Detailed Calendar Listings
The programs and events listed below are presented by Sustainable Woodstock, in collaboration with our local and regional partners.
Please click on a program or event in the menu below for more information, or scroll down to find a detailed listing.
April
Free Film Screening– A Place at the Table (April 27-29th)
Sustainable Woodstock Energy Action Group Monthly Meeting (April 12th)
Forest Carbon Action Group Monthly Meeting (April 19th)
GREEN DRINKS–Food Insecurity in the Upper Valley (April 15th)
An Evening with Frances Moore Lappe (April 22nd)
May
Sustainable Woodstock Energy Action Group Monthly Meeting (May 10th)
Forest Carbon Action Group Monthly Meeting (May 17th)
GREEN DRINKS—Housing in the Upper Valley (May 20th)
Free Film Screening—Lowland Kids and Homesick short film screenings (May 25th)
PREMIERE FREE FILM SCREENING — A Place at the Table
April 27-29th, 2021
Location: Virtual
Register at: https://placeatthetable_2021.eventbrite.com
Fifty million people in the U.S.—one in four children—don’t know where their next meal is coming
from. Directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush examine the issue of hunger in America through the lens of three people struggling with food insecurity: Barbie, a single Philadelphia mother who grew up in poverty and is trying to provide a better life for her two kids; Rosie, a Colorado fifth-grader who often has to depend on friends and neighbors to feed her and has trouble concentrating in school; and Tremonica, a Mississippi second-grader whose asthma and health issues are exacerbated by the largely empty calories her hardworking mother can afford.
This film will be accessible to watch for 72 hours, from April 27th to April 29th.
The Upper Valley Climate Change & Sustainability Film Series is made possible by the generous support from underwriters, Mascoma Bank and Vermont Community Foundation, and sponsors: Mark D. Knott DDS, The Ellaway Group and Unicorn.
Free admission. (Recommended donation of $10.) Donations go to support Pentangle Arts.
For more information, please contact Pentangle Arts: Phone: 802-457-3981
Email: info@pentanglearts.org
Location: virtual
Sustainable Woodstock Energy Action Group Monthly Meeting
Monday, April 12th, 5:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
We are a group of volunteers who meet monthly to promote energy efficiency, conservation and the development and use of renewable energy sources among the Town’s residents, businesses, educational and municipal affairs. We meet on the 2nd Monday of every month. Anyone with an interest in energy is welcome to join.
Contact us at: programs@sustainablewoodstock.org
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/984828048
Forest Carbon Action Group Monthly Meeting
Monday, April 19th, 5:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
We are a group of volunteers who meet monthly to explore options for managing forests in Vermont for carbon storage and sequestration. We meet on the 3rd Monday of every month. Anyone with an interest in energy is welcome to join.
Contact us at: programs@sustainablewoodstock.org
GREEN DRINKS — the Basics of Forest Carbon Management for Landowners
Presenter: Dr Ali Kosiba, VT State Climate Forester
Join Ali Kosiba, state Climate Forester, to learn the basics of managing your forest for carbon. Ali has a Ph.D. in Natural Resources and an M.S. in Forest Science from UVM. She will discuss how forests sequester and store carbon, and the various ways landowners can take a more active role in this process. Hosted by Sustainable Woodstock.
Register at: https://forestcarbonmanagement.eventbrite.com
Green Drinks are free and open to everyone.
Contact us at: programs@sustainablewoodstock.org
Location: zoom
An Evening with Frances Moore Lappe
Thursday, April 22nd, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Register at: https://francesmoorelappe.eventbrite.com
Celebrate Earth Day with renowned activist and author Frances Moore Lappé as she presents: Climate Crisis In Focus: Finding Hope Through Democratic Action.
Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of 20 books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million copy Diet for a Small Planet (1971). In Spring 2021, Lappé released It’s Not Too Late! Crisis, Opportunity, and the Power of Hope.
In America today, many of us can feel overwhelmed by the simultaneous political, economic, and climate crises upon us. Frances Moore Lappé discusses these three interacting roots of our problems: a brutal form of capitalism, big money’s grip on our democracy, and climate catastrophe. She shows us how realizing their unity can be empowering, not overwhelming. They open historic opportunity. Addressing one crisis, we are working to solve all three. Through inspiring stories and startling facts, Frances helps us realize our own power to generate a new story as we tackle these root causes with exhilarating, courageous action—together.
This event will be entirely virtual and hosted over Zoom. Frances Moore Lappé’s presentation–5:00-5:45pm; Live Q&A with the Author–5:45-6:15; Concluding Remarks–6:15-6:30.
Hosted by Sustainable Woodstock and Pentangle Arts, with support from Vermont Humanities. Free and open to all with a suggested donation of $10. All donations will benefit Pentangle Arts and Sustainable Woodstock. Donations can be made through Pentangle Arts at: ci.ovationtix.com/35996/store/donations/41238
Contact us at: programs@sustainablewoodstock.org
Sustainable Woodstock Energy Action Group Meeting
Monday, May 10th, 5:30 p.m.
Location: Zoom
We are a group of volunteers who meet monthly to promote energy efficiency, conservation and the development and use of renewable energy sources among the Town’s residents, businesses, educational and municipal affairs. We meet on the 2nd Monday of every month. Anyone with an interest in energy is welcome to join.
Contact us at: programs@sustainablewoodstock.org
Forest Carbon Action Group Monthly Meeting
Monday, Ma7 17th, 5:30 p.m.
Location: zoom
We are a group of volunteers who meet monthly to explore options for managing forests in Vermont for carbon storage and sequestration. We meet on the 3rd Monday of every month. Anyone with an interest in energy is welcome to join.
Contact us at: programs@sustainablewoodstock.org
GREEN DRINKS — Housing in the Upper Valley
May 20th, 5:30 PM
Film Screening–Homesick and Lowland Kids short film screenings
May 25th
Register at: homesick_lowlandkids.eventbrite.com
May 25, 6:00 AM-11:30 PM: Short films are open to watch
May 25, 7:00 PM: Live Q&A with producer of Lowland Kids
As part of this month’s Climate Change and Sustainability Film Series, Sustainable Woodstock will screen two short films featuring stories of humans displacement. The first film, Homesick, is the fictional story of a father willing to enter the Fukushima disaster no-go-zone to spend time with his eight year old son. Directed by Koya Kamura, who is a half French half Japanese, the film is in Japanese with English subtitles.
The second short film, Lowland Kids, is a documentary that tells the story of the last teenagers on the Isle de Jean Charles, a sinking island off the coast of Louisiana. For the two siblings, this place has always been home. After losing their parents, their uncle has raised them on this island, passing on his love and appreciation for the land. But the island is running out of time. Due to rising sea levels and hurricanes, the Brunet family finds themselves forced to leave Isle de Jean Charles, and saying goodbye is not easy. The future can’t possibly be brighter than the life they have here. Or could it?
Join us for a live Q&A with a creator of Lowland Kids at 7:00 PM, May 25th!
This screening is only available to those watching from the USA.
Hosted by Sustainable Woodstock and Pentangle Arts. Made possible by our underwriters VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION and MASCOMA BANK and sponsors Ellaway Group, The Unicorn, and Mark Knott DDS.
Free and open to all. Donations are welcome and go to support our local arts community. Make donations at https://pentanglearts.org/get-involved/donations/
Hosted by Sustainable Woodstock and Pentangle Arts. Made possible by our underwriters VERMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION and MASCOMA BANK and sponsors Ellaway Group, The Unicorn, and Mark Knott DDS.