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From Vermont to Venezuela 02/21/2016

From VT to VZ - building a global movement for social and environmental justice. A talk at the Norman Williams Public Library in Woodstock, Vermont. Featuring Quincy Saul of Ecosocialist Horizons and Kate Kanelstein of the Vermont Workers' Center.

Nuclear Free Future: Decommissioning Trust Fund or Decommissioning Slush Fund 01/28/2016

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education, on issues regarding the closed Entergy Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant. 

More information: www.fairewinds.org  or Fairewinds Interview

Nuclear Free Future: NUCLEAR POWER: Who Is Looking Out for the Public? 09/29/2015

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Arnie Gundersen, Chief Engineer of Fairewinds Energy Education, on the de-commissioning of Vermont Yankee - The State of Vermont and Nuclear Regualtory Commission.  More information: www.fairewinds.org  or Fairewinds Interview

St. Michael's College: Keynote John L. Allen, Jr. - Saving Our Common Home - A Symposium on Integral Ecology 09/08/2015

Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si, is an urgent call for politicians, policy makers, and all citizens of planet earth to make care for the environment central in our decision making. He appeals for recognition of the “seamless garment of life” which connects the smallest micro-organism in the biosphere to the life of humans and demands that we extend the notion of rights to all living creatures. Linking environmental degradation to war and poverty, he maintains that only a radical shift in our relationship with the earth will allow future generations to survive and flourish.

Keynote John L. Allen, Jr.,  Associate Editor of the Boston Globe and foremost commentator on the Catholic Church, speaks to the issue in Part I of this Symposium on Integral Ecology. Part II, a panel of environmental professors and activists including Jon Erickson, Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment at UVM, Sister Gail Worcelo of Green Mountain Monastery, and Clive Gray, retired Third World Development economist, formerly of the Harvard Institute for International Development, can be viewed here.

St. Michael's College: Panel Discussion, Saving Our Common Home - A Symposium on Integral Ecology 09/08/2015

Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si, is an urgent call for politicians, policy makers, and all citizens of planet earth to make care for the environment central in our decision making. He appeals for recognition of the “seamless garment of life” which connects the smallest micro-organism in the biosphere to the life of humans and demands that we extend the notion of rights to all living creatures. Linking environmental degradation to war and poverty, he maintains that only a radical shift in our relationship with the earth will allow future generations to survive and flourish.

Panelists - Jon Erickson, Professor at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, and Fellow of the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont - Sister Gail Worcelo of the Green Mountain Monastery - Clive Gray, Retired Third World Development economist, formerly of the Harvard Institute for International Development, share perspectives on the Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato Si.  Keynote address by John L. Allen, Jr. can be viewed here.

Nuclear Free Future: The Iran Nuclear Deal 70 Years After Hiroshima and Nagasaki 08/12/2015

Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear views the Iran nuclear agreement in the context of the 70 year history started by the Manhattan Project and the US nuclear bombing of Japanese cities

Nuclear Free Future Host Margaret Harrington interviews Kevin Kamps, Nuclear Waste Watchdog, of Beyond Nuclear on the importance of the Iran Nuclear Deal and the consequences if it is not passed by US Congress. He discusses nuclear power’s direct relation to nuclear weapons and the tangled history of the Atomic Age.

www.beyondnuclear.org

Positively Vermont: Bobolink Project 04/08/2015

Host Dennis McMahon speaks with Allan Strong, Associate Dean/Associate Professor of the Rubenstein School of Environmental and Natural Resources at University of Vermont, on the Bobolink Project.  More information at: www.bobolinkproject.com   The Bobolink Project is a non-profit research program based out of the University of Connecticut and the University of Vermont. The project provides a brand-new way to connect your environmental values with the farmers who can help.

Leahy Environmental Summit, Keynote Address by Robert Kennedy Jr. 05/30/2013

Robert Kennedy, Jr., who is the president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, is the keynote speaker on the second day of the the two-day Leahy Environmental Summit, at ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center on the shores of Lake Champlain, VT. He speaks with eloquence and passion.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger: Closing Presentation by IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Global Team 04/18/2013

Mayor Miro Weinberger and IBM officials provide a closing presentation of the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge engagement. Hear the IBM global team’s recommendations on how Burlington can become an even better, greener place in which to live and work through increased reliance on and use of sustainable, renewable energy sources.
The diverse global team members include: Leonard Hand, Executive Information Technology Architect, from Rochester, New York; Robert Laurim, Vertical Industry Expert, from Munich, Germany; Jorge “Lutt” Luttgardes, CIO Latin America Office Leader, from Sao Paulo, Brazil; Isabelle Murard, Energy & Utility Solution Center Leader, from Nice, France; Gabriela “Gaby” Orwick, Acquisition Integration Executive Consultant, from Portland, Oregon; and Christian Raetzsch, Systems & Technology Group Technical Executive, from Prague, Czech Republic.

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger: IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Kick-Off 04/02/2013

Mayor Miro Weinberger and IBM officials Kick-Off the IBM Smarter City designation. Launched in 2010, the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge is a 3-year, $50 million philanthropic initiative to contribute the skills and expertise of teams of top-talent IBMers to address the key challenges facing 100 competitively selected cities around the world. Each city participating in the challenge receives a team of five to six IBM experts to work with the City for a three week engagement period on a strategic challenge identified by the Mayor and top City leaders. The Mayor’s Office and the Burlington Electric Department (BED) worked together to submit a strong and ultimately successful application focused on sustainability and energy efficiency, and proposed that IBM send a team to address how we work together to reduce our reliance on greenhouse gases.

The City of Burlington expects to focus its grant on creating a strategic plan to economically reduce greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors, including energy, heating, and transportation, by leveraging: The City’s recent smart grid investments; The long-standing political will of the City, the State, and Burlington institutions; and
Ongoing energy efficiency and renewable energy resource development efforts.
The diverse global team members include: Leonard Hand, Executive Information Technology Architect, from Rochester, New York; Robert Laurim, Vertical Industry Expert, from Munich, Germany; Jorge “Lutt” Luttgardes, CIO Latin America Office Leader, from Sao Paulo, Brazil; Isabelle Murard, Energy & Utility Solution Center Leader, from Nice, France; Gabriela “Gaby” Orwick, Acquisition Integration Executive Consultant, from Portland, Oregon; and Christian Raetzsch, Systems & Technology Group Technical Executive, from Prague, Czech Republic.

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