Are you an artist, writer or photographer? The Council on the Future of Vermont is happy to share your original artwork, audio, visual, or creative writing submissions. This page is where CFV's special contributions and other inputs can be found. Use the options on this page, or email us for more information!

Writers from around Vermont have submitted essays - follow the links to read their ideas about the future of Vermont!

1. TO SUBMIT VIDEO: if you've created a video that you believe shows the future of Vermont, we want to see it! Our site uses embedded technology, so please send the link to your hosted video to stakeholder@futureofvermont.org so that we can review it and post it here.

2. TO SUBMIT AUDIO: do you have an interview, song, poem or spoken piece about the future? CFV hosts a podcast at GCast which enables us to feature your audio works. Send us the link and we'll post!

3. TO SUBMIT POETRY OR WRITTEN COMMENTARY: submit your work to stakeholder@futureofvermont.org!

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COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS:

The Council on the Future of Vermont is pleased to announce our partnership with The Young Writers Project! In an effort to bring youth voices into this statewide dialogue and to celebrate and showcase their ideas, Young Writers Project and CFV have designed a set of questions and publications opportunities for young Vermonters! To learn more visit:www.youngwritersproject.org/

The Council on the Future of Vermont is collaborating with the Vermont Arts Council and Lyman Orton on a unique project; The Art of Action - Shaping Vermont's Future Through Art. This project commissions artists to produce works of arts that address Vermont issues, such as social, political, environmental or economic challenges raised in the Council on the Future's listening sessions. Informed by all the public input that has been gathered by the CFV process, the Art of Action project is designed to inspire people to take action to realized their vision for the future of our state. To learn more, visit www.vermontartscouncil.org

New REPORTS from CENTER FOR RURAL STUDIES released:  Click on the Report Covers to the right to read UVM's Center for Rural Studies Looking Ahead: Vermonter's Values and Concerns reports. The Center for Rural Studies has made available the: Summary Report and the Full Report

College students at Green Mountain College completed a service learning project in Spring 2008 and submitted their final essays and presentations to the Council on the Future of Vermont. Click on the report cover to right to see the presentation.