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Zero Net Energy House Winner Is Positive Net Energy House

May 11, 2010 By gmoke

Tina Clarke, a Transitions Town trainer, and her husband, Doug Stephens, moved into their new home in December 2008 and will be using it in conjunction with Greenfield Community College and Franklin Regional Technical High School to educate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, massachusetts, renewables, zero-emissions

The Columnist, the Pollster, and Me

April 16, 2010 By gmoke

Porter asked about deficits, of course, and Broder wondered whether the prospective savings from reform would show up and how soon.  Rasmussen answered some questions and had some colloquy with Broder and others over polling numbers. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: david-broder, economics, health-care, media, polling, scott-rasmussen, t.-r.-reid

How to Heal the World

March 29, 2010 By gmoke

I think about this as I plant my garden.  I remember John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed;  Jean Giono's story of Elzéard Bouffier, "The Man Who Planted Trees;"  John Todd's vision to restore the devastated mountains of Appalachia. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, arboriculture, ecology, environment, food, gardening, john-todd, permaculture, random

Weatherization Barnraising: Cambridge, MA on April 10

March 22, 2010 By gmoke

Weatherization Barnraising Saturday, April 10th 12:30-5:00 p.m. Cambridge YWCA Emergency Family Shelter 3 Bigelow Street, Cambridge Pitch in to help 10 homeless families who live at the shelter Lower vast energy bills for the shelter so it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, energy, heat, heet, housing, jobs, solar, somerville, weatherization

Solar Garden Plantings

March 12, 2010 By gmoke

Here's a short instructional video on how to make a recycled solar cloche: cross-posted to dailykos, greenmassgroup, globalswadeshi.net, and eurotrib.com … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, ecology, energy, environment, gardening, solar

Climate Change Is Moot

February 21, 2010 By gmoke

There is even an appeal to End Days and Rapture Ready Survivalists without scaring anybody with Al Gore or CO2:  Solar IS Civil Defense.  A few square inches of solar electric panel can power the flashlight (LED), radio, cell … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dupont, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, jobs, national, renewables, zero-emissions

Mr Franklin’s Folks Go to the Tea Party

February 13, 2010 By gmoke

Mr Franklin's Folks Mister Franklin's Folks began when a small group of people decided to bring a solar fountain to the local farmers markets, swap meets, and all the other outdoor community events.  Each week, they'd float the solar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecology, energy, environment, farmers-markets, organizing, solar

Online Real Time World Game

February 9, 2010 By gmoke

http://crisiscampbos02132010.e... On Saturday, February 13th, 2010 CrisisCamp will bring again together volunteers in Boston, MA to collaborate on technology projects which aim to assist in Haiti's relief efforts by providing data, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: gaming, haiti, john-robb, r-buckminster-fuller, random, world-game

Labor and Climate Change: The Legacy of Tim Costello

February 3, 2010 By gmoke

Talking to Labor About Climate Change: •  Focus on the inevitability of climate change mitigation policies and the changes they will cause. •  Explore the positive aspects of this change: massive new investment is needed to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, labor, random, tim-costello, unions

Weatherization Party

January 24, 2010 By gmoke

Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in NH has done 115 solar installations in the last few years. Seacoast Area Renewable Energy Initiative in the Piscataqua region on Maine and NH has begun doing solar barnraisings. Coop Power in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate-change, energy, heat, heet, housing, jobs, massachusetts, solar, somerville, weatherization

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