❄️ Good Morning, Earthlings! ❄️
Apologies for the late notice of this Friday’s wonderful presentation with our neighbor and friend, Kathy Kingston. Kathy and her family have been practicing a Permaculture Lifestyle just outside of the Westminster West Village. Here is what she has to say about it (but she does not tell you that she milks beloved goats and makes the best goat cheese around!)
Permaculture Lifestyle. Friday, Feb. 12, 5 to 6:30pm with Kathy Kingston "I have been growing food for my family for the past 28 years using the principles of Permaculture: For me this means I try to be an observer, I never till the soil, I mulch, I grow a lot of perennials, and I frequently let plants grow where they choose to grow. We built our current home/farm upon earth that was forest and field returning to forest. I will share the process by which I designed the layout of the buildings, pastures, gardens and orchards. I’ll spend more time on what I have learned about growing and caring for vegetables, fruits, and animals: including goats and chickens, for the past 15 years on this hillside and valley at the headwaters of East Putney Brook.” Email gpaynevt@gmail.com for the link. He’ll send it out Friday morning. I hope you can join us!
Our next program, Feb. 26, 5-6:30pm on Zoom, is with a friend of mine since he was but a lowly undergrad at Marlboro College studying Phenomenology in the 1990s, Damon Centola. He now has a PhD and does cutting edge research in sociology. To join us, email gpaynevt@gmail.com.
Centola's new book Change: How to Make Big Things Happen promises to be very important. LEAG member Cheryl Charles, a change-maker for many decades and founder of the Children and Nature network, https://www.childrenandnature.org says Change is one of the most important books she has read! Cheryl and I are happy to say it is also very readable, with some surprising conclusions! I highly recommend it to all of us who are engaged in making serious change in our world. Watch Damon give an exciting 3-minute description of what he has discovered: https://youtu.be/hFijjJmndG8.
Professor of Communication, Sociology and Engineering
Director, Network Dynamics Group; Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
Damon Centola is a Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication, the School of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is Director of the Network Dynamics Group and Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.
His research addresses social networks and behavior change. His work has been published across several disciplines in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, American Journal of Sociology, and Journal of Statistical Physics. Centola received the American Sociological Association’s Award for Outstanding Research in Mathematical Sociology in 2006, 2009, and 2011; the Goodman Prize for Outstanding Contribution to Sociological Methodology in 2011; the James Coleman Award for Outstanding Research in Rationality and Society in 2017; and the Harrison White Award for Outstanding Scholarly Book in 2019. He was a developer of the NetLogo agent based modeling environment, and was awarded a U.S. Patent for inventing a method to promote diffusion in online networks. He is a member of the Sci Foo community and Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
A few weeks ago we hosted the Windham Hill Pinnacle Association’s presentation on The Massey Property that they are close to being able to purchase! Here is the scoop. They could use your help, as the deal must be closed by the end of this month.
Help protect more than 600 acres of woodlands and ponds
Dear Peter,
The Windmill Hill Pinnacle Association is raising funds to preserve an important parcel of wild forest and ponds in southern Vermont. Please donate today to help reach our goal!
The Massey property covers more than 600 acres in Brookline, Athens, and Townshend, just west of the Pinnacle ridgeline and directly within view from the Pinnacle summit.Donate now
Why is this land important to conserve?
Its forest offers habitat for bear and moose
Its two pristine ponds are home to beaver colonies, ducks, and a heron rookery
Its wetlands and vernal pools support the endangered Northern bulrush and other uncommon plants
Wood turtles, a species of conservation concern in Vermont, live on the property
This 615-acre property has the potential for development that would be in direct view from the Pinnacle itself.
You can learn more about the Massey Property here. The entire property is part of a priority habitat block for the state, and it connects to another large conserved area to the south. Allowing the trees to continue to grow on this tract will capture carbon from the atmosphere to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Our fundraising goal is over $600,000 for the project, and there is an immediate need to reach the purchase price of $500,000. Once we meet our goal, we will secure a conservation easement and establish a trail for low-impact public access. WHPA is committed to building a trail through the property to Lily Pond, which will include a trailhead and parking at Grassy Brook Road that will serve both the existing Townline Trail and the new trail—an improvement for both! We are studying other trail options as well. All trails will be laid out to ensure the protection of fragile wetlands and avoid adverse impacts to wildlife, forest habitat, and ponds. Help conserve the Massey property Thank you! Silos Roberts WHPA Board Chair Photos of Massey property by Camilla Roberts, John Gregg www.windmillhillpinnacle.org Copyright © 2021 WHPA. All rights reserved. The Nature Museum at Grafton is hosting a talk with naturalist and author Douglas Tallamy on Zoom on Wed. Feb 17th at 7pm. I am excited to find out how to build a Conservation Corridor in MY back yard, how about you? I’ve signed up and hope you do, too! February 17th, 7 pm Nature's Best Hope: How to build a conservation corridor in your own backyard. Sliding Scale Webinar with Best-Selling Author Douglas Tallamy Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation. Nature’s Best Hope shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. Because this approach relies on the initiatives of private individuals, it is immune to the whims of government policy. Even more important, it’s practical, effective, and easy—you will walk away with specific suggestions you can incorporate into your own yard. We are thrilled to be hosting this event with such an influential author. Read this article from the April 2020 issue of Smithsonian Magazine, MEET THE ECOLOGIST WHO WANTS YOU TO UNLEASH THE WILD ON YOUR BACKYARD to see why we're so excited! This is a sliding scale event with tickets beginning at $5 Please help us spread the word - as on online event, folks can tune in from anywhere!Register For This Event That’s all for today, Earthlings! See you Friday for Permaculture Lifestyle with Kathy Kingston! with love and hope for our planet and our people and our plants and our water and our animals, Caitlin Adair
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