https://www.keepvermontcool.org/home daily 1.0 2023-05-12 https://www.keepvermontcool.org/about daily 0.75 2022-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/1bf941ca-bbce-47a8-8a6e-f983ceb146db/MicrosoftTeams-image+%285%29.png ABOUT - HOW WE CAN KEEP VERMONT COOL. Keep Vermont Cool is a climate campaign like no other. Our polling shows that 47% of Vermonters are alarmed about climate change, but only 6% are taking any kind of action to address it. That’s where we come in. We’ll help Vermonters get off the sidelines and into the action, creating so strong a force that our elected officials will have no choice but to listen. Throughout this campaign, we’ll share meaningful opportunities to get involved, so everyone can share their voices and perspectives. And to be clear, accessibility and inclusion will be at the forefront of this campaign. Climate change affects every Vermonter to some degree, so we’ll make sure everyone feels like they’re a part of this incredibly important conversation and movement, especially the BIPOC communities, low-income Vermonters, and youth who are most disproportionately affected by climate change impacts. Winters are getting warmer and summers are getting hotter. We hope you’ll join us in our mission to Keep Vermont Cool. https://www.keepvermontcool.org/donate daily 0.75 2022-03-04 https://www.keepvermontcool.org/climate-in-vt daily 0.75 2022-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/ba5e8694-9352-4c09-8117-6a99b63c20f8/Screen+Shot+2022-02-17+at+10.44.56+AM.png CLIMATE IN VT - winters are getting warmer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/0ccc80cc-4c99-4bcf-93bd-1dfc1b5b32d2/Screen+Shot+2022-02-17+at+10.45.11+AM.png CLIMATE IN VT - summers are getting hotter. https://www.keepvermontcool.org/webinars daily 0.75 2023-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/1647445018621-AYDEUKWFEX9U4AMY9JE1/KVC+Website+Webinar+Image.png WEBINARS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/1648824762884-LLWMIOGSI4UQYBTA08UU/Screen+Shot+2022-04-01+at+10.52.07+AM.png WEBINARS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/1651067592807-X9QFQVELWLK7IIS1YX12/KVC+Website+Webinar+Image.png WEBINARS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/1653491217338-XBYBCFW04J6LAW0A82Q6/KVC+Website+Webinar+Image+%283%29.png WEBINARS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/1656005146087-AKHTMD7VYQAHI1599WYF/KVC+Website+Webinar+Image+%282%29.png WEBINARS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/64f19268-5659-4e1f-8fa1-bb60cedf32bb/KVC+Green+Jobs+Webinar+-+KVC+Site+2+%281%29.png WEBINARS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/fa185124-a656-41cb-a15c-444e7641e03b/VBSR+Event+%288+%C3%97+6+in%29.png WEBINARS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/68712e34-6b0a-432e-adce-7f71ccb6001f/KVC+Website+Webinar+Image+%285%29.png WEBINARS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/bfae3f33-ca1d-4afe-893f-3a1b65948431/VPIRGKVC+Climate+Polling+Webinar+%28Instagram+Post+%28Square%29%29+%286+%C3%97+4+in%29+%283%29.png WEBINARS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/c31f06c7-fbb4-4495-a575-6fd49219335f/Atlas+of+Disaster+SM+%28Presentation+%28169%29%29.png WEBINARS https://www.keepvermontcool.org/climate-stories daily 0.75 2023-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/8331c60b-07b6-4e26-8ef4-3aad109c4708/matthew-lefluer-alburgh-portrait-2-vpr-reed-20210408%5B98%5D.jpg CLIMATE STORIES - Matthew, Alburgh “Climate change has affected my life since I was born with breathing issues and problems as an individual of color with a disability and continue to have challenges throughout my current daily life. We have the technology and advancement in medicine, medication, and healthcare options to help those affected by climate change, like breathing issues and other related healthcare issues. As Vermont Citizens our duty is to protect and do public services for all adults and children living here in Vermont.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/b285001a-0a57-45df-afd1-4e25508733cd/Peaceful+Pups+%2851+of+54%29+-+Ken+Haggett.jpg CLIMATE STORIES - Ken, Lake Elmore Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/f16da2ab-6d0f-4bec-9611-0b15189f8b51/Cass.jpg CLIMATE STORIES - CASS, BARRE CITY Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/27e5390a-6499-42f4-bda3-88c20915ca4e/unnamed+-+Courtney+Rae+Forti.jpg CLIMATE STORIES - Courtney, Jeffersonville “I've always loved the natural world in a deep and indescribable way. I love wild places and animals and am constantly awed by all the natural world offers us in order not only to survive but to find awe, joy, and peace. Climate change and the loss of species and ecosystems has been very alarming to me since I first remember learning about it. However, when I became a parent this past summer the realities of what climate change would mean for my daughter became overwhelming to me. The first IPCC report of this year was released just two months after my daughter’s birth and it outlined some really scary possibilities that could become reality in the next few decades. As my daughter learns about and falls in love with this world, I am holding the awareness of how fragile and suffering it is at this current moment. I want so badly for her to live in a stable and ideally regenerative world. She is my reason for taking action. The young ones alive now and those yet born drive me to raise my voice and do everything in my power to ensure that we protect, preserve, and begin to heal our only home.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/5d29531c-59b8-497e-8f44-877d69f76c31/MicrosoftTeams-image+%2815%29.png CLIMATE STORIES - ANDREW, ST. JOHNSBURY "When the temperature approaches one hundred degrees in the summertime, I often catch myself explaining to friends that 'it didn't used to get this hot here.' As a child, I remember it being remarkable if it ever got to be ninety-five degrees or hotter. But it does get that hot here nowadays, rather frequently, and it will continue to get hotter because of our continued use of fossil fuels to power our world. Growing up in the Northeast Kingdom, I have seen firsthand the effects that climate change has had on our region, namely the NEK drought from a few years back, and these experiences have motivated me to fight to end fossil fuel use and to fight for a cleaner economy and environment that is fair for all who live on this planet. That’s why I’m fighting to Keep Vermont Cool!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/93af0eaa-135b-41dc-83c4-cbe9cf6be643/aiden.jpg CLIMATE STORIES - Aidan, Burlington Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/7b230005-8ec9-4911-9ced-f20babd1cf9b/Smoky+Mountains%2C+TN+-+Lillian+Spalla.jpg CLIMATE STORIES - Lillian, burlington “Growing up in Chicago, I never had much access to the outdoors. I was raised downtown, surrounded by cement with parks scattered every few miles (and beautiful Lake Michigan). Growing up, I thought I knew who I was, but something always brought me pause and I couldn't pinpoint what was wrong. It wasn't until I was 17, when I was touring colleges around the country with my mom, that it hit me: I needed to be near trees! I spent time in the Rockies in Colorado and Sierra Nevada in California hiking and skiing. I have wanted to stay outside ever since. My whole life I had been suffering from a sort of nature deficit disorder, and although I do feel a bit robbed of a childhood of outdoor fun and natural connection, this late discovery has cultivated such a strong appreciation for the earth. (I think my experience also shows how innate this feeling is! We all strive to be outside, whether we believe it or not!) Last May, I graduated from UVM with a degree Environmental Studies and a minor in Psychology. I have decided to make it one of my life's missions to help create more outdoor accessibility, so that everyone has an opportunity to form a relationship with our planet. However, this is when climate change can pose a huge problem. If we keep experiencing extreme weather events at the same rate we are now, we won't have a healthy planet for future generations to live on, let alone appreciate! I am joining the effort to Keep Vermont Cool to protect my home and all that lives on it.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/42552f4f-ab6e-41d9-bb2c-9ed68c0734cb/image0+-+Cameron+Silloway.jpeg CLIMATE STORIES - Cameron, pittsford Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/ddd92159-52f8-4342-8df0-da719e4ae0d4/IMG_6685+-+Madeline+Taubkin.jpeg CLIMATE STORIES - Madeline, burlington “Coming to Burlington for college, it was encouraging to be surrounded by the most environmentally conscious and invested population I had ever been around. Living among so much natural beauty and so many motivated people pushed me to think deeper about climate change than I had before, and it's inspiring to witness how infectious passion can be. Most of my extended family is from Flint, Michigan and many of them still live there. I've seen first hand the effects of humans tampering with the environment and how drastically that can affect communities. While that water crisis and climate change as a whole are different issues, they both stress the need for conscientious decision making regarding our natural resources. We are at a crucial time period in terms of physically feeling the effects of climate change, and our individual choices as well as our ability to join together to amplify our voices are more important than ever. I want to protect my environment and play a part in empowering others to do the same in the way I was empowered by listening to the strong voices around me, which is why the Keep Vermont Cool campaign is so exciting to me." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/427071cc-32dc-40bf-849f-4863b3bf5d7e/09F88A34-E655-4A2E-98B2-8DDDBA0E1F30_1_105_c+-+Kate+Sinz.jpeg CLIMATE STORIES - Kate, Burlington Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/258440e0-850f-421f-9798-11aa5a51cd21/MicrosoftTeams-image+%2870%29.png CLIMATE STORIES - Neva, burlington “I grew up here in Vermont, where the climate crisis is a priority issue for many of us because we love and want to protect our state’s natural beauty. Vermont, though, is a place that’s relatively sheltered from the more severe effects of climate change, and I admit that can make it easy to compartmentalize the climate crisis as something you hear about in the news but not something that has life-threatening effects on the place we live. I think we do this because it’s such a complex problem and we often feel powerless to help solve it, but I’m beginning to understand that there’s a lot of power in recognizing what we can contribute- we can and should act according to our own strengths and abilities to address the parts of the problem over which we have the most influence.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/a9b4419b-0a9a-4e92-aaa2-6acf021b9144/Little+Jordan+%28Instagram+Post+%28Square%29%29.png CLIMATE STORIES - Jordan, Barre City Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/43c394e8-968f-4963-a85b-c0592dd38c51/Climate+Story+Image+-+Joshua+Ferguson.jpg CLIMATE STORIES - JOSH, burlington “I grew up exploring the waterways of Kentucky, and living next to the Ohio River meant that canoeing and kayaking were weekend habits. Interacting with the rolling hills of Kentucky was a year-round event. During the winter you could count on snow for sledding. In the spring and fall, they were places where family picnics and hikes could take place. In the summer the outdoors were utilized for music festivals, fairs, markets, and community gathering spaces. As I grew through adolescence and into adulthood those consistencies that were so true in childhood began to change and become more sporadic. It put those events that brought family and friends together at risk. It became normal for the winters to be full of rain and ice, with snowfall of any considerable amount only occurring once or twice a season. The summers of festivities have become filled with weeks-long 100+ degree heat waves, causing events of all kinds to cancel out of concern for public safety. In the past few years, Kentucky has been ravaged by tornadoes, leveling communities indiscriminate of the time of year. Eastern Kentucky specifically has seen intense flood seasons, sweeping thousands of already struggling communities before its wake. Seeing the impact that climate disasters have had on my family, friends, and broader community sends chills down my spine, resulting in my drive to create change in the spaces in which I exist. I graduated from the University of Louisville in 2022 with a degree in Political Science and the hope to be able to either personally affect policy in environmental areas, or lend aid to political activists who already can create change. After two summers of doing seasonal work in New England, I fell in love with the terrain, the forests, and the people that live here. During that time, however, I have also come to terms with the environmental hardships that affect this area. After moving to Vermont full-time this fall, I hope to be able to lend my passion and energy to the courageous work that is already being accomplished to preserve the Vermont climate. The people who live here and future generations who deserve the ability to experience a safe and beautiful Vermont. This is what drives me, this is why I am pledging to #KeepVermontCool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/b7fd4e9f-56be-4742-9f24-3984778ea878/Nisreen+.jpg CLIMATE STORIES - Nisreen, Ajloun Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62052c7230ca93045a89bf8e/eaccafa9-9579-4459-a960-9b3afaef5b44/Beatrice.PNG CLIMATE STORIES - bea, hopkinton "My name is Bea. I live in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, a very small town. I grew up composting, recycling, wearing second-hand clothes, and being in nature a lot. I joined the Environmental Action Club (EAC) in middle school because I realized how much I cared about having a future for the Earth. I became vegetarian in middle school with my older sister. I did this because I was very grateful my family could cook and buy meals that were healthy and vegetarian. I continue trying to find solutions with the EAC for my school because I know that my impact alone makes a difference and contributes to a bigger cause." https://www.keepvermontcool.org/street-team-petition daily 0.75 2022-06-13 https://www.keepvermontcool.org/press daily 0.75 2022-11-10 https://www.keepvermontcool.org/shop daily 0.75 2025-08-12