Everything is Connected:  Environmental Literacy for Vermont

Does your livelihood or lifestyle depend in some way on a healthy Vermont environment and economy?

• Do you participate in the working landscape of Vermont?  Maybe you’re a forester or a farmer, maybe you frequent the local farmers’ market or have your own garden, or maybe you’re an architect, builder or planner.
• Is outdoor recreation your passion?  Do you enjoy walking, biking, horseback riding, skiing, fishing, hunting, swimming or boating?
• Do you travel Vermont’s roadways for work or recreation?  Perhaps by car, bike or public transportation.
• Do you rely on Vermont for many of your basic needs?  Do you heat your home, use tap water or dispose of your trash?
• Do you believe in your community’s obligation to plan for the future?  Maybe you have served as town selectman, public health officer, school board member, conservation or planning commission member.

Then YOU care about environmental literacy for Vermont, and we want to hear what you have to say!

This winter, Vermont’s State-Wide Environmental Education Programs alliance (SWEEP) worked with representatives from a range of occupations and organizations across our communities to coordinate a statewide conversation on environmental literacy in Vermont.  We hosted a series of public dialogues around the state so that together, we examined roles in increasing environmental literacy, highlighted model programs in Vermont, and identified environmental education needs and opportunities in order to create a roadmap to environmental literacy for Vermont.  To find out what the approximately 200 people involved in this project had to say, you can read the minutes from all of our public dialogues on our Updates page.

You can still participate!

Also, if you were unable to attend a dialogue, but you'd still like to have your voice heard, we'd love for you to contact us!  Please see our Public Schedule page to find out how you can still participate in the project.