Vermont is the Greenest State in the U.S.
Vermont is the greenest state in the U.S., according to ConsumerAffairs.
With the lowest emissions per capita and nearly 100% of electricity sourced renewably, the Green Mountain State has ...
Environment
Middlebury Grads Return to VT to Start Woodworking Business
Photo by Erica Houskeeper | Treeline Terrains co-founder Nathaniel Klein starts a piece in a workshop in Middlebury. Each mountain is made with laminated hardwoods, carved with a CNC router, and ...
Meet the Maple Sugarmaker: Baird Farm
Is there anything more Vermont than making maple syrup? We all look forward to those warmer winter days and cold nights because we know the maple sap will be running. The history, the ...
Landscape Architect Designs His Own Business
By Amanda Kuhnert
When Jay Miller decided to start his own business, he didn’t write a business plan. Instead, he developed a Business Model Canvas, a tool that helps entrepreneurs visualize ...
Glass Action: A Burlington Startup Aims to Turn Recyclables Into Building Material
By MOLLY WALSH | Photo by OLIVER PARINI
Burlington entrepreneur Rob Conboy has high hopes for the object in the palm of his hand. The gray nugget he held on a recent afternoon looked like a ...
Clear Water Filtration, Warren
It’s tempting to rest on your laurels, especially when you’ve been in business for over 35 years. But complacency isn’t what enabled Jim Parker, founder of Warren-based Clear Water Filtration, to
Sustainability Takes Off in Vermont
Vermont has long had a strong reputation for its focus on sustainability, and both Vermont businesses and Vermonters are dedicated stewards of the environment.
Because of this, ...
Loggers and Lagers: How Healthy Forests Help Brew a Better Pint
The story of von Trapp Brewing begins fifty years ago in the forested hills behind the resort, where a natural spring bubbles clear water up to the surface of the earth. The spring is fed by ...
Sylvacurl Turns Junk Wood Into an Eco-Friendly Windfall
By KEN PICARD | Photo Credit JEB WALLACE-BRODEUR
When Jim Lovinsky cofounded Sylvacurl of Vermont in 1993, he didn't envision it as a full-time, year-round job. Instead, he let the company, ...
Town Forests Bring Vermonters Together, Even While Social Distancing
In the era of COVID-19, Vermonters are particularly fortunate to live in a rural state where access to the outdoors is abundant. Even people living in Vermont’s largest city and the epicenter of ...
Montpelier Granite Works Site Cleans Up
Brownfield clean-up will soon be underway at the former Montpelier Granite Works (MGW) site. This clean-up is made possible by the revolving loan funds (RLF) of the Agency of Commerce & ...
Brownfield cleanup in Bellows Falls new redevelopment opportunity
Governor Phil Scott recently attended a ribbon cutting ceremony at the former site of the Robertson Paper Mill. This ceremony marked the completion of an environmental clean-up effort between ...