Vermont Climate

From Jerome Lipani:

Come learn about the history of Vermont land, presented by Eric Hanson, conservation biologist of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies and coordinator of the Vermont Loon Conservation Project. Vermont is at the crossroads of several ecological regions from areas with oaks and black locust trees in the south to boreal forests in the northeast. Mr. Hanson will explain how various factors including soil and climate have influenced not only what we see on the landscape but how these factors have shaped the human settlement of the region over the past 300 years. Sponsored by Chimney Savers, this program is free.

Since 1998, Eric Hanson has been the biologist for the Vermont Loon Conservation Project (VLCP), a program of the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. He has conducted research on the Common Loon since 1992. His early work focused on banding loons to answer basic biological questions and assess toxicology concerns. Eric then received his M.S. degree at the University of Minnesota setting up a volunteer-based monitoring program for Minnesota’s 12,000 loons. His loon work in Vermont has focused on management around loon nest sites and education of lake users. He also teaches various ecology courses at Sterling College and for the Road Scholar program. In the winter months, he takes care of the cross-country ski trails at the Craftsbury Outdoor Center.

From Jerome Lipani:

Why Standing Rock Matters to Vermonters
Nearly 200 million dollars of Vermont taxpayer money is deposited in TD Bank. Toronto Dominion has a 9.4% investment in the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), a project that violates the treaty rights and human rights of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota, and endangers the water supply for a reported 18,000,000 Americans.
Vermont Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy have warned that DAPL is a "violation of tribal treaty rights" and "would have the same impact on the planet as adding 21.4 million more cars to our roads." The force used by DAPL security and North Dakota police to ensure completion of the project has been called ëxcessive", ïnhuman", and "wrong and contrary to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights" by the UN Human Rights Council. 

From Jerome Lipani:

Luci Imbach, a senior at the University of Vermont. made this five minute video documentation of the 11/20/16 Geprags Park fracked gas pipeline protest in Hinesburg. in Solidarity with Standing Rock! as her final project in Brian Tokar's Radical Environmentalism class. Great Work!

From Jerome Lipani:

Panel Discussion, featuring:
Gene Allyn Field, abbot, Upper Valley Zen center
Anne Kapuscinski, professor of Environmental Science, Dartmouth
Michael Ciborski, founder and teacher, Morning Sun Buddhist Comm.
Miles Sherts, author of "Conscious Communication" and
"Beyond Perception"
Sponsors:
Vermont chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship
Montpelier Plum Village Sangha
Vermont Interfaith Power and Light
Vermont Interfaith Action
350VT