April 7, 2016

Cosmetics Surgery: Might Vermont Help Lead The Way?

The toxic chemicals present in cosmetics in the modern day market are harmful to humans and the environment. Despite this knowledge, these chemicals remain unregulated and […]
April 13, 2016

“Shwag Bag Of Doom” – Welcome to “Cluster Fuck Nation.”

Publisher’s note: We’ve channeled JH Kunstler since our first issue of Vermont Commons back in 2005. “The problems facing the U.S. of Empire,” he notes here, […]
April 21, 2016

Ganja’preneurialism: How Can Cannabis Benefit Vermont?

Publisher’s note: While the Vermont House of Representatives dickers over cannabis legalization and regulation here in the once and future Vermont republic, ganja’preneurs like Eli Harrington […]
April 21, 2016

Win $500 for Photographing Chemtrails: Brattleboro, Vermont’s “Reluctant Activist” Sponsors Sky-Watching Contest

The Reluctant Activist is pleased to announce the only photo contest of its kind in America. Beginning May 1 thru June 30th, 2016) The Reluctant Activist […]
May 4, 2016

Fish, On: Seeking Vermont’s Mysterious Brook Trout

Everything is calm and quiet in the back wood mountain streams of Stowe, Vermont. The wind cannot reach inside the valley, so the only noise made […]
May 4, 2016

Center for Research on Vermont: Annual Meeting on May 11, 2016!

May 4, 2016

GMO Labeling in Vermont: Retailer Experience, Data Dispute Cost Concerns

While many large media outlets have described Vermont’s mandatory GMO labeling initiative as a “controversial” move, independent research indicates that no fewer than 64 countries containing […]
June 27, 2016

Vermont Independence on the Vermont RADIO Airwaves

Thanks to WGDR radio host Jim Hogue for hosting us last week for a wide-ranging 90 minute conversation on the past, present, and future of Vermont […]
July 1, 2016

“Plan V”: The Nuts and Bolts of Vermont Independence

July 5, 2016

From “Brexit” to “Vexit” – The Twin Myths of Cosmopolitanism and Efficiency, from an Independent Vermont

Thanks to THE ATLANTIC and POLITICO for reporting on Plan V – our blueprints for a 2nd Vermont Republic – in the wake of the Brexit. […]