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2010 Earth Day I can remember studying ecology in elementary school in the 70’s and Earth Day was a special day to talk about the environment. I didn’t realize back then that the first Earth Day was in April, 1970, 40 years ago. According to the Earth Day Action Center, Earth Day was founded on [...]
Fresh Food Over the last week I have had an opportunity to watch two movies and a TEDprize presentation about America’s un-sustainable food industry: “Fresh“, “Food, Inc” and Jamie Oliver’s TED prize acceptance video. I wasn’t seeking out information on food … but they all presented themselves in the last week so I felt it [...] There is a new document that has recently been published to provide ideas and advice for energy efficient improvements for historic buildings. This document, “Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, and Historic Preservation” is available from the “Clean Air Cool Planet” (CA-CP) website. First a note about CA-CP. This is a non-profit organization whose mission is “Finding [...]
Cutting through Permits are in hand! No more excuses — it’s time to start making some progress on our 78 Main St renovation! Since this house is on the Mascoma River, and we want to add a garage, a driveway and a solar storage tank (excavation required), we needed a bunch of permits including the NH [...] Energy Emporium, 10/24/09 Zoom in Sat, Oct 24, 2009: Today is the International Day of Climate Action! I added a couple of signs to my store window to try to spread the message. Look for lots of interesting pictures from around the world: 350.org Also, I signed up for the Huffington Post’s week of ‘no [...] Bureaucracy Ahhh… the bureaucracy of state and local permits. We are trying to build a net zero energy building (ZEB) with LEED certification (leadership in energy and environmental design) but we can’t start until we get all the right permits through all the right bureaucracies. I thought it would be relatively easy to get a [...]
350.org 350 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is the goal that many environmental scientists believe we need to meet to keep the earth healthy. A majority of people in the world are now ready to admit that many of the technological advances we made in the last century came with [...]
Solar PV Modules What’s stopping YOU from taking the next step toward renewable energy sources and reducing your own dependence on fossil fuels with their variable (and unpredictable) costs? Here are some reasons why you might have already started your plans towards fuel savings and a greener future: Tax credit of 30% of the total cost [...]
Stimulate me! This blog entry is a reminder of the incentives and rebates brought to us by our federal, state, and local stimulus package – our tax dollars hard at work. Click on the links for details and fine print. Federal, residential: All solar hot water, solar electric, wind turbines, and geo-thermal systems qualify for the [...]
Stop Idling sign One of the issues we have been discussing on the Enfield Energy Committee is a ‘No Idling’ policy. The idea is that when a car is left idling while its owner goes into the store, it continues to spew its carbon dioxide in the air — hurting the environment and wasting fuel. I [...] |
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