International

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Germany's Energy Policy Community Forum: Lessons for Vermont 10/11/2011

Director of Germany's Environment Agency Jochen Flasbarth, Arne Jungjohann, of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, and Linda Gunter, from the NGO, Beyond Nuclear discuss Germany's plan to close its nine remaining nuclear reactors by 2022, and the overall plan to produce 100% of Germany's energy from green sources by 2050, with ideas for how Vermont could do the same. Flasbarth and Jungjohann were brought to Vermont by Beyond Nuclear.

Vermont Access Network (VAN): Germany's Energy Policy Press Conference 10/11/2011

Rep. Tony Klein of East Montpelier, Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, hosts director of Germany's Environment Agency Jochen Flasbarth, Arne Jungjohann, of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, and Linda Gunter, from the NGO, Beyond Nuclear. The press conference discusses Germany's plan to close its nine remaining nuclear reactors by 2022, and the overall plan to produce 100% of Germany's energy from green sources by 2050.

Vermont Council on World Affairs: US and Canada Border Security and Enhancement 10/03/2011

The Vermont Council on World Affairs hosts Canadian Consul General Patrick Binns in Burlington for a presentation about "US-Canada Border Security and Enhancement". More info: www.borderactionplan.gc.ca and on Vermont Council on World Affairs - www.vcwa.org

Vaishali Patil, Challenging the Largest Proposed Nuclear Power Plant in the World 09/28/2011

Environmental and Human rights Activist Vaishali Patil on the efforts and challenges of stopping the construction of the world's largest nuclear power plant, Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant, in India. Patil is a member of Committee Against Disastrous Projects in KonKan. She speaks at the Unitarian Church in Montpelier. For more information, please visit vyda.org.

Nuclear Free Future: Inspiration from India: Vaishali Patil, Challenging the World's Largest Nuclear Power Plant 09/27/2011

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with Environmental and Human rights Activist Vaishali Patil on the efforts and challenges of stopping the construction of the world's largest nuclear power plant, Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant, in India. Patil is a member of Committee Against Disastrous Projects in KonKan.

Vermont Migrant Farmworkers 09/27/2011

Host Nick Carter speaks with Danilo Lopez, farmworker volunteer and part of the Vermont Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project (Justicia Migrante). Interpretor Julian Portilla, VTMFSP volunteer. Vermont Migrant Farmworker Solidarity Project website is http://www.vtmfsp.org/.

Nuclear Free Future: Legislative Decision Making about Entergy/Vermont Yankee - Entergy/Vermont Yankee vs. the State of Vermont 09/20/2011

Host Margaret Harrington speaks with State Senator 'Ginny' Lyons on the court case and Legislative efforts at retiring Vermont Yankee. More information on efforts to shut down Vermont Yankee.

St. Michael's College: St. Michael's College Panel: 9/11 Plus 10 - What Have We Learned? 09/12/2011

Panelists: Christopher Hedges, foreign correspondent for 20 years at The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winner for NYT coverage of Global terrorism, author of American Fascists, and War is a Force That Gives us Meaning; Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love, professor at Catholic University, author of Beyond Sovereignty: Issues for A Global Agenda and Morality Matters: Ethics and the War on Terrorism (forthcoming); and Dr. Anas Malik, professor at Xavier University in Cincinnati, author of Political Survival in Pakistan: Beyond Ideology. Moderator, SMC Emeritus Professor, Dr. Bill Wilson. Sponsored by Saint Michael's C ollege Edmundite Center for Peace and Justice, and the Lecture Series.

Institute For Civic Engagement: Arab Spring - Kathy Kelly, Journalist with Eyewitness Reports 09/07/2011

Part of Burlington College's Institute for Civic Engagement speaker series. Kathy Kelly, Journalist with Eyewitness Reports, kicks off the Institute's 2011-2011 Series on 'The Arab Spring'.

High Power, An Untold Story of the Tarapur Atomic Project in India 09/01/2011

Rajan Raje presents the story of the Tarapur Atomic Project - India's oldest and largest nuclear power project in the state of Maharashtra. for more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarapur_Atomic_Power_Station

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajan_Raje

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CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!