A class of students at Middlebury College learned recently how difficult
it can be to make wise philanthropic decisions when the class was asked
to give away real money to worthy recipients.
Vermont
Gas Systems is inching forward with its plan to expand natural gas service to Addison County and points south, with the support of town officials.
Last
Friday as the Dalai Lama prepared to speak at Middlebury College an emailed press release announced that the college
would be quote "fully divesting its endowment from war." Without
providing many details it suggested that Middlebury had decided to use the
occasion of the Tibetan leader’s visit to announce it would no longer invest in
companies working in the defense industry.
The
Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, took a message for young people to Middlebury College on Friday. He
told young people that this was their century and urged them to make it one of
peace, which he said can only come through educating the heart to learn
generosity and compassion.
We check in with Vermont Democratic Party Chairman Jake Perkinson from
the Democratic National Convention and Middelbury playwright Dana Yeaton
on his latest works and we sort through our listener mailbag.
We check in with Vermont colleges on how important sustainable efforts are on and off campus, and learn about an Essex High School group that won an MTV contest.