Institute For Sustainable Communities

The Upper Valley Land Trust (UVLT) is dedicated to the permanent protection of the Upper Valley's natural landscapes, including working farms, forests, wildlife habitats, and scenic areas. Since its establishment in 1985, UVLT has collaborated with local conservation commissions and volunteer groups to identify and prioritize land conservation opportunities across 45 towns in Vermont and New Hampshire. With a focus on ensuring public access to natural areas, UVLT has successfully conserved over 52,000 acres of land, fostering a vibrant and sustainable future for the community. The organization honors the ancestral lands of the Abenaki Nation and actively engages the community in stewardship and conservation efforts. Generated from the website

Clean Energy Group is a Montpelier-based organization that fosters collaboration and provides accessible information and resources to advance innovative energy solutions. With a focus on climate resilience, community health, distributed energy access and equity, energy storage, and fossil fuel replacement, they work to inform inclusive clean energy programs, policies, and regulations. Through their initiatives, Clean Energy Group supports projects such as the Petersburg Community Resilience Hub, which provides emergency shelter during grid outages and offers workforce development training in renewables and efficiency. They also collaborate with local environmental justice advocates in the PEAK Coalition to replace heavily polluting peaker power plants with clean alternatives in disadvantaged communities. Additionally, Clean Energy Group assists in advancing best practices and implementing inclusive and equitable clean energy policies and programs in Massachusetts.Generated from the website