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If you were an animal, what would you be?  Explore your inner beastie in this virtual paint and sip with ADL art teacher Tina Logan. Kits will include all the supplies you need to paint portraits of the animals you love, along with something delicious to munch on and sip. Participants should also find a […]

Reptiles and amphibians have adapted their tails to many different environments! Paddle like tails to swim, whip-like tails for defense, and tails to grip branches to help them thrive. Do snakes have tails? What animals can drop their tails and grow them back? How do some reptiles use their tails in trees? Featuring live animals, […]

Sources of media, from CNN to Reddit, have never been more abundant. Just in our town, residents can read the Charlotte Bridge; the Charlotte News; the Citizen..... plus Front Porch Forum, Facebook and local email groups. Yet more freedom of information also brings more opportunities for disinformation, declining trust in established news organizations, and increasing popularity of conspiracy theorists. […]

This summer we are seeing the climate crisis getting frighteningly and increasingly severe. Scientists are telling us that the window for preventing runaway climate change is closing fast. We must act boldly now to protect communities today and safeguard a viable future for our children and grandchildren.Share your thoughts and learn what Vermont is doing […]

How can we create an ecological civilization without cultivating an ecological psyche first? At its foundation, developing an ecological psyche involves reclaiming and diversifying our sense of relational intimacy. Nutritive and connective, this class is for anyone feeling fatigued or overwhelmed about climate change. Basic earth-honoring skills decentralize humans from the global story and wake […]

10 questions to ask yourself when you see in the media "the research shows that..." Bring with you an article or clipping from the news, a magazine, or other source and we will discuss and dissect it using the answers to ten simple questions. Jim taught epidemiology and biostatistics at Tufts for more than 35 […]

We’re reviving our conversation from last fall.  There continues to be more opportunities for disinformation, declining trust in established news organizations, and increasing popularity of conspiracy theorists.  Join us for a conversation on media literacy with Adam Davidson, Chea Waters-Evans, and Jesse Wegman. Adam co-founded Planet Money and has been a staff reporter for the New York […]

Join Jim Hyde for a discussion on how to tell fact from fiction- and hyperbole from reality- when it comes to understanding health research findings and information. Participants are encouraged to bring questions, concerns, or articles to discuss. Registrants will receive a "cheat sheet" of critical questions to ask when assessing research findings. Jim taught […]

Our friends at Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences will bring some live animal friends to help us learn all about the animals who live in the water systems near us. This is always a good time and we hope to see you there! No sign up necessary. We’ll plan to be outside. Deborah Rawson Memorial […]

Please join us to celebrate the work of the UVM Extension Master Gardeners on this year’s The Secret Garden themed garden at the library. There will be refreshments and readings from the book The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. If you are interested in reading, please contact Holly at drawsonmemlib@yahoo.com A Deborah Rawson Memorial […]

Abenaki artist Carol Billings Mcgranaghan will lead this free-form discussion centering on the identification, care, and use of wild edible plants, with plenty of time for questions on any related topics. There will be samples of Carol’s homemade wild flower jellies for tasting! Booklets entitled “Vermont Abenakis: A Brief History of the People of the […]