AltWeeklies Wire
Compost Enforcements Threaten Vermont's Solid-Waste Dreamsnew
Last summer, 13 garbage experts covered a 20-by-10-foot wall with sticky notes. As members of a state-sponsored subcommittee studying "organics," they were preparing to tell Vermont's Agency of Natural Resources what should be done with the state's compostable waste.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
08-08-2008 |
Environment
The Smart Car Comes to Burlingtonnew
At 5.1 by 8.8 feet, a Smart car looks like a contraption you might ride at an amusement park. But a few months ago, after selling for years in Europe and Canada, Smart cars entered the U.S. market.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
06-20-2008 |
Transportation
Protesters Decry UVM's Use of Live Pigs in Surgeons' Training Programnew
Advanced Trauma Operative Management offers practicing surgeonsa quick yet intense refresher in basic trauma-surgery techniques. But animal-rights advocates, as well as medical students and faculty around the country, believe live-animal training sessions have no place on college campuses.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
05-27-2008 |
Animal Issues
A Welding Program for Refugees Sparks Job Opportunitiesnew
Before next spring, the welding program run by Association of Africans Living in Vermont will have provided 30 individuals with 80 hours of welding training and 40 hours of English as a Second Language instruction.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
05-19-2008 |
Business & Labor
In Vermont, War-Tax Resistance Dies Hardnew
Five years into an unpopular war, the practice of withholding federal tax payments in protest isn't entirely dead.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
04-04-2008 |
War
Enviro-Friendly?new
Despite rebuke of its own product, Seventh Generation pushes to regulate toxic chemicals.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-28-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Inside Essex Alliancenew
Vermont's largest house of worship is searching for souls -- and space.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-21-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Fowl Playnew
Urban Vermonters raise city cluckers.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
03-14-2008 |
Animal Issues
Tags: animal issues
Groundwater Risingnew
Who's bottling Vermont's H2O -- and at what price?
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
02-29-2008 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Greener Pasturesnew
How do you keep young people down on the farm? With a bit of incentive.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
02-08-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Is Vermont Developing an Enviro-business Corridor?new
Other micro-regions have used their specialty products to "brand" themselves — think Omaha steaks or Silicon Valley microchips.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
02-01-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Niche Software Companies Take Hold in Vermontnew
We take a closer look at five of Vermont's software developers to find out why they're here, and how they found their markets.
Seven Days |
Cathy Resmer, Kevin J. Kelley, Mike Ives, Paula Routly and Suzanne Podhaizer |
01-25-2008 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Homeland Security Offers 'Pre-Written' Articles to Pressnew
DHS is paying a Pennsylvania ad firm to pitch "pre-written" winter-weather-preparedness articles to the national press -- including Seven Days and other Vermont newspapers.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
01-18-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Keeping Coolnew
Sterling College's Center for Northern Studies talks tundra in a warming world.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
12-06-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Kyoto, environment
Farmers, Activists & Ag Experts Weigh in on Farm Billnew
This year's bill tips the scales at more than 1500 pages, with an estimated price tag of nearly $300 billion. For the next five years, this bill will go a long way toward determining what we grow, what we eat, and whose wallets and waistbands grow the widest.
Seven Days |
Ken Picard and Mike Ives |
11-16-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment, Farm Bill
