Brattleboro Common Sense
- Providing Local Solutions to global problems
Editor of the Reformer, Regarding the issue of natural grass or artificial turf at Brattleboro Union High School, one thing that seems to have been lost in the debate is that everyone seems to agree that the status quo is…
The following was posted as a response/comment to a commentary, "Anna Marie Gewirtz: Art as protest", on vtdigger.org -- https://vtdigger.org/2019/10/29/anna-marie-gewirtz-art-as-protest/ "Science – the darling ally of the Left now – would tell us that Love does not change everything. Love…
August 7 School board meeting. Pollution in $50M budget LET EARTH BREATHE / Teapot Tempest Kurt Daims tried to clarify that the directors should have climate crisis on their own agenda, because it should be on the minds of officials…
July 24 School board meeting. Pollution in $50M budget LET EARTH BREATHE / Teapot Tempest The directors approved the proposal of BCS to have climate crisis on the directors' agenda at every meeting. They have also started a climate crisis…
June 25 School board meeting. Pollution in $50M budget LET EARTH BREATHE / Teapot Tempest The Climate Crisis campaign of Brattleboro Common Sense (BCS) revealed its next step at the Windham South East School Union meeting Tuesday night. After admonishing…
BCS Hosts a “Silent Storm” Brattleboro Common Sense is creating apolitical spaces that allow folks to explore thoughts and feelings about facing the end of humanity at the hands of climate catastrophe. A “silent [brain-]storm” event was held this Summer…
Are we adults politicizing/exploiting our youth? This article (at VTDigger.org) raises a point worth thinking about... Jeffrey Reel: Children, social justice action and suicide The author writes in response to this article which provides another view... Rob Roper: Exploiting kids…
Truly a sobering story. The man was a civil rights lawyer, but he felt a call for climate rescue and made the desperate sacrifice. We need more people like him -- to stay alive and fight! *F I G H…
http://www.reformer.com/stories/native-american-talks-hemp-regulation-and-genocide,539236 This is also the first publicity for BCS' Reparations project. Volunteers and nominations to the council will be held in confidence.