Tomorrow, Vermont’s legislators are returning to the State House to S.230—the renewable energy siting bill that was vetoed by Governor Shumlin this week. VPIRG has come out in support of this veto, because last-minute changes to the legislation essentially place a moratorium on wind development for the near future. Are you able to join…
Thank You! The Youth Lobby would like to thank everybody for their generous support of the first Youth Rally for the Planet. The day was a huge success. Over 700 students marched down State Street from the Vermont College of Fine Arts to the State House lawn to respectfully ask for greater action on climate change. We…
The Vermont Youth Lobby Presents 1st Annual Youth Rally for the Planet Thursday, April 28th 2016 First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to organize a field trip at your school. This is one of the most important challenges humanity has ever faced and every student who is able to attend…
It’s still a couple a months away – but we wanted to give you a heads up. Keep Saturday April 16 open on your calendar. We’ve reserved the Barre Civic Center to hold a day-long statewide training for Energy Independent Vermont activists from all over the state. More and more Vermont decision makers have started…
Invitation to Our Next Meeting Representatives from six of our coalition schools met this past Sunday in beautiful Bristol, VT to continue our planning of the Youth Rally for the Planet. We want to thank Caroline and Hannah for hosting our meeting at Mount Abraham High School and for providing such sweet snacks to help…
Detailed Agenda for Our Third Meeting When: Sunday, March 13th What Time: 3pm – 6pm Where: Mount Abraham High School, Bristol VT Brief Introductions/Icebreaker and Quickly Revisit Norms (10 Minutes) Student-Led Icebreaker and Introductions – There will be new people in attendance General Announcements and Updates (10 Minutes) Recap of what we are doing…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2016 Contact: Austin Davis, 350Vermont, austin@350vt.org 802-370-0408 Vermont House Passes Resolution Urging State to Divest from Coal Companies and ExxonMobil Environmental Groups Say Decision Has Widespread Implications for Increasing the Success of International Movement to Divest out of Fossil Fuels MONTPELIER — A bold statement by the Vermont House of…
From http://www.usclimateplan.org/ I’m going to give it to you straight: our politicians are failing us. The outcomes of the recent “historic” international climate negotiations in Paris last month do not put us on track to avoid the worst impacts of the already unfolding climate crisis, and the United States is largely responsible for the shortfall in…
The Largest Youth Focused Climate Change Rally in America’s History Just Occurred in Vermont! This is the headline we would like to see in newspapers and media outlets around the world the day after our event, but we need you to make it happen. We’ve scoured the internet for youth focused political rallies and here is…