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 […]
December 18, 2014

Burning Single Payer?! Organizers Protest Governor Shumlin’s Abandonment of Universal Healthcare (RALLY)

Creative Action and Rapid Response Rally slated for Thursday, December 18, 11:30 am @ the State House. Please join us! For those of us who have been organizing […]
December 19, 2014

Merry Yule, and a Happy New Year! (GOLDEN BOUGH)

From Sir James George Frazer, The Golden Bough (1890; 1906-15) 62.7: The Midwnter Fires In modern Christendom the ancient fire-festival of the winter solstice appears to survive, or […]
January 5, 2015

January is Vermont Independence Month! (CELEBRATION)

Why not celebrate with some genuine Vermont independence merchandise from our 2VR Store? A Vermont-stitched 2VR flag, perhaps. Or maybe a copy of our book MOST […]
January 8, 2015

#VT99: Celebrating Vermont’s WINTER Commons – Snow. Go. Mojo! (#FESTIVAL)

Minus 15 degrees here in Mad River Valley this morning, and news from the Statehouse indicates that Vermont is looking at a $100 million budget deficit […]
January 9, 2015

Burning the Furniture: Vermont, Climate Change and the Human Condition (NATURE)

Did you catch the new NATURE report out this week? Worth a read. The energy upshot? If the world wishes to prevent “catastrophic” climate change, then […]
January 9, 2015

From the Mountain Top: Film Festival Founder Claudia Becker Holds Forth (INTERVIEW)

Publisher’s Note: We’ve supported the annual MountainTop Human Rights Film Festival, which takes place every Martin Luther King, Jr. week-end, since it’s inception. This year’s 2015 […]
January 9, 2015

Question: How can the Vermont legislature find the $100 million needed to fund life in our Green Mountains? (SOLUTIONS)

The answer? A Vermont public bank.  2VR has long supported independent financing for our once-and-future republic, and last year – 2014 – was a big one […]
January 11, 2015

“The Empties,” by Jess Row (SHORT STORY)

Readers of collapse-focused post-oil rural fiction (a growing genre – think the “World Made By Hand” novels of James Howard “Clusterfuck Nation” Kunstler) may have missed […]
January 13, 2015

52Farms, by Elizabeth Hewitt (FARM SERIAL)

There are more than 7,000 farms on more than 1.25 million acres of land in Vermont. 52Farms.co is a project to get to know a few of the farmers […]