Archives for March 2009
Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility is pulling together another dynamite conference this spring… On the Long Trail: Sustaining Success… May 5, 2009, at the Hilton Hotel on Battery Street in Burlington.
I’m thrilled to be leading a session with a great panel. We aim to draw a knowledgeable and questioning crowd to assure a lively discussion. [...]
Friend and colleague Linda Gionti is reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest, Outliers. She shared this with me…
It’s about a phenomenon discovered in Roseto, Pennsylvania in the 1950’s. It was a town made up of transplants from Roseto, Italy. One physician noted that he rarely saw heart disease in anyone under 65 from Roseto. Another doctor got [...]
According to new study from the UVM Center for Rural Studies, 66% of Vermont households surveyed report having high speed internet access. About 79% said that broadband was available where they lived.
Overall nearly 82% of polled households have an Internet connection. Of connected households, 18% had dial-up, 24% had a cable modem, 42% had DSL, [...]
We’re seeing more garden-related postings on Front Porch Forum this spring than in past years. The economy? The Obamas’ example? The localvore movement?
For example, Kristen posted this note yesterday on the FPF Hinesburg Village Neighborhood Forum…
Seeking kitchen garden space
Thinking abou skipping putting in a garden this year? I’m looking for a prepared garden space and [...]
A neighborhood activist came home from a community meeting in Burlington tonight and she turned immediately to Front Porch Forum to inform her neighbors of the meeting’s outcome. I was struck by her note that said, in part,…
Between Channel 17 [award-winning PEG Access station] and Front Porch Forum, the Free Press [Gannett-owned local daily newspaper] [...]
Amy posted a note on Front Porch Forum seeking donations yesterday in Burlington’s South End. Today she followed up with this…
Thanks so much for your generous response to my request for household goods for Bethan, the young mother in need. We had a great time yesterday driving around picking things up from all you kind [...]
Bill’s not letting the economy — or a bear attack — get him down (as posted to his Hinesburg neighbors on Front Porch Forum today)…
Bear Market finally hits Baldwin Rd
Delighted with the Budd and Schubart bird delis and their cornucopia of curious feeding devices, a hungry black bear, out for a Saturday evening ramble on [...]
From Scott Heiferman…
Dalai Lama: “the great movements of the last hundred years and more – democracy, liberalism, socialism – have all failed to deliver the universal benefits they were supposed to provide, despite many wonderful ideas… What I propose is… a call for a radical reorientation away from our habitual preoccupation with self. It is [...]
Kevin Harris blogs today…
“I’m involved in a new initiative to try and help maximise the potential of digital media for community engagement. In recent weeks I’ve been working with Simon Grice, Steven Feldman and Hugh Flouch (Harringay Online) to set up BeLocal Consulting, starting with a series of workshops. Here’s the blurb:
“BeLocal Consulting contributes to [...]
Clay Shirky’s much blogged about essay about newspapers is — surprising for a topic so over analyzed — fresh and mind-opening…
… there is one possible answer to the question “If the old model is broken, what will work in its place?” The answer is: Nothing will work, but everything might. Now is the time for [...]