Tag: Vermont
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Student designed Solar Garage produces energy, grows food too
This smart redesign of the common garage uses solar power to optimize the charging of electric vehicles and the germination of food crops.
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220 square foot tiny house built by design/build students in Vermont
It's built from recycled and sustainable materials and is full of good ideas, shown in this video from Offbeat Spaces.
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Will Vermont move forward with commercial hemp?
Mat McDermott, now writing at Motherboard, has an interview with Vermont Representative Teo Zagar about about the progress that state has made in moving towards commercial hemp production.
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29 Vermont towns vote to oppose tar sands exports
The Keystone XL pipeline isn't the only tar sands project facing opposition from the public. Vermont residents voted to oppose the use of an existing pipeline for the transportation of Canadian tar sands oil.
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How climate change devastates winter sports
Climate change is already devastating the multi-billion dollar skiing and outdoor winter sports industry.
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Unity Homes Builds First Prefab
Tedd Benson puts it all together with the first of his new line of more affordable green prefabs
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New Flatpack from Unity Homes May Be The Greenest Prefab On the Market
Tedd Benson of Bensonwood takes his best building ideas and puts them in a package that is surprisingly affordable
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Vermont Bans Fracking: We Can Live Without Oil & Natural Gas, But Cannot Without Clean Water
In signing the ban into law, Vermont's governor reminds us that there was civilization before fossil fuels, but there was no life at all before water.
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Vermont Senate Votes to Ban Fracking
The House passed a three-year moratorium earlier in the year. The Senate proposes to extend the ban indefinitely.
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Vermont Senate Votes Against Citizens United, Corporate Personhood
On town meeting day dozens of Vermont towns voted against corporate personhood, now the state senate has done so as well, urging Congress to act.
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TreeHugger Radio #202: The Warmest Winter Ever, Arsenic in Your Chicken, Dying Dolphins, and Vermont Versus Monsanto
Jacob and Brian look at chicken pre-marinated with Prozak, the blackest solar cell ever, and Poland and Vermont's fight against Monsanto.
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Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont Over GMO Labeling Law
Vermont is one of nearly 20 states considering a GMO labeling requirement for food, but it won't pass if Monsanto has anything to say about it. And it does.
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Best of Green Readers' Choice: Energy
Who are the best ambassadors for clean energy, energy industry innovators, activists, and more? Vote here.
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Vermont Towns Vote Yes On Overturning Citizens United Ruling
Dozens of towns have passed resolutions on town meeting day calling for an end to corporate personhood.
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Vermont Introduces Law Requiring Labels on Genetically Modified Foods
Other states are backing similar efforts, but the Vermont law would also prohibit "natural" claims on labels of foods that are genetically modified.
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The Putney School: A High School that Combines Labor, Art, Education -- and Sustainability
The school's progressive approach ensures that sustainability isn't just a concern in the classroom but a central part of daily life.
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Vermont Plans For 90% Of Its Energy From Renewable Sources By 2050
The report gives a snapshot of the challenge facing the Green Mountain State; it's essentially the same challenge facing the entire United States.
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Co-Housing Meets Commercial Farming and Cheese Making (Video)
From co-housing for aging boomers to co-housing in urban Brooklyn the idea of building intentional communities that combine shared communal space and property with private dwellings has a lot going for it, from a green
