Climate Change
Living with Climate Chaos: Gardening with Native Plants with Charlotte Albers
The next talk in our Climate Chaos series sees us exploring regional gardening in the face of increasingly extreme weather fluctuations. Flooding, erosion, drought--little is off the table any longer for the local green thumbs. Come learn about tough, resilient native plants that can help solve problems at your home and enhance local biodiversity. Charlotte…
Living with Climate Chaos: State Climatologist Dr. Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux
Extreme weather conditions, accelerating climate change, increased frequency and complexity of natural disasters. Climate chaos is a unique and ongoing daily reality which has indelibly imprinted the 21st century. Our…
Living With Climate Chaos Series: Pop-Up Book Club – The Great Displacement
Climate chaos is a unique feature of our current age, and increased frequency and complexity of natural disasters means that many of our fellow humans are becoming displaced, bereft of home. To examine this issue more deeply we're discussing Jake Bittle's The Great Displacement in a pop-up book club. Copies are available at the front…
Living with Climate Chaos: The Effects of Climate Change on Public Health with Dr. Mark Levine
As part of our ongoing series unpacking the manifold effects and angles of climate chaos, we're joined this month by the Vermont Department of Health's Commissioner, Dr. Mark Levine. Dr. Levine will explore the health risks, precautions, and realities of our warming, rapidly-weather-oscillating earth. What are best new health and safety practices? How does climate change directly affect our…