The Wells Reserve at Laudholm in Wells, Maine, is the first nonprofit in the state to meet 100 percent of its electricity needs with solar energy. Over the past two years, the reserve installed 248 solar panels that are expected … Continue reading →
ConVal High School freshman learn how to conduct an energy audit at Harris Center in Hancock, NH By Jeremy Wilson and Margaret Baker Hancock’s Harris Center for Conservation Education remodeled their building in 2003 to very high green building standards. … Continue reading →
Ensuring clean runoff for homes, businesses, roadsides, lakes, streams, wetlands, and parking lots … Description: Rain gardens are attractive and functional landscaped areas that filter rain runoff. Purpose: Rain gardens are designed to capture and filter runoff from paths and … Continue reading →
by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss Now that solar panels are so commonplace on rooftops across the country, reusing so-called greywater—that is, the waste water from sinks, showers, tubs and washing machines—for landscape irrigation may be the next frontier in … Continue reading →
By Mike Duclos The energy crisis of the 70s kicked off a renewed interest in using energy directly from the Sun to heat our homes. Energy prices soon retreated, as did most, but not all interest. Less expensive fossil fuel … Continue reading →
A Few More Thoughts About … Windows in Double Wall Construction By Michael Goetinck A reader sent me an email about a window condensation problem he has in his home. I’ve taken the liberty of sharing our correspondence. The text from … Continue reading →
Building with ICF’s and SIPs By Alison Moynihan There is a ton of advice out there for how to build energy-efficient buildings, and more important, there are a thousand different ways to successfully construct an energy-efficient building. That said, I … Continue reading →
By Lori Eanes, Skipstone Books, $21.95 Book review by N. R. Mallery Backyard Roots is a collection of stories about people who farm on what small pieces of land they have available in crowded, mostly urban, areas. They all live … Continue reading →
Book Review by George Harvey The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening By Ron Krupp, 247 pages, Whetstone Books, $18. The Woodchuck Returns to Gardening is one of those books that may be exactly what you want it to be. It could … Continue reading →
From NYSES (New York Solar Energy Society) Use your own shopping bags. Shop near home; support a business. Join a “CSA” (community sustainable agriculture) for fresh local food. Buy Fair Trade. Organic foods save the soil and are better for … Continue reading →