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 series with the Shelburne Climate and Energy Committee on its impacts, features and functions, continues this month with a presentation from Vermont's State Climatologist Dr.…
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…
Living with Climate Chaos: Planting for Ecological Benefit & Garden Plans for the Shelburne Town Offices Pocket Park
Are you wondering what’s happening with the former pond garden at the Shelburne Town Offices? Are you curious about how to bring ecological benefit to your home landscape? Are you looking for a dose of environmental optimism? In this public talk, UVM painting professor and landscape designer Steve Budington shares the planting design for Spring…
Living with Climate Chaos: Ecological Gardening with Charlie Nardozzi
As climate change impacts gardening, it's essential to adapt our practices to grow healthier vegetables, flowers,and fruits, and to maintain thriving yards in an environmentally friendly way. In this talk, gardening expert and host of Vermont Public Radio’s All Things Gardening, Charlie Nardozzi will explore natural soil-building techniques, methods to support pollinators and beneficial insects,…