‘Tis the Season for Sustainability
By Jenevra Wetmore With Thanksgiving comes Black Friday, which is followed by the unending barrage of advertisements that ramp up every year around the Holiday season. Limited time offers, buy […]
Protecting Our Rivers
Barnard Brook Stabilization Project By Jenevra Wetmore For several years the bank behind Sustainable Woodstock’s Community Garden at Billings Farm has been eroding and slumping into Barnard Brook. This area,
How Climate Change is Changing Hurricane Season
By Jenevra Wetmore So far this hurricane season there have been nine named tropical storms to hit the US. Four of them strengthened into hurricanes, and two reached major hurricane intensity
Common Weatherization Myths
By Jenevra Wetmore Did you know that the average home has enough air leakage to add up to a two-foot square hole? This means that, when combined, all those cracks
Greenwashing: What to Look Out For
By Jenevra Wetmore As if there aren’t already enough scams and deceptive marketing techniques to watch out for, environmentally-minded consumers have another pitfall to keep in mind: greenwashing. “Greenwashing,” coined
Help Your Neighbors Stay Warm This Winter
By Jenevra Wetmore This fall Sustainable Woodstock will make free insulating window inserts for community members, and you are invited to join us! From Thursday October 27th to Wednesday November
Try Out an E-Bike for Free
By Jenevra Wetmore There are many ways to reduce your personal transportation emissions, including: carpooling, biking, taking public transportation, and driving a hybrid or electric vehicle. One way of reducing
Rising Temperatures and Human Health
By Jenevra Wetmore Growing up in Vermont, my family did not have an air conditioner. On the few hot and humid nights during the summer my parents would pull out
Upcoming Presentation of Regional Climate Action Plan
By Jenevra Wetmore In 2020, Woodstock’s Select Board and Village Trustees passed a Climate Emergency and Action Resolution, with the goal of achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. This
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Mowing Green
The Virtues of Electric Lawn Care By Jenevra Wetmore Imagine it is a Saturday morning and you are mowing the lawn. You check the fuel level of your lawn mower
