2VR-44-45As the U.S. of Empire begins to crumble, individuals and institutions are emerging to provide alternative blueprints for how we might reorganize ourselves in more decentralized communities. The life and work of Bill Coperthwait – architect, designer, author, builder, visionary – provides insights into how to live and work in a more resilient manner as we move into the 21st century Age of Limits. Check out this new book, excerpted here in our 2015 e-zine “Green Mountain Noise.” Read the whole feature right here at our web site, and buy the book from Vermont independent publisher Chelsea Green. Free Vermont, and long live the UNtied States!

October 25, 2015

A Man Apart: Bill Coperthwaite’s Radical Experiment in Living

As the U.S. of Empire begins to crumble, individuals and institutions are emerging to provide alternative blueprints for how we might reorganize ourselves in more decentralized […]
October 12, 2015

Chelsea Green Publishing Celebrates THIRTY Years!

Our favorite Vermont-based independent book publishing company, Chelsea Green, turns thirty this year. We caught up with co-founders Margo and Ian Baldwin about their book-driven adventures, life […]
December 17, 2014

The Hobbit: Here and Back Again

 Never before in Hollywood history has a prequel novel such as “The Hobbit” – the standalone first book in English fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth […]
September 30, 2014

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Food Rights, by Claire Cavanaugh (BOOK REVIEW)

When first presented with Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Food Rights: The Escalating Battle Over Who Decides What We Eat, I knew next to nothing […]
July 3, 2014

Hot Shit! Vermont’repreneur Gaelan Brown on Compost, Biomass and our Energy Future (INTERVIEW)

An Interview with Biomass Vermont-trepreneur Gaelan Brown While working with a number of iconic Vermont companies – Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, GroSolar, and 1% For The […]
May 30, 2014

Burlington’s Underworld by Katherine Coughlin (DRUG TOUR)

This article was first published in Green Mountain Noise, 2VR’s E-zine publication It is a dark place. There is the ups and downs, the rushes, the pushes […]
May 26, 2014

Battle Over Banking: A Public Bank for the Republic of Vermont by Jim Hogue

This article was first published in Green Mountain Noise, 2VR’s E-zine publication Introduction In 1694, British Financiers formed the Bank of England and changed the world. […]
May 6, 2014

CLIMATE CHANGE: The Bigger Picture by Charles Eisenstein

I’ve noticed some parallels among three defining institutions of our civilization: money, war, and mainstream religion. All three demand, in one way or another, the sacrifice […]
April 30, 2014

Filming A Farming Future For Vermont

All Vermonters interested in a more resilient agricultural future will not want to miss a remarkable new documentary exploring the history and future of our Mad […]
April 22, 2014

Be Ordinary by Nichole Hastings

I was recently able to speak with Bernie Sanders in a small venue and to hear my fellow community members voice their comments and concerns.  I […]
April 15, 2014

H.883 Ignores the Funding Formula by Heidi Spear

The public testimony regarding H.883, which mandates sweeping statewide school governance consolidation, brought home the gravity of our situation.  Two hours was a long time to […]
April 11, 2014

Liberate Hawai’i

  As 21st century Vermonters continue to explore independence for our once and future republic, it behooves us to remember and dialogue with other independence movements […]