May 2022 Local Energy Showcase
15th Annual Upper Valley Energy Committee Roundtable On May 12, 2022, Vital Communities hosted a virtual Local Energy Showcase featuring…
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House-hunting with Energy Efficiency in Mind
If you’re an Upper Valley home-seeker who is lucky enough to have found a home to purchase in this tight…
Heat pumps are here to stay
By Rebecca Bailey, Vital Communities For Valley News Enterprise, April 14, 2022 Reprinted with permission Imagine a refrigerator that increased threefold…
Six Reasons to Ride the Bus
Want to: Make our community more equitable to people of all income levels? Cut down on greenhouse gases? Help the…
Is Wood Heat Still Good Heat?
This article originally appear in the Valley News, January 20, 2022, and is shared with permission. By Rebecca Bailey Here…
Planning for a Just, Prosperous, and Resilient Future with Climate Change Migration (11/9/21)
Event Summary On November 9, 2021, over 100 leaders and supporters of climate resilient communities joined the Upper Valley Adaptation…
The electronic vehicle transition
By Rebecca Bailey, Vital Communities For Valley News Enterprise, October 14, 2021 Reprinted with permission Next time you’re driving behind…
Help Fund E-Bike Delivery in the Upper Valley’s core
U.V.E.R. – the Upper Valley’s first consumer co-op delivery service – launched earlier this summer; now, we need your help…
How to be a Local Climate Leader
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently released a 2021 Report detailing what science currently tells us about…
Weatherize Kearsarge: Greater Comfort, Lower Bills, Fewer Mice
Team 1 of Weatherize Kearsarge at January 2019 kickoff. Contractor performs blower door test to find where home is losing…
Need Help Buying an E-Bike?
The 2021 E-Bike Subsidy Program is closed as of December 31, 2021. Email anna@vitalcommunities.org if you would like to be…
My AmeriCorps VISTA Year
This August, Julia Guy completed a busy year with Vital Communities as an AmeriCorps Energy Savings Outreach Specialist. Originally from…