VPT Online: Public Square: Breaking Our Oil Dependency

PUBLIC SQUARE is a VPT initiative addressing issues of concern to Vermonters. Mixing documentary footage, thoughtful insight, in-depth panel discussions and more, we’ll keep you informed about local events and issues that affect your lives.

Breaking Our Oil Dependency

Tuesday, Dec. 19, at 8 pm

This Public Square special focuses on ways Vermonters can lessen the use of oil in their daily lives.

Joining host Kristin Carlson will be:

Gary Flomenhoft, Gund Institute for Ecological Economics at the University of Vermont
Michael Kennedy, Efficiency Vermont
Shane Sweet, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association

Viewers are encouraged to call in with questions. A toll-free number will be announced during the program.

Community Resources

Efficiency Vermont
255 S. Champlain Street, Suite 7
Burlington, VT 05401
1-888-921-5990
info@efficiencyvermont.com

Efficiency Vermont provides technical advice, financial assistance and design guidance to help make Vermont homes, farms and businesses energy efficient. Efficiency Vermont’s website offers various resources, including helpful links to local and national organizations and a Home Energy Audit CD to investigate energy-saving opportunities in your home. Also, you can submit a question to Ask Rachael, a column published in local weekly newspapers that answers questions about energy use in your home or business.

The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics
University of Vermont
617 Main Street
Burlington, VT 05405
802-656-2906
gundiee@uvm.edu

The Gund Institute works to develop, test and implement innovative methods and models that reflect the need to integrate the social, built, natural and human capital components of our world. The Institute’s goal is to shift the world’s economies away from their present emphasis on infinite economic growth and toward a focus on sustainable human well being.

Vermont Department of Public Service
112 State Street, Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 05620
802-828-2811
800-622-4496 (Consumer Hot Line)
publicservice@vermont.gov

The Vermont Department of Public Service represents the public interest in matters regarding energy, telecommunications, water and wastewater. The Department’s website offers information and resources about energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Vermont Fuel Dealers Association (VFDA)
P.O. Box 366
Northfield, VT 05663
802-485-7999
shanesweet@verizon.net

VFDA is an association of fuel marketers that helps maintain a strong fuel industry by raising public awareness, championing industry concerns and delivering valuable services to its members.

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