January 29, 2018

NET NEUTRALITY: Join The Fight To Protect a Free and Open Internet, Vermont! (WHAT THE FCC?)

Individual states are challenging the FCC/Feds on “Net Neutrality.” (VI backstory here). “When Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) signed an executive order Monday, the state of Montana […]
February 7, 2018

“Harm To Table” – Glyphosate Use Rising In Our Green Mountains?!

Publisher’s note: This astonishing story is researched by Michael Colby, who is a writer and maple syrup producer living in Walden, the former editor of the Food […]
February 11, 2018

“Bacon’s Utopia – Part 1” (OUR GEOENGINEERING AGE, PART 8)

Publisher’s Note: This is the eighth installment in our geoengineering series. Our skies are our most visible and vital global Commons, and they are under siege by powerful […]
February 11, 2018

Frack The US Empire, Empower Our Local Governments (YORKER POV)

Ten years have passed since we learned that the oil and gas industry was planning to frack a big chunk of New York State, including Otsego […]
April 2, 2018

Vermonter Bill McKibben Wins “2VR – Vermont Secessionist of the Year 2018” Award! (VI Press Release)

Bill McKibben Awarded “2VR – Vermont Secessionist of the Year!” Vermont Environmentalist, Activist, and Author Wins “2VR – Vermont Secessionist of the Year 2018” Award from […]
April 14, 2018

Milking Vermont’s Future: The Life And Death of Our Dairy Industry (REGENERATION VERMONT)

Our 21st century United States’ “news” culture is moving inexorably into a world of Deep State disinformation, algorithmic censorship, filter bubbles, behavioral micro-targeting, sock puppets, and […]
May 3, 2018

“CannaCurious” in Vermont (Feeling HEADY)

  Starting this month, Vermont Independent publisher Rob Williams is joining forces with Heady Vermont to explore the relationship between an independent 2nd Vermont Republic and […]
June 11, 2018

CANNA’CURIOUS: Cannabis, the Vermont Way – VTCC’s Vision To Grow a Thriving, Community-Based, Legal Cannabis Economy (Part 1)

Several weeks ago, I found myself with friends in Stowe attending a Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center show (Bruce Cockburn – in his 70s and still […]
June 12, 2018

The Golden Red Allure of Saffron: Toward a Healthier, Wealthier, More Resilient Vermont

I wasn’t too sure what to expect, and had only exchanged a handful of emails with the boss of the lab, prior to making my debut. […]
July 23, 2018

“Our Geoengineering Age” – Summer 2018 Update

As more and more thoughtful sky watchers around the world are confirming, geoengineering – the deliberate and largely secretive military manipulation of the planet’s climate – […]