a Perfect Homestead Tree With organically-grown tasty crabapples, you can have your cake and eat it too! By David Fried, Elmore Roots Nursery Even in summer, everyone is still connected to spring when the trees open their arms and nearly … Continue reading →
By George Harvey There are lots of ways to preserve food. In ancient times, meats and fish were smoked, and vegetables and cheese were lacto-fermented. In the Middle Ages, freshly caught ocean fish was packed in salt and sold weeks … Continue reading →
The history of the Zika virus and environmental management By Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss Zika virus, first discovered in Uganda’s Zika Forest in 1947, is transmitted to humans and other mammals through the bite of an infected Aedes species … Continue reading →
By Larry Plesent I dreamed I was the last of my generation. Old beyond years, I sunned myself on a bench and watched the children play. “Great grandpa! Great grandpa! Tell us about the old days. What took out all … Continue reading →
DRIVING ENERGY TRANSITION By Benjamin Jervey Our world’s energy challenges, as any loyal G.E.T. reader already knows, are intimately intertwined with our great environmental, economic, health, and social challenges. Unfortunately, despite the fact that energy is one of the world’s … Continue reading →
How Laker Blue Went Green and Became a State Energy Leader By Seth Wheeler, New Hampshire Electric Cooperative Working with New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC), Honeywell and other energy professionals, the Inter-Lakes School District (ILSD) is on track to become … Continue reading →
Four faculty houses built by Unity Homes will set a new standard. By George Harvey Unity Homes is building four faculty homes at Dartmouth College to an energy standard requiring very high efficiency. Each will house one faculty member’s household, … Continue reading →
Net-zero living is now affordable for the general public! By David Bruns After a very successful first phase of 72 apartments, completed in September of 2015, netZero Village is completing its second and final phase with 84 more. When completed … Continue reading →
By Barbara Whitchurch May 2, 2016 was a chilly, rainy, gloomy day. But as my husband Greg and I entered the lobby of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Milton, VT, the atmosphere inside was warm and celebratory. This joyful … Continue reading →
WHY CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS AREN’T WORKING AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT By Jerry Yudelson, New Society Publishers, June 2016, Paperback 278 pages. $24.95. Book Review by N. R. Mallery Residential and commercial buildings produce 50% of the carbon emissions … Continue reading →