The Green Issue 2011
A Net-metering Bill for Solar Collectors; APPLE Corps Grow in Rows; Tree-free Books
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Turn Your Old Seven Days Into an Eco-Friendly Planting Pot
p { margin:20px 0; } When you’re finished reading your copy of Seven Days, you can use it to make your own planting pots. When your plants are ready, you can put the pots right into the soil and the newspaper will break down. Happy planting! What you need: newspaper bottle scissors soil seeds 1.…
Gov. Shumdog by the Numbers
Today, Gov. Shumlin’s office released a roundup of all the things our esteemed leader has done since he took office in January. And you thought he was just working on his tan in Dominica for the last three and a half months. Nope! Dude’s actually been doing stuff. And not just cutting ribbons, breaking ground,…
Entergy Sues to Keep Vermont Yankee Open
Entergy Corp., owners of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, filed a lawsuit against the state of Vermont in U.S. District Court this morning. The Louisiana-based company says the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — not Vermont lawmakers — should decide whether the plant can continue operating beyond 2012. The NRC has already granted the plant a…
Stephen Colbert Uses Ben & Jerry’s To Fix Women’s Unsightly Armpits
Last night on the Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert addressed a little known female problem: unsightly armpits. And thank god he did. I didn’t realize how much I hated my own pits until he pointed out just how revolting they are. But luckily, as Colbert reported, there’s something I can do about it. Unilever-owned Dove brand…
Bernie Sanders: Man of the people…and other two-legged primates
Sanders introduces a chimp protection bill.
Burlington CAO Jonathan Leopold To Resign, “Regrets” BT-Related “Difficulties”
Jonathan Leopold, Burlington’s chief administrative officer — and a powerful force in City Hall since Bernie Sanders was mayor — announced today that he will resign in June. In a letter to Mayor Bob Kiss, Leopold (pictured) cites “serious health problems” resulting from a 2007 car accident as the main reason for his departure. He…
Turn Your Old Seven Days Into an Eco-Friendly Planting Pot
The great thing about a newspaper is that you can reuse it for all kinds of things after you read it, like liner for your cat’s litter box, or kindling for the fireplace. (Some may argue that those are better uses of Seven Days even before you read it, but I digress.) In keeping with…
The Green Veneer
A reporter uncovers which climate change “solutions” are part of the problem
Energy Bill Would “Pay” Vermonters to Produce Their Own Power
John and Kay Antos don’t live off the grid, but thanks to the solar panels soaking up rays outside the couple’s hilltop home in Starksboro, their electric bills are negligible. The Antoses are among the more than 1300 Vermonters enrolled in the state’s net-metering program, an experiment launched in 1999 that lets farmers, homeowners and…
News Quirks
Curses, Foiled Again Facing five years in prison for forging drug prescriptions, Michelle Elaine Astumian, 41, appeared for sentencing in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., with a doctor’s note requesting a postponement. Prosecutor Dave Pomeroy called the doctor, who declared the note a forgery. (Associated Press) Facing prison for scamming $450,000 from 23 investors in…
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In her blog, Jane at janebook.tumblr.com answers questions from readers. A recent query went like this: “Who would win in a steel cage match, Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny?” Jane said, “Easter Bunny, no question; he has those big-ass teeth.” But I’m not so sure. My sources say that Santa…
The Wonder Years
A new book chronicles one of college baseball’s greatest teams … from Vermont
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Trout Fishing Opening Day [219]
4/9/11: A sunny Saturday marked the opening day of Vermont’s trout fishing season. Eva caught up with some fishermen (and boys) trying their luck in the chilly waters of Lewis Creek in North Ferrisburgh. Music: Greg Davis, Curling Pond Woods, “Curling Pond Woods”
Letters to the Editor
A Geographical Point Great article [“Avian Maven,” March 23]. I want to get my binoculars and go walk in Red Rocks Park looking for and listening to the spring birds. The only thing wrong is, Red Rocks Park is in South Burlington, not Burlington. Burlington’s park is Oakledge — close by, but on different points.…
Vermont Legislature Recognizes SEABA, South End Art District
This morning the Vermont House of Representatives voted unanimously to approve resolution H.C.R. 132, which recognizes the South End Arts and Business Association (SEABA) for 25 years of supporting the development of the South End Arts District and the creative economy in Burlington. SEABA’s main event — the South End Art Hop — draws in…
Foursquare Day in BTV? Bust Out the Ticker Tape!
Hear ye, hear ye! Be it proclaimed that April 16, in the year of our Lord Two Thousand Eleven, is officially Foursquare Day in Burlington, as decreed by our great and good City Council. Huzzah! In honor of this great occasion, all citizens of Burlington are asked — nay, required — to sign up for…
Remembering Blair Hamilton, Cofounder of Efficiency Vermont (1949-2011)
A very bright light has gone out in Burlington. Blair Hamilton, the founder of Vermont Energy Investment Corp. and a longtime champion for energy efficiency and renewable power, died on April 8 after a long battle with cancer. He was 61. Hamilton founded VEIC with his life partner, Beth Sachs, in 1986 and was the…
Free Cone Day, Delivered
Today is that annual spring ritual, that unofficial, floating holiday known simply as “Free Cone Day.” It’s the day each year when Ben & Jerry’s scoop shops around the country give away free ice cream. Tuesdays are production day here at Seven Days. We’re all scrambling like mad to get this week’s paper to the…
WTF: What’s with all the Grateful Dead music on Vermont Public Radio?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: We just had to ask…
