What is Planetary Health?

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The planet is alive. This ecstatic skin of the Earth that stretches but a few miles up and down is teeming with critters, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria. We don’t just live on the planet, we live because of it. We’re creatures, very smart apes, whose blood and breath and food exist as a result of the Earth’s vast, generative biogeochemical power. No wonder, then, that planetary health...

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̽̽ Receives $1 Million Gift for Theatre Renewal Project

With the first production of the 2024-25 theatre/dance season— Spirits to Enforce—set to open this week, University of Vermont (̽̽)’s School of the Arts, located within the College of Arts and Sciences, is announcing a $1 million gift to launch much-needed upgrades to the Royall Tyler Theatre.

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How Invasive Species Are Adapting to Climate Change

Thanks to its famously cold weather, Vermont has so far escaped the effects of many invasive species that plague warmer parts of the globe. But that may be about to change as climate change leads to milder winters and some of those species begin to move farther north.

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