climate change

African Variety Show: Climate Change and Vermont's Climate Change Action Office 05/23/2024

From Dr. Wetchi:

Host Dr. Jules Wetchi chats with Sophi Veltrop and Kashka Orlow, members from the Climate Change Action Office. Climate change is now affecting every country on every continent. It is disrupting national economies and affecting lives, costing people, communities and countries dearly today and even more tomorrow.

Sophi Veltrop joined the Climate Action Office in 2023 to support community engagement and communications efforts. In this role she collects and shares public input about climate action and climate-related policy with decision-makers. Her role also includes making State of Vermont climate information meaningful and accessible to Vermonters. Sophi’s background is in non-profit communications and engagement. She has worked for various land conservation organizations and in extracurricular education. She lives in Woodbury.

Kashka Orlow is a consultant with the Consensus Building Institute, working to support the efforts of the Climate Action Office. She is an activist and a mother. As an immigrant herself, she can personally relate to many of the struggles and challenges faced by immigrant and low-income communities. Her goal is to help uplift the voices of those who are not represented in state and local government. She lives in the Old North End in Burlington with her two daughters.

For more information visit: www.climatechange.vermont.gov | www.mileagesmartvt.org | Call 802-404-2729 to reach the Climate Action Office

Senator Peter Welch: Energizing our Communities Act with Vermont Outdoor Recreation Leaders at the Catamount Outdoor Family Center 04/25/2024

From the Office of Senator Welch:

Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) joins Protect Our Winters (POW) and Vermont outdoor recreation leaders to celebrate Earth Week and unveil the Energizing Our Communities Act, legislation to support local communities that host Department of Energy (DOE) supported transmission projects. The program will help build trust between local governments and transmission developers so the nation can sustainably increase transmission capacity, which is crucial to a national clean energy transition. The Energizing Our Communities Act invests revenue from certain federal Department of Energy loan programs back into communities, including tribal governments, who host transmission infrastructure. This bill aims to support national transmission grid build-out by ensuring communities see the benefits of transmission at the ground level.

Who: Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.); Sam Masters, Protect Our Winters; John Atkinson, Executive Director of Catamount Outdoor Family Center; Ashley LaPorte, Vice President of Purpose & Impact, Burton; Ted Brady, Executive Director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns; and Blake Keogh, Athlete.

Neighborhood Media Internship Program: Sunrise Rally 02/19/2024

The Neighborhood Media Interns record and attend a rally for climate justice.

Winooski River Flooding December 2023 12/19/2023

Footage of flooding in Winooski after heavy rain fall.

Press Conference in Support of Make Big Oil Pay & Climate FAIR Share Act 12/13/2023

From VPIRG:

The Vermont Climate and Health Alliance (VTCHA) and Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) host a press conference Wednesday, December 13 at 294 North Winooski Avenue, Suite 214A, Burlington, VT 05401.

The event begins with testimony from several Vermont healthcare providers regarding the impacts of recent climate events on the health of Vermonters across the state. They also provide insight on the fossil fuel industry’s involvement in worsening health conditions across the world and locally around the state. Next, we detail the combined legislative goal of VTCHA and VPIRG – passing the Climate FAIR Share Act.

For more information visit: www.vpirg.org

Abled and On Air - Climate Change and People with Special Needs 11/16/2023

Recorded on November 16, 2023.

Water Was Blue 07/25/2023

Owen Curtin records the aftermath of flooding in Montpelier, VT.

Wake Up, Step Up! Climate Rally 07/24/2023

From the organizer:

This is the climate crisis in real time. Join us for the Burlington City Council meeting at Burlington City Hall to demand Mayor Weinberger and the City Council take immediate climate action!

Recap of Vermonters Lobbying in DC 06/21/2023

Host Andrew Chalnick, South Burlington City Councilor, chats with Vermonters who recently returned from DC where they lobbied on solutions to climate change with Citizens Climate Lobby. They met with Rep. Balint, Senator Welch and staff from Senator Sander’s office.

Vermonters on the trip included Robert Ciernia (White River Junction), Suzannah Ciernia (White River Junction), Michael Ellis (Burlington), Peter Ehrlich (Jericho), Moorea Lambert (Colchester, high school student), and Jens Peterson (Jericho, absent from recording).

Moments with Melinda: Interview with Cameron Davis - Emeritus of Art, Painting, Drawing 04/27/2023

From Melinda Moulton:

Cameron (Cami) Davis (b. 1954 Bridgeport, CT.) is a former Senior Lecturer and teaches Painting, Drawing, Perspectives on Making, and Environmental Art. She received her M.F.A. in Painting from Pratt Institute in 1981 and B.A. in Studio Art from the University of Vermont, in 1976; with postgraduate studies in ecological theory from Schumacher College, Devon, UK in 1998 and 2015. Davis has attended artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada, and has exhibited throughout Vermont, New York, and San Diego. She is in private and public collections nationally.

Davis is the recipient of the Lee Krasner – Jackson Pollock Foundation grant for painting, and Argosy Foundation and Puffin Foundation grants for painting in collaboration with composer Sam Guarnaccia. She considers her paintings, installations and community environmental art projects to be her primary vehicle for exploring issues of conscious perception as fundamental to navigating life in a warming and warring world. Her community art activist projects have followed the climate change movement for the last decade. She is interested in exploring wholistic aesthetics as a contributing factor towards cultivating the transition to a life affirming future. Davis is a member of the ecoartnetwork.org.

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Town Meeting TV Announces Live General Election Results Show on November 5th

Town Meeting TV will broadcast our comprehensive live coverage of the 2024 General Election on November 5th, starting at 7:00 PM. Viewers can tune in to follow the latest election developments on YouTube at YouTube.com/TownMeetingTV, on Burlington Telecom channel 217, or Comcast channel 1087.