• The Prodigal Nation, by Frank Bryan
• A Voice for Independence, by Ian Baldwin
• Wal-Mart: What’s a Bargain Worth? by Bill McKibben
• George F. Kennan (1904–2005), by Thomas Naylor
• Collapse of the American Empire, by Kirkpatrick Sale
• Letters, News, and Upcoming Events
• Books: Rob Williams on John Perkins’s Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

• A Brief Welcome to the Long Emergency, by James Howard Kunstler
• The Proud American Tradition of Secession, by Rob Williams
• Letters
• Nonviolent Vermont Independence, by Thomas Naylor
• How Did Vermont Get To Be? by Daniel Gade
• News and Upcoming Events
• The Middlebury Declaration, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Word and Flesh, by Wendell Berry
• The Cultivation of Our Own Tradition, by Rowan Jacobsen
• Letters, News, and Upcoming Events
• Crafting Nativeness, by Jeff Bickart
• Subverting Power with Complementary Currency, by James Hogue
• A Constitutional History of Secession, by John Remington Graham
• Books: Rob Williams on Thomas DiLorenzo’s The Real Lincoln
• Small is Powerful, by Kirkpatrick Sale
• Riding the Parti Québécois Roller Coaster, by Thomas Naylor and James Hogue

• Vermont 2020, by Rick Foley
• Looking Back, Looking Forward, by Ian Baldwin
• Letters
• Diseconomies of Scale: Dismembering Leviathan, by Donald W. Livingston
• Tax Resistance: An American Tradition, by Robert Riversong
• Books: Rob Williams on Freedom and Unity: A History of Vermont
• Breakdown of Nations, by Kirkpatrick Sale
• Independence Day Collage, by Peter Holm

• Questioning the 9/11 Commission: Interview with David Ray Griffin, by James Hogue
• Where Do We Go from There? A Meditation on 9/11, by Ian Baldwin
• News
• Conspiracies: How Do You Think We Got Here?, by Rick Foley
• Beam It In, by Jacqueline Brook
• Betrayed Once, Shame on Them; Betrayed Twice, Shame on Us, by Rick Foley
• The Lessons of 9/11, by Kirkpatrick Sale
• Crossing the Rubicon: Interview with Michael Ruppert, by Rob Williams
• Five Painful Questions about 9/11, by Eric Hufschmid

• Can Vermont Feed Itself ? by Bill McKibben
• Why Homestead Security? by Rob Williams
• Freedom, Self-Reliance, and Dependence on Our Neighbors, by Erik Wilkins-McKee
• Community Supported Agriculture, by Elizabeth Wood
• Fresh Voices from the Vermont Fresh Network, by Lee Ann Cox and Kevin Foley
• Eating in Place, by Kate Williams
• Eating Locally Year-Round, by Pete Johnson
• Good Food Starts Here, by Craig Chevrier
• Homestead Security Equals Free-Range Chickens, a Good Dog, and Jerusalem Artichokes, by Jim Hogue

• What Is Secession?, by Donald W. Livingston
• What’s Changed, What’s the Same?, by Ian Baldwin
• Letters
• Reflecting on Vermont’s 2005 Legislative Session, by Rick Foley and Ellen Hayes
• July 11 Statement
• Democracy School and the New Revolution of the American Spirit, by Adam D. Sacks
• What To Do In Our Crazy Life? Attend Democracy School, by Dave Ratcliffe
• War, Katrina, and the Second Vermont Republic, by Ben Scotch
• The Scourge of Bigness: A Secessionist Primer, by Thomas Naylor
• What’s Going On Out There?, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Tools with a Life of Their Own?, by Richard Heinberg
• Fantasy, Choices, and Action, by Rick Foley
• A Perspective on Wind Power, by J. Arthur Loose
• Vermont Yankee and Vermont Soveriegnty, by Gary Flomenhof
• Burlington’s Clean Power Mix, Editor’s Interview with BED’s Patty Richards
• Vermont transportation, Energy, and Soveriegnty, by Rick Foley and Gary Flomenhof
• Off-Grid Living, by Anita Kelman
• First Vermont Independence Convention a Huge Success, by Jane Dwinell
• At What Size Seccession?, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Vermont: The Once and Future Republic, by James Hogue and Frank Bryan
• Re-Inventing Vermont: A New Year, an Open Invitation, by Rob Williams
• Representing Empire: The Politics of the Living Dead, by Thomas Naylor
• Our Land, Our Destiny: Vermont Independence Convention Keynote Address, by James Howard Kunstler
• A Not So Different Drummer, by Garret Keizer
• Independent Vermont/Independent Wôbanakik, by Frederick M. Wiseman
• Independent Media (Un)Covers The Empire: Project Censored 2006, Book Review by Rob Williams
• What Is “Independence”?, by Bill Brueckner
• The Middlebury Institute: The Logic of American Secession, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Local Living Economies: The New Movement for Responsible Business, by Judy Wicks
• The Politics of Money, by Hazel Henderson
• Building Sustainable Economies, by Susan Witt
• From Common Wealth to Common Property, by Peter Barnes
• A Direct Stake In Economic Life: Worker-Owned Firms, by Gar Alperovitz
• The Real Economy, by Dr. Robert Costanza
• News of a Second Vermont Republic, by Jane Dwinell
• The CLT Model: A Tool for Permanently Affordable Housing and Wealth Generation, by Gus Newport
• Economics of Scale vs. the Scale of Economics: Towards Basic Principles of a Bioregional Economy, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• The True Congress, by Frank Bryan
• Independence Begins at Home, by Peter Clavelle
• The Center Cannot Hold, Vermont Commons editorial
• First, A Statement of Grievances, letter to the editor on secession
• Reviving Town Meeting, interview with Susan Clark
• Memoirs of a Moderator, by John McClaughry
• Republicanism and Size, by Donald W. Livingston
• Take It Easy, poem by Peter Buknatski
• Re-Inventing Vermont: Towards 21st Century Blueprints (reprinted from
• The Vermont Papers), by Frank Bryan and John McClaughry
• Looking for Real Democracy? Look Around, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Toward Food Sovereignty in Vermont, by Brian Tokar
• Vermont Commons: Celebrating Our First Year, Editorial
• Challenging the National Animal ID Program, an open letter to the U.S.D.A.
• A Bright Future for Vermont Farming, by Vern Grubinger
• Republicanism and Size, by Donald W. Livingston
• V is for Vermont Victory Gardens, by Anita Kelman
• Mixed Message on Local Food in Vermont, by David Timmons
• Liberals and Conservatives: Relics of the Past, by Thomas Naylor
• Agriculture: Civilization’s ‘Great Mistake,’ by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Best Buy the Dams Now, by Dave Dunn, Hervey Scudder, and Rick Foley
• Hostage to a Nuclear Plant by Ray Shadis
• Independence Means Energy Independence, Editorial
• An Apology, Sort of, by Jeff Danziger
• Biofuels: Local Energy Solutions, by Netaka White
• Solution to Home Heating in Our Back Yard? by Anita Kelman
• Drill and Kill, by Gary Flomenhoft
• Surging Gold Prices and the American End Game, by Thomas Naylor
• In Energy Policy, Too, Size Matters, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Wake Up, America! by Steven Bhaerman
• Writes, Rights, Rites of Passage, Editorial
• Know Your Weeds: The Value of “Valueless” Plants, Letter to the Editor
• How to Survive the Crash and Save the Earth, by Ran Prieur
• True-To-Life, by Amy L. Seidl
• Living Simply and Strengthening Community, by Richard Czaplinski
• ‘Relocalization’ In the Post-Carbon Era, by Barry Simpson
• Spiritual Sustainability, by Jeffrey Triplat
• Government Without Representation: A Call to Action, by Charles Sullivan

• The Tapeworm’s Triumph? The Parasitic Corporate Underpinnings of U.S. Empire, by Catherine Austin Fitts
• Beyond Organic: Investing In Vermont’s Local Food Economies, by George Schenk
• Free Vermont: Going Back To The Future, Editorial
• People Power And The Case For Presidential Impeachment, by Dan Dewalt
• 200 Years Is Long Enough! An interview with Vermont musician Pete Sutherland
• Republicanism and Size, Part 3 of an article by Donald W. Livingston
• Start with the Land, by Peter Forbes
• A New Food Paradigm: Vermonters Plant Localvore Chapters, by Robin McDermott
• Living Post-Carbon: Vermonters Begin Grappling With Global Peak Oil, by Dennis Derryberry
• Financial Independence For Us Common Folk, by Jane Dwinell
• 37,000 Vermonters Favor Secession! Vermont Independence Movement Leads The Nation, by Thomas Naylor
• Seeing Red—and Seeing Blue, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Vermont Farm Family Challenges National Animal ID, by Linda Faillace
• Peak Oil “Powerdown”, interview with Richard Heinberg
• Empire’s Fall: Walking Toward A New Vermont, Editorial
• Electoral Fraud: ‘Critical Condition’ for U.S. Democracy, by Joel Bleifuss and Steven F. Freeman
• Walking the WALC: Street Heat for a Clean Energy Future, by Bill McKibben
• Secede To Succeed; Address from 2005 Vermont Statewide Secession Convention, by Jane Dwinell
• Most Likely To Secede? Debating Independence in Vermont Classrooms, by Sydney Copp
• Five Years Later: A 9/11 Review, by Jim Hogue
• Money and Liberty, by Adrian Kuzminski
• Local Currency: A Revolution That Sounds Like a Whisper, by Amy M. Kirschner
• My I.R.S. Story, by Jacqueline Brook
• Republicanism and Size, by Donald W. Livingston
• Secession Fever, by Thomas Naylor
• The First North American Secessionist Convention, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Grass Fed is Best: Growing Vermont’s Farm Future, by Bruce Hennessey
• Secession and Vermont: Where I Stand, by Frank Bryan
• Electing Independence, Editorial
• Letters to the Editor
• Divided We Stand: The First North American Secession Convention, by Kirkpatrick Sale
• Vermont Vox Populi: A Conversation With ‘Farmers Diner’ Owner, interview with Tod Murphy
• News of A Second Vermont Republic
• Free Vermont Media, by Rob Williams
• Vrest Orton and Green Mountain Independence, Circa 1929, by Nicholas Clifford
• Monetary Secession Now, by Franklin Sanders
• The 2006 Elections: Much Ado About Nothing, by Thomas Naylor
• From the Middlebury Institute, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• The Great Hydropower Heist, by Richard Foley
• A Word to our Readers, by Ian Baldwin
• Reclaiming Our Commons, Editorial
• Letters to the Editor
• ‘Going Slow’: Rethinking Education in the Green Mountains, by Susan Ohanian
• Educational Agriculture, by Eliot Coleman
• Vermont Vox Populi: A Conversation With ‘No-Grain’ Farmer Abe Collins
• Beyond the Bottom Line; Vermont Businesses and Social Responsibility, by Don Mayer
• Free Vermont Media, by Tim Matson
• Notes from the Middlebury Institute, by Kirkpatrick Sale
• Bush’s Reign of Terror, by Thomas Naylor
• The Decentralist Movement: A Third Way, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• The New England Secession Tradition, by Donald Livingston
• Our Hope Is Disunion: Cutting to the Root of the Matter, Editorial
• Letters to the Editor
• Vermont Vox Populi: An Interview with Marion Leonard
• America’s Descent into Fascism, by Glenn M. Cahilly
• A Declaration of Cultural Independence, by Craig Byrne
• ‘Of A Quiet and Peaceable Behavior’: The Freeman’s Oath and the Nonviolent Defense of an Independent Vermont Republic, by Carl  Watner
• ‘From Little Acorns’; Notes from the Middlebury Institute, by Kirkpatrick Sale
• Meet the Greenneck
• Vermont Freedom Currency, by Steve Moyer
• Vermonters’ Support for Secession Increases Dramatically, by Thomas Naylor
• Separatism: It’s Happening All Over the World, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Growing A Statewide Localvore Movement, by Robin McDermott
• The New England Secession Tradition, Part III, by Donald Livingston
• Long Live The ‘Untied States,’ Editorial
• Letter to the Editor
• The Great Hydropower Heist; How Corporations Colonized our Watershed Commons, Part II, by Richard Foley
• Vermont Vox Populi: An Interview with Filmmakers Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller
• Secession’s Arrival in the Blogosphere; Notes from the Middlebury Institute, by Kirkpatrick Sale
• The Food Less Traveled, by Enid Wonnacott
• Leaving an Imprint, The Greenneck
• The Virtues of Local Bookstores and Businesses, by Christopher Morrow
• Endgame Trilogy: Peak Oil, Global Warming, and Terrorism, by Thomas Naylor
• BREAKING NEWS! U.S. Not the Greatest, by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Town Meeting: A Space for Communal Liberty, by Frank Bryan
• Vermont’s Energy Future: 10 Reasons for Hope, by Greg Strong
• Vermont Commons: Our “Journal of Ideas” Goes Statewide, Editorial
• Letters to the Editor
• Notes from the Middlebury Institute: “Why The Move to Sustainability,” by Thomas Moore
• Vermont Vox Populi: An Interview with Lisa McCrory and Carl Russell of Earthwise Farm & Forest, by Carolyn Baker
• Free Vermont Media: Meet the Vermont Commons Blogging Team
• Localvore Living: “In Winter, The Key is Preparation,” by Robin McDermott
• The Greenneck: “Reflections on Vermont While on a Florida Bicycle Ride”
• Vermont Libre: “The Genteel Revolution,” by Thomas Naylor
• Dispersions: “Dispatches From the Front,” by Kirkpatrick Sale

• Embracing Peak Oil: Powering Vermont’s Future Carl Etnier and Annie Dunn Watson
• Reclaiming Vermont’s Commons: Senate Could Create “Common Assets Trust” Peter Barnes and Gary Flomenhoft
• Editorial: “Our Mission: Imagining an Independent Vermont” Rob Williams
• Letters to the Editor
• Who Owns Vermont’s Water? Exploring A Vital Part of Vermont’s Commons Johanna Miller
• A Health Care System for the New Vermont Jane Dwinell
• Localvore Living: “Keep It In Vermont” Campaign Robin McDermott
• Vermont Vox Populi: “Why We Fight” – Interview with Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki Rob Williams
• Notes from the Middlebury Institute: “Secession and Sanity” – Interview with Kirkpatrick Sale Bruce E. Levine
• Free Vermont Media: “Free Vermont, Free Your Mind” Carolyn Baker
• The Greenneck: “Stop Buying Crap (Musings on the ‘Green Awakening’)”
• Dispersions: “You Know Your Empire is Collapsing When…” Kirkpatrick Sale

• Keep It In Vermont: How A $150-Million Windfall Might Stimulate the Vermont Economy Robin McDermott and Rob Williams
• Editorial: “Time to Cast Off and Dream Anew” Ian Baldwin
• Letter to the Editor
• An Interview with Anthony Pollina Ron Miller
• Notes from the Middlebury Institute: “If Kosovo, Why Not Vermont?” Kirkpatrick Sale
• Free Vermont Media: “The Shell Game and Other Errata From the Empire” Jim Hogue
• Localvore Living: “In The Face of ‘Agflation,’ Grow Your Own Food” Robin McDermott
• LocalWear: A Journey Into the Human Experience Jeff Bickart
• Vermont Vox Populi: “Re-Inhabiting Vermont’s Commons in a Post-Oil Future” – an interview with Ben Falk Rob Williams
• The Greenneck: “Stimulating Shopping in the Green Mountains”
• Vermont Libre: “The Obama Effect” Thomas Naylor
• Dispersions: “You Know Your Empire is Collapsing When…” – Part II Kirkpatrick Sale

• Scale And Violence: Secession and the Third American Revolution – Donald Livingston
• Editorial: “Beyond Our Independence Daze” Rob Williams
• Letter to the Editor
• An Interview with Gaye Symington – Ron Miller
• Notes from the Middlebury Institute: “Secession—Not Just a Thing of the Past” Kelly Janis
• Vermont Vox Populi: “Shout it Out with Green Mountain Teenagers”—Interview with Filmmaker Bess O’Brien Rob Williams
• Free Vermont Media: “Beyond Left and Right—An Introduction to Decentralism” John McClaughry
• The Greenneck: “What Independence Day?”
• LocalWear: Clothing the Human Experience Jeff Bickart
• LocalVore Living: “Waste Not, Want Not” Robin McDermott
• Dispersions: “Beyond Capitalism and Socialism” Kirkpatrick Sale

• Exponential Money in a Finite World Chris Martenson
• Editorial: On Becoming Sovereign – Not ‘More’ Sovereign Ian Baldwin 3 Letters to the Editor
• Vermont Vox Populi: Our Environment and Our Food – Excerpts from the Summer 2008 Gubernatorial Debate
• Notes from the Middlebury Institute: Why Secession Is A Tough Sell In Vermont And Beyond Thomas Naylor
• The Vermont Sustainable Heating Initiative Ron Miller
• The Case for Local Wheat and Bread in Vermont Erik Andrus
• LocalVore Living: How to Isolate Vermont from Skyrocketing Food Costs Robin McDermott
• Free Vermont Media: Transition Towns: Using Our Heads, Hearts, and Hands in a Post-Peak Oil Vermont George Lisi
• The Greenneck: Splitting Firewood: Musings on Survival in a 21st Century Vermont
• Dispersions: Sixty-Eight Million Americans Can’t Be Wrong – Kirkpatrick Sale

• The Greatest Looting Operation in History Chris Martenson
• Editorial—V for Vermont: Vanishing the U.S. Empire, Visualizing the Vermont Republic Rob Williams
• Letter to the Editor
• Vermont’s Vulnerable Election System Gary Beckwith
• Vermont Vox Populi—Moving Toward a Solar and Biomass Heating Economy Gaelan Brown
• Sense Beyond the Dollar: A Primer on Local Currencies Amy Kirschner
• LocalVore Living—What the Tomatoes Tell Us About Growing Locally Robin McDermott
• Notes from the Middlebury Institute—Why Secession Is A Tough Sell, Part II Thomas Naylor
• Free Vermont Media—Honing The Argument for Vermont Independence Bill McKibben
• The Greenneck: Musings on the Meltdown
• Dispersions—Push-Pull: The Third North American Secession Convention Kirkpatrick Sale

• Why I Support A Second Vermont Republic Ian Baldwin
• Editorial—Vermont Independence: Yes We Can! Rob Williams
• Letters to the Editor
• Free Vermont Media—Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine, Obama, and the U.S. Empire Carolyn Baker
• LocalVore Living—Peasant Secrets to Eating Like a Pharoah Robin McDermott
• NOFA Vermont’s Winter 2009 Conference Meg Klepack
• Education by Design—Toward Educational Freedom Ron Miller
• Vermont’s Energy Future: The Choice is Ours Richard Foley
• Homestead Security—Wood Heat: Drying It Ben Falk
• Movement Within Movements—Seeding Our Vermont Food Movement Cheryl King Fischer
• Vermont Vox Populi—Secessionist Sensibilities: Interview with Frank Bryan Alyssa Jean Findlay
• Transition Times—‘Transition Towns’ Generate Enthusiasm Carl Etnier

• Vermonters In An Independent Republic Would Pay Lower Taxes Hans Ohanian
• Editorial—No Apologies: Retooling Vermont for Revolutionary Times Rob Williams
• Letter to the Editor
• Free Vermont Media—Economics vs. History (Planet Finance vs. Planet Earth) Woody Tasch
• Vermont Vox Populi—Humanizing and Relocalizing Commerce; the Vermont Sustainable Exchange Carolyn Fox
• Defunding Empire: Join S.E.C.E.D.E. “H.D. Thoreau”
• Localvore Living—A Solution to Plummeting Milk Prices Robin McDermott
• Education by Design—Decentralizing Educational Authority Ron Miller
• Transition Times—Making It Up As We Go Along Carl Etnier
• Homestead Security—Re-Skilling and Re-Tooling for Transition Times Ahead Ben Falk
• Bursting Our Bubbles: The Theft of Our Common Wealth (Are Vermonters Already on Their Own?) Jim Hogue
• The Greenneck—A Careful Consideration of the U.S. Economic Crisis
• Ignite Democracy: Take Charge of Your Communications Future Lauren-Glenn Davitian

• What Will You Eat if Vermont Secedes? Amy Shollenberger
• Editorial—No Stopping. No Standing Gaelan Brown
• Letters to the Editor
• Localvore Living—Food Safety Regulations: One Size Does Not Fit All Robin McDermott
• Secession Is In Our Bones Chellis Glendinning
• Free Vermont Media—Collapse and Transformation Ron Miller
• Transition Times—How Fast Can We Inspire Each Other for the Great Re-skilling? Carl Etnier
• Building Inner Resilience for ‘The Long Emergency’ Lisa Nash
• Vermont Vox Populi—Re-Awakening to Our Herbal Environment: Interview with Annie McCleary Kayleigh Blanchette
• Homestead Security—Cultivating Sustainability Ben Falk
• Spending Time: A New Approach Joanna Dillon and Monica Kimball
• Education By Design—Separation of School and (Corporate) State Ron Miller
• The Greenneck—Gratitude Amidst the Frenzy
• Dispersions—Obama & Co. Really Messed Up Kirkpatrick Sale

• Leaving The Empire: In Defense of Vermont Independence Keith Brunner
• Editorial: Minting New Vermont Patriots Rick Foley
• Leaving the Big Top: What Circus Smirkus Teaches Us About Secession Bill Morancy
• Vermont: The First Populist Republic Adam Kuzminski
• Transition Times: White River Junction Makes Change Fun Carl Etnier
• Localvore Living: Goodbye to Rural Vermont’s Exceptional Leader, Amy Shollenberger Robin McDermott
• Vermont Vox Populi: Crossing The Rubicon with Michael Ruppert Carolyn Baker
• Free Vermont Media: What Are Young Farmers Reading This Summer? Tyler Wilkinson-Ray
• Education By Design: A Holistic Perspective on Education Ron Miller
• Homestead Security: Regeneratively Reclaiming Vermont’s Unused Lands Ben Falk
• Crafting a New Praxis: Excoriating Technology For the Sake of the Natural Frank Joseph Smecker
• Vermont Libre: Vermont’s Patriots: Alternative to Empire Thomas Naylor
• Dispersions: Is Secession Talk Sign of a Human-Scale Alternative? Kirkpatrick Sale

• Beyond Red and Blue: State Sovereignty Movement Ignites a Wildfire Harold Thomas
• Editorial—The Great Re-Skilling Rob Williams
• Letters to the Editor
• Rebuilding Place: The Value and Traditions of Country Stores Dennis Báthory-Kitsz
• Localvore Living—The Growing Grandeur of a Statehouse Garden Robin McDermott
• Vermont and Cuba: An Unlikely and Unique Relationship Jared Carter
• Free Vermont Media—Skulk-ing About 9/11: Fighting Fiction with Fiction Mark Estrin
• The Greenneck—On Rain, Pain, and Gaming the System
• Vermont Vox Populi—Beyond Facebook: Chittenden County’s Electronic “Front Porch Forum” Rob Williams
• Homestead Security—Soil to Oil and Back: Rapid Topsoil Formation in the Solar Age Ben Falk
• Education By Design—“Race to the Top,” or “Something Closer to the Heart?” Ron Miller
• Transition Times—Keeping Current with Vermont Transitions Carl Etnier
• Vermont Libre—Wanted: Vermont Patriots to Run for the State House Thomas Naylor
• Dispersions—Don’t Tread on Me: The State Sovereignty Movement Kirkpatrick Sale

• Secession, Vermont Style: The Green Mountains and Dixie—Contrasting Voices for Independence Ron Miller
• How Vermont Can Abolish Usury and Promote a Sustainable Economy Adrian Kuzminski
• Editorial—Beyond Barack’s Bamboozling: Obama Fizzles, Vermonters Look Anew At Independence Rob Williams
• Letters to the Editor
• Why Vermont’s Future Needs Robust Bioenergy Capacity Ralph Meima
• Vermont Vox Populi—“If You Don’t Try To Change Things”: Interview with 2008 A.G. Candidate Charlotte Dennett – Kayleigh Blanchette
• The Greenneck —When The Doing Is Its Own Reward
• Localvore Living—Local Bread Breakthrough for the Fall Localvore Challenge Robin McDermott
• Greed, Fear, and a VT Alternative: The National Healthcare ‘Debate’ Thomas Naylor
• Transition Times—Building A Transition Toolkit Carl Etnier
• Free Vermont Media—Thomas Greco’s The End of Money and the Future of Civilization : A Book Review by Richard Cook
• Bursting Our Bubbles II: or Topsy-Turvy Jim Hogue
• Homestead Security—Soil to Oil and Back II: Harvesting Value From Your Leachfield Ben Falk
• Dispersions—How To Get An Independent Vermont, Starting NOW Kirkpatrick Sale

• Vermont’s Common Assets: From Banana Republic to Sovereign Commonwealth Gary Flomenhoft
• Vermont’s Pathway Toward Economic Independence, Part II Adrian Kuzminski
• Editorial—Be There (January 15) Ian Baldwin
• Letters to the Editor
• Vermont’s Genetic Code: Toward a Decentralist Manifesto Frank Bryan
• Localvore Living—Fermenting Independence: Ancient Food-Preservation Technique Makes a Comeback Robin McDermott
• Transition Times—Indiana Transition Plan Sets Bar For VT Efforts Carl Etnier
• Crosslots—“I Pledge Allegiance. . . Sort of” Will Lindner
• Vermont Vox Populi—Interview with 1% For The Planet Executive Director Terry Kellogg Rob Williams
• Energy Optimist—Energy Crisis, Energy Independence Gaelan Brown
• The Greenneck—In Winter
• Free Vermont Media—Collapse, The Movie: Staring Down the Barrel of the 21st Century Carolyn Baker
• Homestead Security—Soil to Oil and Back III: Protecting and Making Soil Ben Falk
• Dispersions—Why No Uprising Yet? Kirkpatrick Sale
• Vermont Commonwealth 21st Century Statement of Principles

• SEXession: Where are the Women? Chellis Glendinning
• Message in a Bottle: Vermont Groundwater A Public Resource Gary Flomenhoft
• Guest Editorial—The Senate: Seven So Far, and Counting Dennis Morrisseau
• Letters to the Editor
• ENVY’able Alternatives: Electrifying Vermont Without Relicensing Yankee Sucosh Norton
• Transition Times—Village-building Convergence Returns Montpelier to its Roots Carl Etnier
• Localvore Living—Crunchy Winter Salads With Fewer Food Miles Robin McDermott
• Behind Bars, For Profit: Should Vermont Continue to Privatize Prison Care? Anne Galloway
• Energy Optimist—Why The Conflict Between Sovereignty and Renewable Energy? Gaelan Brown
• The Greenneck—Disconnection Meditation
• Homestead Security—Adaptive Design for Climate (and other) Changes Ben Falk
• Crosslots—Little House in South Burlington Will Lindner
• Vermont Libre—350.org: Copenhagen or Bust Thomas H. Naylor
• Free Vermont Media—Censored in 2010: The Most Important Underreported New Stories of This Year Stephen Lendman
• Dispersions—Secession Is In The Air Kirkpatrick Sale

• Scratching The Surface: Collecting Rent on Vermont’s Publicly Owned Surface Water Elliot Wilkinson-Ray
• Secession, Not Aggression: Why Progressives and Liberals Should Consider Vermont Independence T. Keith Preston
• Guest Editorial: The Buck Stops Here—Slow Me The Money, Vermont Woody Tasch
• Letters to the Editor
• Homestead Security: When The Ecofads Fade—Ditch the Carbon-Footprint Calculator and Pick Up a Shovel Ben Falk
• Free Vermont Media: The Way Of All Empires—The U.S. On the Cusp of Peak Oil Ian Baldwin
• Localvore Living: Can Vermont Have Too Many Farmers? Robin McDermott
• Energy Optimist: Vermont’s Energy Future—The Role for Solar Power Gaelan Brown
• Vermont’s Town Forest Health Check: Harvesting Wood, Promoting the Commons, Ensuring Sustainability Alexandra Murphy
• The Greenneck: Spring Musings
• Secession Briefs: For Independence, The Court Stops Short Jonathan Stevens
• Vermont Vox Populi: ‘On Call’ For Collapse Carolyn Baker
• Transition Times: Planning For the Long Emergency Carl Etnier
• Dispersions: Much Ado About Something Kirkpatrick Sale

• Imagine Free Vermont, The Switzerland of North America Thomas Naylor
• Voices of Independence Emerge In Vermont Politics Will Lindner
• Editorial: The Not-So-Dire Implications Of Collapse Ian Baldwin
• Letters to the Editor
• Beating Wall Street: How To Recover Vermont’s Monetary Commons (Part 1) Gary Flomenhoft
• The Greenneck: Reckoning With Deepwater Horizon’s “Junk Shot”
• Homestead Security: Forget Peak Oil, Climate Change, Collapse—The Chemicals Are Killing Us Ben Falk
• Transition Times: Vermont On Track To Be First Transition State Carl Etnier
• Vermont Vox Populi: The Politics & Practice of Sustainable Living—Interview With Chelsea Green Publisher Margo Baldwin -Rob Williams
• Localvore Living: Old World Ways vs. Modern Technology Robin McDermott
• Energy Optimist: A FIT For Energy Independence Gaelan Brown
• Secession Briefs: Nullification Jonathan Stevens
• Free Vermont Media: ‘Mixed Nuts’—Aren’t We All? James Hogue
• Green Mountain Music: Nocturnals Emission – Grace Potter’s Sexy New CD Rob Williams

• Most Likely To Secede: U.S. Empire and Vermont Secession Rob Williams
• Vermont Independence Candidates Gaining Traction Will Lindner
• Editorial: Six-Day Vermont Road Trip Brings a Blast of Hope Rob Williams
• Letters to the Editor
• Free Vermont Media: Contemplating Cultural Change in the Face of Climate Change—Book Reviews Ron Miller
• How To Recover Vermont’s Monetary Commons—Who Creates Money? And Who Ought To? Gary Flomenhoft
• Energy Optimist: Shred, Don’t Dread—Combustion-Free Heat for Vermont Gaelan Brown
• Transition Times: Original UK Transition Town Sees 40-Percent Participation Carl Etnier
• Homestead Security: It’s the Chemicals that are Killing Us—Five All-Star Food Medicines Ben Falk
• Localvore Living: Expanding the Localvore Circle in Vermont Robin McDermott
• Vermont Vox Populi: Broadcasting Media for Democracy—Interview with CCTV’s Lauren-Glenn Davitian Rob Williams
• The Greenneck: Sitting by the Sugarhouse
• Dispersions: Walking the Talk? What They’re Saying About Secession Kirkpatrick Sale

• Bye Bye Miss American Empire—Introduction Bill Kauffman
• Empire, Secession, Citizen Journalism, and Media Democracy Rob Williams
• Editorial: Come Back, Vermont Ian Baldwin
• Letter to the Editor
• Vermont Vox Populi: Interview with ‘Steele For Governor’ Campaign Manager Matthew Cropp Rob Williams
• Homestead Security: Hedging Your Bets—Asset Allocation in a Post-Peak Oil World Ben Falk
• Free Vermont Media: Neighborhood Patriots, Backcountry Rebels and their Crusade to Redraw America’s Political Map—book review Ron Miller
• The Greenneck: The November of Our Nation
• Localvore Living: Eating Locally in Winter Robin McDermott
• Energy Optimist: A Wood-Fired Energy-Independence Plan for Vermont Gaelan Brown
• Vermont’s Emerging ‘Spectrum Commons’ William Murray
• Secession Briefs: Independence and the Legal Landscape Jonathan Stevens
• Crosslots: To Bail or Not To Bail? Will Lindner
• Transition Times: Local Heat, Beyond the Wood Stove Carl Etnier
• Dispersions: Getting Back to the ‘Real’ Constitution? Fahgettaboudit Kirkpatrick Sale

• The Empire’s New Clothes: Obama, War, and the Moral Case for Vermont Independence Christopher Ketcham
• Why Vermont Should Say NO to the F-35 Juliet Buck
• Editorial: Taking Stock of Vermont Independence Gary Flomenhoft
• Letter to the Editor
• Vermont Vox Populi: Interview with the Big Picture Theater’s Claudia Becker Rob Williams
• The Vermont Council of Censors: An Idea Whose Time Has Returned
• Rick Scharf and Rick Foley
• Bye Bye Miss American Empire: Introduction Part Deux Bill Kauffman
• Secession Briefs: We’ll All Be Safer When You’re Naked Jonathan Stevens
• Free Vermont Media: U.S. News Media Checking In at the ICU Taylor M. Silvestri
• Transition Times: Putney Zips Toward Resilience Carl Etnier
• Media In The Hands of the People: Alive and Well in Vermont’s 2010 Elections Lauren-Glenn Davitian
• The Greenneck: This Is My Time (Winter Musings)
• Energy Optimist: Wanted—A Holistic Perspective on Vermont Energy Gaelan Brown
• Localvore Living: Books For Cooks Robin McDermott
• Tips on Roasting Winter Vegetables from cookbook author Andrea Chesman
• Sex’cession: Are You Turned Off? Carissa Stimpfel
• Perhaps Collapse: The Hopelessness of Hoarding Jasmine Lamb
• Dispersions: On John Randolph and “Secession—A Right Undeniable” Kirkpatrick Sale

• Burlington Kisses Lockheed?
• Just Say No Jonathan Leavitt
• Vermont Food Sovereignty, And a Resolution to Protect It Robert Wagner
• Editorial: The Knave and his Interlocutor Talk About Vermont’s Future Ian Baldwin
• Letters to the Editor
• Vermont Vox Populi: Human Rights for Human Beings—Interview with Move To Amend’s David Cobb Gaelan Brown
• Localvore Living: Putting the CSA Model to the Test Robin McDermott
• Secession Briefs: Corporations and Vermont’s Commons—What A Tangled Web We Weave Jonathan Stevens
• Homestead Security: Intending To Stay—Toward A Tree-Crop Culture Ben Falk
• The Greenneck: Irrational Exuberance? Mud Season Musings
• Energy Optimist: Group Net Metering in Vermont Gaelan Brown
• Radical Sahm: Bedtime Stories—Reflections On Our Response to the Arizona Shootings Juliet Buck
• Free Vermont Media: Ban The (Latest) Bomb—Film Review of Full Signal Chellis Glendenning
• Bye Bye Miss American Empire: Secessionists of all Stripes Bill Kauffman
• Transition Times: From Action to Planning in Vermont Carl Etnier
• Media By The People: When Connection Leads to Disconnection Lauren-Glenn Davitian
• Perhaps Collapse: I Killed a Disabled Chicken Jasmine Lamb
• Dispersions: The Sesquicentennial Is Upon Us Kirkpatrick Sale

• The Nuclear Reality: Facing It Squarely Ben Falk
• Sovereignty and the Money Problem: A New Beginning Charles Eisenstein
• Editorial: Women, War, and Vermont Independence Robin Lloyd
• Letter to the Editor
• Vermont Libre: Vermont Progressives Morph Into Pro-War Party Thomas Naylor
• Energy Optimist: How Many Wakeup Calls Do You Need? Gaelan Brown
• Bye Bye Miss American Empire: Where Wisdom Lies—Home and Homefolks Bill Kauffman
• Who Owns Vermont’s Rocks? Ian Raphael
• Transition Times: Pecha Kucha Keeps Transition Ideas Snappy Carl Etnier
• Radical Sahm: Red Herrings—Swallowing the Lies Juliet Buck
• Media By The People: Standing Before the Wave—Community Resilience a Path to Our Future Lauren-Glenn Davitian
• Sex’cession: To Baby or Not to Baby—Just Whose Issue Is It? Carissa Stimpfel
• Vermont Vox Populi: Green Blooded—Interview with Vermont filmmakers Teo Erik Zagar and Christopher Piana Rob Williams
• Secession Briefs: Repeal the Seventeenth Amendment Jonathan Stevens
• Education by Design: Real World Learning—A Challenge to Standardized Education Ron Miller
• Perhaps Collapse: I Have Something to Say Jasmine Lamb
• The Greenneck: Spring Thaw
• Free Vermont Media: Remembering Independence—book review Jim Hogue

The very first issues of Vermont Commons are attached here in PDF format.