Sunday, Jan. 15, at 2 p.m.—LUDLOW—Last May composer-pianist David Feurzeig embarked on “Play Every Town:” 252 free concerts in each of Vermont’s 252 towns to combat climate change through the power of community and music. With this project, he will […]
Tag: Climate Change
Arts, Dining & Entertainment
League of Women Voters launches speaker series: The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont
Wednesday, Nov. 16 — VIRTUAL — The League of Women Voters of Vermont, in partnership with Kellogg-Hubbard Library presents the first in its 2022-23 lecture series with The Impact of Climate Change on Vermont. This season we will look at […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Working on the train from Vermont to New York City
By Bill McKibben Editor’s note: Bill McKibben is an internationally known climate activist and writer who lives in Ripton. I am writing this dispatch from a southbound train, which left Middlebury at midday and is making its way — not […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
Climate change is humankind’s biggest uncontrolled experiment
By Rick Weinstein Weinstein has a Ph.D. in Antarctic microbial ecology from Cambridge University and was a biology lecturer at the University of Tennessee for 15 years. He now lives in Stowe. There is no such thing as cold. That […]
Letter, Opinion
Please tell the real story about climate change, science provides facts
Dear Editor, We’ve been following local and national news reports, and want to tell you that we are worried about the recent extreme heat and wildfires raging across the country. We feel for people who’ve lost their lives and/or livelihoods […]
Letter, Opinion
Vt’s population, though small, has an environmental impact
Dear Editor, As a resident of Vermont and a student intern with the Vermont Public Health Association, it was distressing to learn that some Vermonters believe that because our state is small, our efforts to combat climate change are futile. […]
Letter, Opinion
The whole Earth is now in our hands
Dear Editor, It wasn’t long ago when we listened for decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States with hope that the court’s rulings would reflect justice for all, and a jurisprudence imbued with compassion and concern for […]
2022 E-Editions
Mountain Times – Volume 51, Number 10 – March 9-15, 2022
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Arts, Dining & Entertainment
Artists fighting climate with lyrics, aim to influence
By Bill Forman In the current climate of political and corporate greenwashing, it’s hard to gauge the sincerity, let alone feasibility, of the Music Climate Pact (MCP). Announced with considerable fanfare, the MCP is a declaration of intent by the […]
Op - Ed, Opinion
We need to end fossil fuels
Dear Editor, We, the older Vermonters (including voters and taxpayers), must make it clear to younger Vermonters that our most crucial task and the most urgent job is to fix the broken two-party political system. Why, you ask? Only younger […]