About Us

Vermont Alliance for Half-Earth is a group of Vermont residents and conservationists who have come together to advance biodiversity preservation in the state.

In 2018, after attending Half-Earth Day at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, the group committed to the goal of biodiversity preservation proposed by the E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. Inspired by the compelling logic of Half-Earth detailed in E.O. Wilson’s book of the same name, the Vermont Alliance for Half-Earth committed to:

Bring to Vermont the Vision of E.O. Wilson’s Half-Earth Project -

“With science at its core and our transcendent moral obligation to the rest of life at its heart, the Half-Earth Project is working to conserve half the land and sea to safeguard the bulk of biodiversity, including ourselves.”

Working with partners around the state, we aim to inform the public, mobilize action, support collaboration, and provide resources to residents, landowners, farmers, and policy makers. We want to demonstrate how all residents can protect biodiversity, using the rubric: half-yard, half-school, half-town, half-valley, half-watershed, half-state.

Our Mission Statement

To conserve and protect biodiversity in Vermont. Together, we will: increase awareness among the state’s residents, especially its students and teachers, of the role of biodiversity in healthy ecosystems; catalyze greater collaboration among conservation organizations, residents, and communities; and build a model engagement approach in the Winooski Watershed that inspires action in other parts of the state and nation.

Who We Are

We are professional educators, conservationists, business owners, communication specialists, and naturalists.

Our network continues to grow. Learn more about our network of members and advisors, or contact us to get involved.

Contributing Photographers

We would like to thank Alliance members Sean Beckett and Dr. Steven Shepard for photos displayed throughout the website and in the photo gallery. Special thanks also goes to Eric Hagen, author of A Shared Life, for photos throughout the website and to Sue Morse for photos in the gallery. The homepage photo, the view from Camel's Hump, is by Antonio Vizcaíno, a landscape photographer and conservationist.

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