Bill Finnegan | Burlington, VT | (802) 236-5938 | Inactive
This project created a map-based interactive experience to track how residents see climate change affecting Vermont’s economy, from fall foliage and maple syrup to skiing. Tamarack Productions, a nonprofit environmental awareness organization, worked with the Vermont Natural Resources Council to develop content and create Google Map mash-ups to help users visualize weather data and real-time weather indicators. The project became inactive after a couple years.
2007 grantee Bill Finnegan talks about the challenges of launching the site, where content is generated by the community. People can share their stories and report on local conditions. The interview took place on April 5, 2008, at the New Voices 2007 Grantee Meeting at the Hilton Garden Inn in Washington, D.C.
Project Updates
- Collaborations Help Create Climate Content (July, 2009) - By Tom Regan, J-Lab correspondent The first half of 2009 saw a great deal of activity on the Vermont Climate Witness website. After a slow second half of 2008, project leader Bill Finnegan was happy to report that a new and improved website was launched in spring 2009 with rich content due to new collaborations with students, […]
- Stormy Weather (February, 2009) - After a slow second half of 2008, Vermont Climate Witness this winter is set to launch two new site features, Actions and Reactions. The first will showcase efforts undertaken by local individuals and communities to respond to climate change. The second will feature on-the-street, video-blog discussions of climate change and weather. Project leader Bill Finnegan is gearing […]
- Ripening (August, 2008) - Vermont Climate Witness has completed its beta testing phase and is preparing now for a more formal launch this fall. Is it raining at Lake Champlain? You can now find out by logging on to Vermont Climate Witness, which has added the live National Weather Service Doppler radar feed of cloud cover as a layer to […]
- Beta Testing 1-2-3 … (March, 2008) - Vermont Climate Witness went live in beta version in December 2007. Since then, it has recruited a posse of weather buffs, student activists and environmental educators to test the site and contribute seed content, as site producers fine-tune the back-end systems and the site interface in advance of the public launch. “The transition from concept to […]
- Can I get a Witness? (November, 2007) - Vermont Climate Witness is gearing up for a soft launch of the site in late November, 2007. The site will encourage Vermonters to think globally, but act locally, by documenting the impact of climate change on their lives and immediate environment. The site introduction reads: “We all know what Global Warming is. We hear it on […]
