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11/23/09   Catalyst needs a volunteer for updating dating our website - training provided. Contact us for details. More Catalyst news coming soon. As always recent articles are posted below, and Catalyst's programs listed above. And of course, we'd love you to get involved! Thanks for visiting! -Alec

Village Building Convergence

Posted August 16th, 2009 by

The last week in August, Montpelier will come alive with a community-wide celebration of sustainable living, practical homesteading skills, and visions of a more resilient local  community. Read the rest of this post »

Permaculture Convergence at All Together Now

Posted July 24th, 2009 by

EAST MONTPELIER – Permaculture fans from Quebec to New Jersey, and as far as Texas and India, flocked to All Together Now for the 5th annual Northeastern Permaculture Convergence Read the rest of this post »

A New, Six-Thousand Year Old Forestry Model

Posted May 11th, 2009 by

by Mark Krawczyk
Imagine an expanding population facing Read the rest of this post »

Wild Edibles and the Great Reskilling

Posted May 11th, 2009 by

by Annie McCleary
Peak oil and the reality of global Read the rest of this post »

Good News for Change

Posted April 18th, 2009 by

Or is that supposed to be “good news for a Read the rest of this post »

On Freeride Montpelier

Posted August 11th, 2008 by

by Stan Brinkerhoff
Freeride Montpelier lends its existence Read the rest of this post »

Modeling Ecosystems for a Bioregional Agriculture

Posted August 11th, 2008 by

by Chris Jackson
It’s an exciting time to be living in Vermont. One Read the rest of this post »

Our Daily Bread

Posted August 10th, 2008 by

by Eric Blokland
Writing from the Northeast Kingdom, Garret Read the rest of this post »

Who Will Decide

Posted June 13th, 2007 by

by Rick Scharf
The proposal by the Montpelier Springs Water Read the rest of this post »

LACE - An Idea Whose Time has Come

Posted June 13th, 2007 by

by Crystal Zevon
I’m writing this on June 6th, 2007. By tomorrow, Read the rest of this post »


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