No Bees, No Food–Creating a Pollinator Meadow
by Jeannie Lindheim and Steven Shama Native perennial flowers provide food and habitat for local birds, butterflies, and bees. Photo by Jeannie Lindheim How would you feel if you couldn’t […]
AI’s Environmental Impact
By David Bluestein Photo by Kari Shea on Unsplash In the past few years, generative artificial intelligence (AI) has gone from an obscure idea to a very real part of
My guide through the climate crisis is a 1940s Scottish writer
By Jacob Chalif The Adirondack mountains of New York. Photo: Jacob Chalif. When I mention in conversation that I am a climate scientist, I invariably hear one of two responses.
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“In 2035, All Vermonters Will Be Food Secure” – Food Security in Vermont: Roadmap to 2035
By Madeline Reynolds Volunteers sort seedlings for Sustainable Woodstock’s Grow Your Own Garden program, which provides seeds and seedlings to local families who wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford to
Honoring the earth during the Season of Creation
By: Steve McCloskey, Pastor of Taftsville Chapel Mennonite Fellowship Heather Wolfe with the Climate Ribbon Project. Heather has served at Taftsville Chapel and to other churches around North America in
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How Styrofoam Gets Recycled
By Ham Gillett Styrofoam waiting to be bagged and loaded into trucks at the White River Junction collection event. To begin with, “Styrofoam” is a brand name for the generic
The Plastic Problem
By Lucy Drebitko Washed up ocean plastic on the coast of Tanzania. Photo by Lucy Drebitko. Everywhere we look, plastic surrounds us. As I sit here typing this out on
Adventures in Community Gardening
By Amy Wheeler Produce harvested from Sustainable Woodstock’s food security plots at the Billings Community Garden. Photo by Amy Wheeler The first time I came across a community garden was
It’s Not Your Grandparents’ Woodstock
By Jacob Chalif Daily high temperatures show that 2024 is a record year for Woodstock, but if we cut carbon emissions it doesn’t need to get much worse. Image by
A New Money-Saving Tool for Climate Action
By Linda Gray A local home with a heat pump. Photo by Aaron Lamperti. I know from personal experience that town energy committee volunteers spend a lot of time talking
