Rooted in Vermont: Uniting all Vermonters around Local Food
The Rooted in Vermont grassroots movement celebrates how all Vermonters acquire and enjoy local food and intends to increase consumer demand so more Vermont food can be available and accessible where most Vermonters shop Montpelier, VT – Vermonters were farming, gardening, fishing, and hunting long before there were craft beers and gourmet burgers. Traditions like […]
New Program Takes Benefits Approach to Climate Action
Socially responsible employers and their like-minded employees can act together to help save the planet. Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC) has recently launched a new HR benefits program – Sustainability Benefits – that gathers data about employees’ carbon footprints, and helps employers design and administer a program to help encourage action. The program is based […]
Rock Art Brewery Toasts Vermont’s First Solar-Powered Beer
SunCommon helps brewery fully offset electricity with solar SunCommon of Waterbury has helped Rock Art Brewery of Morrisville become the first Vermont brewery to fully offset its power needs with a 200-panel rooftop solar array. Rock Art Brewery unveils Vermont’s first solar-powered beer, Sun Rocked IPA, as a toast to the 20-year-old brewery reaching […]
Norwich Solar Technologies and Upper Valley Aquatic Center’s Solar Project Is Up and Running
White River Junction– June 7, 2017– Upper Valley Aquatic Center (UVAC) and Norwich Solar Technologies (NST) have completed the commissioning of a 500-kilowatt solar project just down the road in Hartford, for the benefit of UVAC and its members and guests. The system was turned on May 23rd and is now producing power. We are […]
BURLINGTON’S ESC4PE ROOM GAME OFFERS VBSR MEMBERS 50% OFF!
BURLINGTON, VT – Esc4pe is a local independent business that opened 1 year ago on June 15th, 2017 to bring the escape room phenomena to Burlington. Interactive, entertaining and immersive, escape rooms challenge groups to complete a mission by solving a series of physical and mental puzzles in just 60 minutes. During their first year […]
Share the Road with Farmers: Be Alert. Be Patient. Be Kind.
Be alert. Be patient. Be kind. That’s the message state officials are sending to Vermont drivers this season, as farmers return to the roads with tractors and heavy equipment. The Agencies of Agriculture, Transportation, and Department of Public Safety have teamed up to create a new public safety message that reminds Vermonters to take extra […]
Vermont Must Lead on Climate Change as Washington Turns a Blind Eye
President Trump’s decision to remove the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement is bad for business, the environment, and our way of life. Last week, VBSR joined 12 other organizations in thanking Gov. Phil Scott for urging President Trump not to leave the Climate Agreement (read that letter here), and we asked him to […]
New Network Launches for Vermont Climate Economy Businesses
Vermont Climate Economy Business Network kick-offs with networking event for entrepreneurs and innovators who are passionate about developing business solutions to address the impacts of climate change Burlington, VT – The new Vermont Climate Economy Business Network will launch this June at a networking event for Vermont businesses whose products and services aim to reduce, […]
