Here's what you can do about the VT Clean Energy Standard now:  1) Reach out to your legislators, share your thoughts, and educate them about our position on this bill 2) Let them know you'd like a hearing to be held in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Energy where the bill is currently … Continue reading Action items for VT Clean Energy Standard →

We are raising money for more tree-planting this year! Check out these pictures from our tree-planting last fall: https://350rutlandcounty.home.blog/2021/11/24/fall-tree-planting/ and last spring: https://350rutlandcounty.home.blog/2021/05/04/our-tree-planting-around-rutland-county/ We would love some help to plant more trees in 2022: Donate online here:https://350vt.nationbuilder.com/donate_to_350_rutland_county Got change?Fill up your coin jar and bring your change to one of our outdoor potluck meetings this summer: … Continue reading Collect change to combat climate change! →

Today is the last day of crossover week when policy bills make it out of committee to go to funding committees before being sent out for a vote on the senate or house floor, then go over to the other chamber.  The bills that don’t make it out of committee don’t move forward (though can … Continue reading Climate legislation update →

350Rutland County 6Feb2022 Meeting Minutes Candy acknowledged that the space we are squatting on belongs to the Abenaki. She read a passage written by a member of the Seneca tribe about the Iroquois code, which was crafted by Ganio ʿ Da í Io’, a Seneca prophet who died in 1815. The passage expressed the importance … Continue reading Feb 2022 Meeting Minutes →

We encourage the public to reach out to the House Committee on Ways and Means, Speaker Jill Krowinski, and local legislators about Vermont's current "Use Value Appraisal Program," which isn’t working. The current law incentivizes harvesting lumber on private land. It does not incentivize establishing an essential percentage of old growth forests in Vermont. Currently … Continue reading 9% of VT should be old growth forests →

We had a great time running a crosscut saw class at the Allen Street School yesterday! We hope to get the kids out doing real trail work on the Long Trail soon, where they'll learn great skills.

350 Rutland County 5Dec2021 Meeting Candy acknowledged that the space we’re using belongs to the Abenaki. She presented the Indigenous Solidarity Network’s toolkit for white folks to discuss settler privilege and Thanksgiving with family, friends, and broader community: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Me3v2fdjIPBQVkzALHhge2K8q4bCBe7cCBvVAZ11UQc/mobilebasic?fbclid=IwAR1ZMVQsnu6_XwaGwpBYSjlIOwcGxyPCjDaQ8hi_i1xfea-yWHeHKOYorK0#heading=h.ca8yt0gt432d Among other things, this toolkit points out that there was indeed a meal in 1621 between … Continue reading Dec 2020 Meeting minutes →

Allen St. Insulated bins This project resulted from a collaboration between the Allen Street School and 350 Rutland County. It is a structure with two insulated bins (6' x 6' each) and one unenclosed bin for storage of partially composted material. Allen St. School students helped every day of the construction process. The insulated bins … Continue reading Allen St. Insulated bins →