Leben auf unserer Welt – Energie, Gesundheit, Umwelt und Frieden Umwelt, Energie und eine bessere Welt The Vermont Earth Institute's mission is to educate and support Vermonters to reduce consumption and adopt environmentally sustainable practices in their homes, workplaces and communities. We believe that grassroots activism can shift American attitudes and behaviors, helping people to live lighter, leading to an improved quality of life and a more just, ecologically-based economic system. Our discussion courses and educational programs bring people together, raise their ecological awareness and facilitate profound change in their values, habits and actions in caring for the environment.