May 3, 2014

Getting Real About Vermont’s Farm Problem by James Maroney

My position on pollution in Lake Champlain is that the state, in a misguided effort to save farming and protect water, an effort spanning fifty years […]
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 […]
May 30, 2014

Daze of Future Past: X Men, Again

Are we humans destined to destroy ourselves like so many species before us? Or can we evolve fast enough to change our fate? Is the future […]
May 30, 2014

Toward a Human-Scale Democracy in America by Frank Bryan (FEATURE)

This article was first published in Green Mountain Noise, 2VR’s E-zine publication Question: Does the American National Government work? Answer: Yes. It was designed not to work […]
May 30, 2014

Monkton Homeowners Rebuke Threats of Eminent Domain from Pipeline by Dylan Kelley (INVESTIGATION)

This article was first published in Green Mountain Noise, 2VR’s E-zine publication Gathering in a small kitchen before a battery of cameras, four Monkton homeowners are raising […]
May 30, 2014

How Traditions and Values Have Defined the Vermont Way by Greg Guma (FEATURE)

This article was first published in Green Mountain Noise, 2VR’s E-zine publication Ethan Allen, the unpredictable frontier rebel who rallied resistance to any person or power threatening […]
May 30, 2014

F-35 in VT: How Blind Patriotism Struck Leaders Blind, Deaf, and Dumb by William Boardman (FEATURE)

In the real world, on 9/11, the Vermont Air National Guard defended nothing against nobody, and managed to provide no real protection for anyone anywhere.  When […]
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 […]
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 […]
January 20, 2015

Towards A Vermont “Climate Change Economy”(CONFERENCE)

This commentary is by Ron Miller, is the chair of Sustainable Woodstock. This column first appeared in The Vermont Standard on Jan. 7, 2015. The Vermont […]