Technology

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 12/02/2010

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies help improve communication between the citizens of Burlington and City government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Ward 6 meets the first Thursday of the month. Meeting place: Greek Orthodox Church 600 South Willard Street.

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Smart Grid 101: What Does It Mean for Vermont? 11/30/2010

Smart Grid is coming to Vermont. Do you know what it is and how it will impact our state? Potentially, Smart Grid will mean better electric service and provide customers with opportunities to reduce their carbon footprint and their electric bills. The addition of high speed information and communication technology to the electric grid will change the way utilities operate and how customers interact with them. Greater reliability, operational efficiency and customer choice are the cornerstones of Smart Grid. This seminar is intended to provide an introduction to the Smart Grid system and a forum to answer audience questions.

Local Matters: Youth and Technology 11/24/2010

Greg Besso, a freshman at Lyndon State College and long time Channel 17 volunteer, shares insights into the evolving world of technology with current volunteer LC Hines.

Burlington Wards 4 & 7 NPA Meeting 11/16/2010

Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to empower citizen participation in City government. Working as neighborhood advocacy groups, Neighborhood Planning Assemblies facilitate communication between the citizens of Burlington and city government through regular meetings scheduled in each Ward. Wards 4 & 7 meet the third Tuesday of the month. Meeting place: Robert E. Miller Community Center 130 Gosse Court.

Legislative Report: The Vermont Community Foundation 11/15/2010

Hosts: Reps. Bill Aswad and David Sharpe speak with The Vermont Community Foundation's President and CEO, Stuart Comstock-Gay.

Preservation Burlington: Home Energy Advice 11/12/2010

Monthly call in show hosted by Preservation Burlington. This month host Ron Wannamaker speaks David Keefe of Efficiency Vermont.

Ari Berman and Gov. Howard Dean discuss New Book 11/11/2010

Ari Berman and Gov. Dean have an open discussion about Berman's book, Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics which chronicles the recent history of the DNC, how Gov. Dean's chairmanship affected the Democratic Party, and what that meant for the elections of 2006, 2008 and the recent midterms.

Due to technical problems, we were not able to tape the whole discussion.

Burlington Ward 6 NPA Meeting 11/04/2010

Youth and Technology Discussion 11/04/2010

Parent Wanda Hines hosts this discussion on Youth and Technology Sara Fisher, Coordinator of the Digital Connectors Program at the Boys and Girls Club, and LC Hines, technology enthusiast and Edmunds Middle School student.

Vermont Access Network (VAN): David Goodman: Data Aggregation and Privacy 10/30/2010

David Goodman delivered the keynote address at ACLU-Vermont's Annual Meeting on October 30, 2010.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!