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Natural Gas Leaks: Methane Management

June 13, 2014 By gmoke

This summer, the Squeaky Leak Project (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/squeaky-leak--2#home) will drive down every street in Cambridge and Somerville, MA with a high-precision methane analyzer and map all the natural gas leaks in these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, cambridge, greenhouse-gas, heet, ma, methane, natural-gas, somerville

MIT at Flood Level

May 3, 2014 By gmoke

On Friday, May 2, 2014 FossilFreeMIT (http://www.fossilfreemit.org) declared a flood zone all around their campus at Hurricane Sandy strength plus projected 2050 sea level rise to publicize their divestment campaign. It was also a good … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, cambridge, climate-change, demonstrations, Divestment, ecology, environment, flood, mit

At the Harvard Divest Rally

April 30, 2014 By gmoke

Went to the Harvard Divest rally this morning which took place in front of Massachusetts Hall where the President, Provost, Treasurer, and Vice Presidents of the University have offices. There was a constant crowd of about 100 people coming … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, Divestment, harvard, mit, political demonstrations

James Hansen at MIT

April 20, 2014 By gmoke

James Hansen visited MIT on April 15 and April 16 and gave two public talks. One was for Fossil Free MIT (http://www.fossilfreemit.org), a new student group concerned with divestment, on the politics of climate change, "Combatting the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: carbon tax, climate-change, Divestment, fee and dividend, james-hansen, methane, mit

MyCityGardens: Networking Greater Boston Gardening

March 30, 2014 By gmoke

MyCityGardens.com is up and running for the season. We're a local yard sharing website that connects gardeners, mentors, and people with access to space, to neighbors who want to roll up their sleeves and dig in. If you have extra space … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: civic technology, ecology, environment, food, gardening

Methane Management: Crowdfunding Natural Gas Leak Monitoring

March 10, 2014 By gmoke

HEET [Home Energy Efficiency Team http://www.heetma.com ], a Cambridge, MA nonprofit which organizes public weatherization parties and barnraisings, is crowd funding a natural gas leak monitoring project in Cambridge and Somerville. Boston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, bu, cambridge, climate-change, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, greenhouse-gases, heat, heet, massachusetts, methane, Nathan Phillips, natural-gas, somerville

Building Energy Trade Show

March 4, 2014 By gmoke

Building Energy March 4-6 2014 Seaport WTC, Boston RSVP at https://events.thepulsenetwork.com/Attendee/Default.aspx?C=70000145&M=20000005&Mode=HTML Cost: $49 to $649 Free Trade Show pass with promo code: BASEAATBE14 (courtesy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: boston, energy, energy efficiency, renewables

“Net zero is not a practical goal in New England”

February 26, 2014 By gmoke

Peter Wilson [in a Cambridgewickedlocal with news from the Chronicle and Tab LtE http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20140220/NEWS/140229717/2014/OPINION] wrote that "Net zero is not a practical goal in New England" and that may or may … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cambridge, ecology, energy, environment, net zero, pollution, waste

Governor Candidates’ Forum on Energy

February 13, 2014 By gmoke

These are rough notes and impressions. All mistakes and opinions are mine. 2/13/14 Sponsored by Next Step Living Design Center, Boston MA Opening statements: Joe Avellone: revenue neutral carbon tax like British Columbia, workforce … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: energy, environment, governors-race

Caribbean Solar Sailboat Project

January 18, 2014 By gmoke

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sailing-for-solar-bringing-workshops-to-caribbean-communities Help empower coastal Caribbean communities with a solar sailboat that will provide workshops and materials for solar electric modules, solar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Caribbean, ecology, education, electricity, energy, fundraising, global-warming-environment, sailboats, solar

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