the same project. The duplex would bring the total number of units to ten, just enough to require 250. But affordable housing advocates are expected to mount a challenge, possibly even seek a change in the law.
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Composting in Chittenden County may not be dead yet.
The Chittenden Solid Waste District says it is considering taking over the doomed Intervale Compost operation in Burlington, for at least two years.
The nonprofit center processes nearly 20,000 tons of yard waste, food scraps and horse manure every year, but it now cannot afford the work necessary to obtain a land use permit.
Solid Waste manager Tom Moreau says the district must keep organic waste out of landfills.
... Moreau says many questions still need to be answered, but if things work out the Chittenden Solid Waste District would rent the compost land from the Intervale Center and would hire a private company to operate the facility.
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Crane Associates
was built on the belief that environmental quality and economic development are not mutually exclusive. A quality environment attracts quality employers and a strong workforce. When a community enhances its quality of life by improving recreation opportunities, building affordable housing, or revitalizing its downtown it creates communal assets that invite private investments.
Crane Associates is committed to helping communities find their unique assets and build upon them to achieve their goals. We conduct extensive research. We dig well beyond standard data sources, hold lengthy interviews with those affected and uncover the underlying sources of conflicts and solutions.
Crane Associates is owned by two principals with over 30 years of combined experience. We also rely on a core group of consulting partners who offer our clients specific technical services on demand.
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For the past year, the state undertook a project to find out exactly what Vermonters think
about possible sources of electric power in the future.
Watts helped put together the UVM event. The process, known as deliberative polling, looked at energy options, including small renewables like wind and solar, as well as large sources like Hydro Quebec and Vermont Yankee nuclear.
Nuclear has been controversial for decades, drawing periodic protests. The polling found a nearly fifty-fifty split in support versus non-support. Dottie Schnure of Green Mountain Power Corporation says while nuclear remains a divisive issue, the idea of small renewables is popular.
The poll showed heavy support for wind -- even if a project were visible from a person's home. The people who were polled indicated that they would be willing to spend somewhat more for renewables even though wind power in particular is not as reliable -- when the wind stops blowing.
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IBM Essex Junction, VT Plant Honored With 2004 Dirty Dozen Award.
Charging that IBM does not adequately protect their employees, their families and the community at large from dangerous solvents and chemicals used in the manufacturing process, the Alliance / CWA Local 1701 joined the Toxics Action Center to present the company with a 2004 Dirty Dozen Award. The Alliance is an alternative union campaign representing IBM employees across the United States, and the Toxics Action Center is a New England-based environmental group. They were joined by a representative of the Vermont Workers’ Center / Jobs with Justice and the Political Director of the Vermont State Labor Council. The Alliance was represented by Earl Mongeon, an IBM employee and leader of the Vermont chapter of the Alliance, and Rick White, a long-term Alliance activist who is deeply involved in the struggle against toxic contamination in Endicott, NY, the birthplace of IBM.
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IBM has been awarded the 2000 Vermont Governor's Award for Environmental
Excellence in Pollution Prevention in the large business category. The Burlington site has received this award in each of the eight years it has been given. The award recognizes individuals, organizations and businesses for using innovative approaches to protect the state's environment through pollution prevention initiatives. -- end --
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Intervale Center
supports financially viable and environmentally sustainable agriculture. We manage 354 acres of farmland, nursery, compost production, trails, and wildlife corridors along the Winooski River in Burlington, Vermont, and we share what we do and what we learn with others around the state and throughout the world.
Our MissionTo develop farm-and land-based enterprises that generate economic and social opportunity while protecting natural resources.
The Big PictureAs people disconnect from active lifestyles, nutritious food, and the natural world, they become less healthy. Community fabric becomes frayed. Food producers struggle financially while people nearby consume highly processed food products with minimal nutritional value manufactured in distant facilities.
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Opposing groups involved in Vermont's stormwater runoff dispute gathered
in the same room today. The stormwater summit was organized by the Water Resources Board in hopes of resolving a standoff that threatens to delay or even kill several major development projects -- leaving polluted waters with no cleanup plan.
They all packed into the Burlington boat house, where the board spent the day putting together an agenda for its own docket on the stormwater permit system. Unlike quasi-judicial rule-making procedures or contested cases that end with a decision, board chairman David Blythe said the hearings will be run on an informal basis. Two or three additional meetings will be scheduled before the board prepares a report to the legislature later this fall.
Blythe said the panel wants to shift the stormwater debate from litigation and appeals to a workable system that cleans up Vermont's "impaired" rivers and streams. Two officials from the federal "Environmental Protection Agency" will serve as mediators and facilitators.
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Recycling fees have been dropped.
Starting today, recycling those metal soup cans, empty milk jugs, old newspaper and other detritus that collects around the house will cost nothing.
Recycling is mandatory in Chittenden County, but until Thursday it often came at a small cost. For instance, a person showing up at a Chittenden Solid Waste Drop Off Center paid a fee of 50 cents to deposit a blue bin full of recyclables.
Now the same blue bin full of stuff costs nothing.
The district can drop the fees because it is getting far more money than it used to as it sells the material it collects from people who recycle, said Clare Innes, marketing and communications coordinator for the Chittenden Solid Waste District. For instance, the district received a ton for steel five years ago. The same amount of steel now commands , Innes said. The plastic from milk jugs brought in a ton five years ago. Now, a ton of the plastic brings about , she said.
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Reducing Pollutants in Lake Champlain is possible.
The Burlington Bay project found that phosphorus is the biggest pollutant flowing into Lake Champlain.
The group says much of that water pollution is washing off city lawns and gardens, not country farms. ... Storm water carries oil, grease and lawn fertilizer into the Lake. A former head of the Environmental Protection Agency, visiting Vermont, says cleaning up water should be a main environmental goal in the country. ... Many farmers have already reduced their runoff by putting up fences and adding vegetation. City residents can also help. First try use fertilizer and pesticides only on the spots needed on your lawn. Also edge your garden to help stop erosion. And clean up gasoline or paint spills in your driveway before they wash away down the road.
The study found that overall lake Champlain is very clean, the recommended measures will just help insure it stays that way.
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Shelburne Farms
is a membership-supported, nonprofit environmental education center and National Historic Landmark on the shores of Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. Our mission is to cultivate a conservation ethic. Schoolchildren, adults, educators and families come here to learn, while casual visitors may enjoy the walking trails, children’s farmyard, inn, restaurant, property tours and special events. The farm serves as an educational resource by practicing rural land use that is environmentally, economically and culturally sustainable.
Shelburne Farms was created in 1886 by William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb as a model agricultural estate. In 1972, it was founded as an educational nonprofit. Our nearly 400 acres of sustainably managed woodlands received Green Certification from the Forest Stewardship Council in 1998. Our grass-based dairy supports a herd of 125 purebred, registered Brown Swiss cows.
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Shred-Ex
is a locally owned and operated document destruction company servicing Vermont. Shred-Ex is a member of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID).
The team at ShredEx provides a cost-effective mobile document destruction service for your confidential information in a professional and environmentally responsible manner. You can count on ShredEx to be customer oriented, friendly and courteous, and to meet your specific document destruction needs. ShredEx will always go the “extra mile” to ensure that you are completely satisfied.
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The Intervale Center in Burlington has decided to close down its composting operation.
The Center says it simply cannot afford to comply with environmental standards.
The Agency of Natural Resources ruled that the Intervale Center's composting facility needs an Act 250 land use permit. On Tuesday, the board that oversees the non-profit organization decided it just could not afford it.
Perkins says the cost of going through Act 250 would run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Intervale Center agreed to phase out its composting operation after the state Attorney General's office sent a letter, dated Jan. 30, threatening enforcement action. A phase-out leaves one more season for composting -- and begs the question: where would an operation like this be moved?
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The record warm temperatures are causing a buildup of air pollution in some of area's valleys.
Weather experts said that when warm air hovers over snow-covered ground, it causes stagnant air to build up, trapping emissions from wood stoves, vehicles and machinery.
The Department of "Environmental Conservation" said it is asking owners of wood-fired boilers to restrict their use during these times.
The Natural Resources Agency said pollution concentrations could increase especially in Rutland, and other valley areas in southern Vermont where air remains calm.
The air quality were expected to increase Tuesday evening, when the wind speeds increase.
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Vermont's most aggressive environmental group is taking on
the state's largest private employer. The Conservation Law Foundation accuses IBM of dumping toxic chemicals into the Winooski river.
... CLF's Robert Moore told a hearing of the Vermont department of environmental conservation. IBM is applying to renew a five-year permit covering all of its water discharges -- including water from manufacturing and storm water runoff.
The CLF says the state allows IBM to dump more than fifty tons of heavy metals into the Winooski river every year. That angers environmental activists who staged a press conference on the bank of the river. Joining the CLF were representatives of the Vermont Natural Resources Council, the Sierra Club and Vermonters for a Clean Environment. Other groups supporting the effort include the Vermont Public Interest Research Group and the National Wildlife Federation.
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With the support of the city and the University of Vermont,
a group of Burlington residents hope to launch a car-sharing network here later this year. Members would pay a monthly fee, then an hourly rental rate and mileage charge to use cars scattered through city neighborhoods.
Car-sharing, an entirely new concept in rural Vermont, is an established business in Europe and a burgeoning movement in the U.S. because it allows city dwellers to avoid the costs and hassles of owning a car.
The purpose is to save members money, to benefit the environment by reducing the number of miles driven and, in some cases, to make cars more available to low-income families.
In Burlington, unlike large cities, many households will still want to own one car for daily commutes and the like, Bourdon said, but car-sharing might allow them to avoid owning a second car.
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Young Artists and Educators
(YAE) is a program of Very Special Arts Vermont in partnership with the Lake Champlain Basin Science Center. We are a group of high school students who study the "environment" through art and teach younger kids about what we learn.
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