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Solar Microgrids and Water Biomonitoring for Christmas

December 18, 2014 By gmoke

Solar Microgrids in Tanzania: Maasai Stoves & Solar Project International Collaborative 81 Kirkland Street, Unit 2, Cambridge, MA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: biomonitoring, christmas, Costa Rica, ecology, electricity, energy, environment, giving, solar, sustainability, Tanzania, water

Toilets, Stoves, and Solar

January 11, 2014 By gmoke

Susan Murcott, Bob Lange, and Richard Komp are three grassroots environmental activists who are changing lives all around the world. Susan is a water researcher whose work on simple water filters has benefitted the lives of hundreds of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Africa, cooking, development, ecology, education, energy, environment, latin-america, sanitation, solar, stoves, water

Canal Restorer to River Restorer?

August 20, 2013 By gmoke

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

Swiss Solar Boat (and French Polar Pod)

July 7, 2013 By gmoke

On June 25, the world's largest solar ship, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar (http://www.planetsolar.org), was docked in Boston and hosted a symposium on water and climate change, "From the Alps to the Atlantic." This 35 meter by 23 meter … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: Antarctic, Arctic, biology, climate-change, ecology, energy, environment, france, Gulf Stream, oceans, Recommended, Rivers, solar, Switzerland, water

Worcester Official Unleashes Epic Clean Water Whine

January 23, 2013 By thegreenmiles

The Environmental Protection Agency is doing a routine inspection to make sure Worcester's water system isn't poisoning anyone. Does Worcester Mag's Walter Bird, Jr. report on whether this will potentially keep people and the fish we eat … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: clean-water, water, worcester

Ecological Restoration: Cleaning the Fisherville Mill Canal

August 7, 2012 By gmoke

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

Boil water order lifted – flush your system before drinking

May 4, 2010 By David

Governor Patrick lifted the boil water order in all MWRA communities early this morning after tests showed that water had returned to normal.  Here is the information from the Governor's office statement about how to restore clean … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: water

Seeing through the water

May 3, 2010 By yawu

< 10px" class="Apple-style-span">And we often don't notice our public systems and structures until they malfunction. A busted traffic signal gets more attention than a functioning one, in the same way we notice potholes more than … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: framing, government, water

Environmental Groups Resign Board in Protest of Patrick Administration’s Water Reversal

October 15, 2009 By envirodem

MEDIA RELEASE:  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2009 For more information, contact: Kerry Mackin, Ipswich River Watershed Assoc., 978-412-8200. Margaret Van Deusen, Charles River Watershed Assoc., 781-788-0007 ext. 234 Peter Shelley, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: dep, environment, governor-patrick, water

Is Passion Supposed to Replace Common Sense?

March 12, 2007 By kai

I think Know Thy Neighbor may need to be called into action again.  Once again a petition has been circulated and no one had any idea what they were signing.  Didn't make them any less eager to sign up though.  See for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: chemicals, environment, petition, water

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