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Canal Restorer to River Restorer?

August 20, 2013 By gmoke 2 Comments

This greenhouse at the former historic Fisherville Mill in South Grafton, Massachusetts, sits on the banks of a canal by the Blackstone River. It is cleaning stormwater runoff and water contaminated by #6 fuel oil, also known as Bunker C … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Blackstone River, canals, ecological design, ecology, environment, industrial history, john-todd, pollution, reclamation, water, water-power

The Next Industrial Revolution Is Ecological

December 2, 2012 By gmoke Leave a Comment

John Todd could be considered one of the founders of ecological design. For the past forty years or so, he has been building enclosed ecologies, first, for growing fish, John was one of the original growers of tilapia in the USA, and later … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecological design, ecology, environment, john-todd, ma, wastewater treatment

Ecological Restoration: Cleaning the Fisherville Mill Canal

August 7, 2012 By gmoke 1 Comment

The Fisherville Mill Canal on the Blackstone River in Grafton, MA has been contaminated for decades by #6 fuel oil in its waters. John Todd Ecological Design (http://toddecological.com/) with the participation of the town of Grafton, USEPA, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bioremediation, canals, ecological design, ecology, energy, environment, john-todd, ma, New Alchemy Institute, water

How to Heal the World

March 29, 2010 By gmoke 3 Comments

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

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Look, people confused Charlie Baker "not being Donald Trump" with "trustworthy verging on infallible."

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“Utter breakdown ... *it’s just not okay*” [emphasis original]

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Earlier, I spoke at the #MACOVIDOversight hearing and voiced my concerns & the concerns of my colleagues and constituents. I then asked @MassGovernor what I believe was a straightforward question...and received a not-so-straightforward response.

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In 2014, I was a clerk for the ME legislature's enviro committee and I'm flabbergasted by the arguments by progressive Reps (many of whom I respect) against making committee votes and testimony public. /1 #mapoli @act_on_mass @byChrisVan @statehousenews
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What conditions accounts for this?

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