The Circle of Giving and Receiving
Indigenous ways of living in balance. By Michael Caduto Some years ago, while I was conducting research for a book called Native American Gardening, I studied for two growing seasons […]
Ponds are a Cool Learning Adventure
SusWoo Kids* By Michael Caduto Ponds are places of endless discoveries. They are liquid eyes gazing up to the sky and catching the sun’s life-giving energy. Who wouldn’t want to
Bioplastic from Corn
By Michael Caduto Summer is finally here. With widespread vaccination against COVID-19, Vermont and many other states are opening up to larger social and familial gatherings. You may soon find
Toward a Climate Action Plan for Woodstock
By Michael J. Caduto, Geoffrey Martin, Jenevra Wetmore In April 2020—during the height of government shutdowns designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19—global CO2 emissions dropped by about 17% as
The Beneficence of Buffers
By Michael J. Caduto On hot summer days we are drawn to cool shady shorelines to swim, fish or simply chill out while reading a good book or sharing a
Of Plastic & the Pandemic
by Michael J. Caduto The coronavirus pandemic struck many months before Vermont’s single-use products law took effect on July 1, 2020. Act 69 bans stores from handing out plastic bags
Rite of Passage
Why Did the Salamander Cross the Road? By Michael J. Caduto In mid-April 2021, Jenevra Wetmore—Sustainable Woodstock’s Program Coordinator—participated in an amphibian crossing event along Route 132 in Strafford, VT,
Fang Versus Fungus
Climate Change Drives Wildlife Infections By Michael J. Caduto In the case of snake fungal disease, if the Jedi Knight from Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi, had summoned the power of
Community Sisters United for a Sustainable Future.
By Hilary Brown, Sustainable Woodstock, Oxfordshire UK Apparently, somebody asked if Sustainable Woodstock, VT had a sister organisation in Woodstock, UK. It’s a resounding YES! So … is there anything
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Lowering Our Carbon Foodprint
by Michael J. Caduto In the mid-1970s, one of the seminal, transformative books read by millions worldwide was Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet. Fast forward to Earth