N.R. Mallery, publisher of G.E.T. Robots are all around us. From vacuum cleaners to vehicles, at work and home, they have arrived. My personal favorites are my two robot lawnmowers. I tell everyone, they are the next best thing I … Continue reading →
Roger Lohr This April, Congress approved bipartisan legislation, the North Country National Scenic Trail Adjustment Act, introduced by Vermont Representative Peter Welch that will extend the 4,600-mile North Country National Scenic Trail (NCT) from Crown Point, New York into Addison … Continue reading →
Tamsin Venn One of the beauties of kayak touring is that it is so easy to do. Anyone can take up the activity with minimal instruction, and you don’t need to be the Hulk to move your boat nimbly over … Continue reading →
Jenna Batchelder As summer draws closer and the weather gets nicer, boating season will begin. Many people are looking into purchasing boats. A huge concern for the environmentally conscious consumer is the large amount of fossil fuels required to power … Continue reading →
Green Energy Times Staff Counterpoint is a professional a cappella group based in Vermont. It performs many kinds of music in all sorts of places. It has a mission beyond entertaining, however, and this includes performing in ways that benefit … Continue reading →
Jessie Haas Soil is mysterious. We have identified only about 5% of soil micro-organisms, which means we have no idea what we’re doing when we garden, farm, or build. But we’re learning. Recently, soil scientist Christine Jones introduced the idea … Continue reading →
David Fried Here in the north country of Vermont, winter with its swirls of snow and deep chunks of ice can have us wondering when will life begin again? The trees sway back and forth in the winds, and you … Continue reading →
Larry Plesent I didn’t always love beer. That came later in life, after the craft beer revolution began taking off in the late 1980s. Give me a lightly hopped IPA with hints of citrus – almost heaven. But peeling back … Continue reading →
George Harvey In April, two reports on the use of solar panels on agricultural land appeared almost simultaneously. One was a press release from Fraunhofer ISE, “Agrophotovoltaics: High Harvesting Yield in Hot Summer of 2018” (Fraunhofer report). The other was … Continue reading →
George Harvey When I was about four years old, I visited my grandfather’s house in Kansas. One of the various things I remember about that trip was watching as he did yard work. He fussed a bit over a dandelion, … Continue reading →