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Local companies making it happen + -
Photovoltaics for the masses. The Intel inside everything solar. Imagine the actual fabric, paint, or surface of anything - able to function as a power source.
http://www.advancedconcretetechnology.com .
Specially formulated insulated cinderblocks that maintain heat/cold longer. Think zero-freon freezers, or heat exchange based housing & office buildings...so efficient your electric meter spins in reverse, giving power back to the national grid.
http://www.aquapure.com .
No more oil based plastic kegs in workplace or home. Affordable water filtering for every faucet.
SUVs R wasteful
NmG electric car + -
Jeff
Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living free events + -
· 9/25 RI Sustainable Schools Summit
· 9/27 Evening with Richard Louv author of Last Child in the Woods
RI Sustainable Schools Summit
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
9:00 am to 3:00 pm (8:30 am registration & coffee)
REGISTER NOW at http://www.apeiron.org/new/events/SSNSumm...
The RI Sustainable School Summit is a Free Program Presented By:
The Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living & The RI Association of School Committees
Learn about successful school initiatives and discover resources and programs available to move your school towards health, efficiency & sustainability! Information, networking opportunities and programs to Green Up your school featuring:
• Energy Efficiency & Conservation
• Funding Resources for Schools
• Clean Renewable Energy
• Best Practices Exchange
• Score Boosting Environment Based Curricula
• Maximum recycling
• Non-Toxic Cleaning Products
• Local Resources
• School Gardens
• Whole School Learning Environments
Who Should Attend:
· School Board Officials
· Superintendents
· Principals
· Parents & PTO Members
· Teachers
· Facilities Managers
· Maintenance Staff
· Students
Presenters:
· National Grid
· RI Resource Recovery Corporation
· RI Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
· Kids First
· Cranston Public Schools
· Other leaders and innovators!
Sponsors:
National Grid ~ RI Association of School Committees ~ RI High Performance Schools Working Group ~ RI Environmental Education Association
Also…
A special Evening with Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. Saturday, September 27th at 7:00 pm at CCRI in Warwick! Register now at http://rwpzoo.wufoo.com/forms/an-even....
REGISTER NOW:
These free programs are open to the public, but advance registration for both is required. Visit www.apeiron.org or call 401-228-7930
Rebekah Greenwald
Director of Education
Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living
17 Gordon Avenue, Suite 207
Providence, RI 02905
401-228-7930
www.apeiron.org
bekah@apeiron.org
Peace
Peter Mulvey's "no gasoline tour" + -
http://www.myspace.com/petermulvey
http://www.petermulvey.com/
NO GASOLINE TOUR ROLLS
Hello, all. Last week I did the final 250 miles of training and felt fine, so I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be for the No Gasoline Tour 2008. I'm excited for the first leg, starting next Wedneseday.
Here's a video I put together:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI5eENHZEp...
It captures the spirit of the tour pretty well. I hope you'll forward it to any friends you might have interested in music, bicycling, or the environment.
Many thanks to Wheel and Sprocket, especially Bob Jung, and to my friends who have biked with me over the summer.
Also, here's the scoop on the semi-organized ride on Saturday 9/20 to benefit the Urban Ecology Center: I and a small group of riders will leave the Cafe Carpe in Fort Atkinson at 8am, following this route:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2205227
I'd expect we'll be in Dousman by 10:30 or so, Waukesha by 11:30, and arrive at the UEC in Washington Park by 1pm. So joining the ride is as simple as this: you head west along the route, until you meet a group of cyclists that includes a recumbent with a guitar on a rack in back. That's probably us. Then, you join us and ride back.
You pick the time of your departure, you decide the mileage, and once you meet up with the group, trust me -- we'll be moving at a relaxed pace that anyone can maintain (I'll be towing gear, and will have done over 400 miles in the past 10 days, so I won't be moving all that quickly.) We'll arrive at the UEC, and if you feel like writing a check for any amount, I'll collect them and add my own and hand them over. Then we'll all have some conversation and drink some water and disperse, and hopefully I'll see you at the show. It goes without saying but I'll say it: you ride at your own risk and PLEASE, for crying out loud, wear a helmet.
Finally, they'll have extra bike racks at Turner Hall for the show, and Alterra Coffee will be giving out coupons for a free cup if you ride to the show. Again, if you ride to the show: SERIOUSLY, wear a helmet and use lights!
Thank you all,
PM
ps I'll post the details of the UEC ride on my myspace page in the blog section, and if I get around to it I'll post routemaps for all the legs of the tour.
Sep 5 2008 8:00P
Trinity House Theater Livonia, Michigan
Sep 9 2008 8:00P
WHEEL & SPROCKET PRESENTS the "NO GASOLINE" TOUR 2008 Various, Wisconsin
Sep 10 2008 8:00P
Paradigm Coffehouse w/Brianna Lane Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Sep 11 2008 7:30P
The Flying Pig Algoma, Wisconsin
Sep 12 2008 8:00P
New Moon Cafe w/Brianna Lane Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Sep 13 2008 7:30P
Thrasher Opera House Green Lake, Wisconsin
Sep 18 2008 7:00P
High Noon Saloon w/Antje Duvekot Madison, Wisconsin
Sep 19 2008 8:30P
Cafe Carpe w/Antje Duvekot Fort Atkinson
Sep 20 2008 8:00P
Turner Hall Ballroom w/Antje Duvekot, Chip Cruz Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sep 21 2008 8:00P
END OF BIKE TOUR Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Elizabeth
Info about a wonderful farm on the Lexington / Arlington border + -
I hope that this evening finds you warm and dry. No major thunderstorms in Somerville yet!
Anyway, I wanted to take a minute to tell you about a place that I currently frequent often and where I volunteer. It is a great place to visit if you are a person who likes to buy locally, support local business, and are on the hunt for fresh veggies like corn, squash, lettuce, radishes...
The farm I work at is slowly but surely coming very close to organic, and favors sustainable farming practices. It is an original farm from the time when Lexington was all farms back at the turn of the century. Now it is surrounded by houses, an anachronism from a time where closeness to the city meant fresher food.
Anyway I could go on and on (i.e. often you can PICK your own veggies! Also some flowers), but here is some more specific information about the place. It is called Busa farm, and here is their site:
http://www.busafarm.com/
52 Lowell St, Lexington, MA
You can often find the farmer working out in the fields. Feel free to go meet him and ask him questions about his produce. He is very knowledgeable and has been on this farm since he was a kid. His specialty is heirloom tomatoes and also zucchini and eggplant varieties that originate in Italy. There are also italian foods for sale in the farm stand, and also fresh bread from Iggies in Cambridge.
I am saying that this place has a lot of great qualities, and they are in need of your support! Fresh farmed veggies for sale at their stand. I have found that this place is a little known treasure, so please visit. : )
Let me know if you have any questions!
Best regards,
Elizabeth
yohohoblood@gmail.com
Jeff
RE: Info about a wonderful farm on the Lexington / Arlington border + -
Continuing the thought of supporting family farms, this weekend is Massachusetts sales tax "holiday", I encourage all to support family-owned businesses over korporate chain / box box sprawlmart-type stores (sorry, this includes franchises).
Kathleen
RE: Info about a wonderful farm on the Lexington / Arlington border + -
Jeff
A benefit for the Massachusetts Audobon Society, 9/5 + -
Folk for Feathers Festival, Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Rd.,Cummaquid(Barnstable), MA.
Featuring Jake Armerding, Edie Carey, Rose Cousins and Oen Kennedy. A benefit for the Massachusetts Audobon Society.
Call (508)362-7475 x9351 or email bharris@massaudobon.org.
SUVs R wasteful
The first 117% green energy independent community in the world + -
Freiamt, Germany
Dawn was just breaking over the Black Forest when Helga Schneider climbed out of bed, tugged on her overalls and thick brown galoshes, and trudged out to the cow pen. She herded a dozen head into a tiled alcove strewn with straw and manure, and began fixing rubber hoses to swollen udders.
Within minutes, milk was snaking through a maze of tubes to a copper-plated box the size of a cinder block, where the warmth was siphoned off and stored for heating everything from the Schneider’s bath water to their home.
Many residents of this farming village have also found creative ways to harvest energy, be it turning manure into biofuel or installing turbines in the local creek. Thanks to their ingenuity, Freiamt is not only energy independent, but produces 17 percent more power than it uses.
It’s a feat that defies conventional ideas about energy – that big companies are key to a secure supply, that renewable sources can only meet a fraction of society’s needs, that green energy is the domain of liberals and idealists.
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Dirty, polluting, greedy companies: 0
Regular people: 1
Peace
CT FOLK FESTIVAL & GREEN EXPO + -
ON THE SCSU CAMPUS IN NEW HAVEN
11 am to 4 pm
Free family fun
Earth-Friendly ideas, products and services
Music, workshops, and activities for all ages Plus the annual "HOOT IN THE PARK"
hosted by Pierce Campbell
Active links at http://newyork.going.com/event-350430...
SUVs R wasteful
The GM Volt + -
Reuters
Over 33,000 buyers signed up for GM electric car
By Kevin Krolicki
Tue Aug 12, 6:03 PM ET
DETROIT (Reuters) - In a bid to show the demand for the upcoming all-electric Chevrolet Volt, a proponent of the car has released details of an unofficial waiting list for the vehicle with over 33,000 prospective buyers.
Lyle Dennis, a New York neurologist who has emerged as a prominent enthusiast for the battery-powered car from General Motors Corp, has been assembling a list of prospective Volt buyers for over a year through his Web site GM-Volt.com.
On Tuesday, Dennis released details gleaned from the list showing that 33,411 people had signed up to show their intent to buy a Volt when the rechargeable car is released in 2010.
The list shows the highest number of potential Volt buyers in California, Texas, Florida and Michigan. It also includes potential buyers from 46 countries outside the United States.
Michael
Anyone Making Biodiesel? + -
Pretty amazing to make fuel for about 50-80 cents per gallon!
All you ever wanted to know about making biodiesel: http://www.biodieselcommunity.org/getting...
I made my first biodiesel last night and will test it for impurities in the next few days.
Honda, BMW, Volkswagen, and others are bringing diesel cars to the US in the next 6-12 months. You can already test drive a diesel VW Jetta. Mike
ferrin
RE: Anyone Making Biodiesel? + -