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Greetings Everyone, Late last week, a number of members contacted me about the candidates for Selectmen and their positions on energy efficiency in town. I came up with a list of questions and emailed Jon Speers, Mary Andrews and Ray McMahon. (Ron Nowell doesn’t have an email address apparently). Jon Speers was the only . . . → Read More: Selectmen candidate’s positions on energy efficiency A concerned group of York residents gathered on May 5, 2012 to call attention to the plight of the environment and to Connect the Dots between climate change and extreme weather. They were part of a worldwide movement organized by the folks behind 350.org. Below are some photos from the day. Click on an . . . → Read More: Connect the Dots on Climate Impact Day at York Food columnist for the New York Times, Mark Bittman, talks about industry resistance to labeling American food. Democracy. Are we entitled to know what goes in our food? The answer’s easy, but Big Food thinks it’s “no.” It’s not just ammonia in beef, it’s arsenic and antibiotics – banned antibiotics at that, and Prozac . . . → Read More: Should we be allowed to know what’s in our food? From the Climate Progess website, guest blooger Kaid Benfield discusses the problem of automobile-dependent subdisions in the United States. “Housing values have declined much more, on a percentage basis, in sprawling subdivisions as compared to walkable, centrally located neighborhoods, many of which have even held steady or increased in value.” Combined, Baby Boomers and . . . → Read More: How The Evolving Housing Market Will Help Sustainable Communities Michael Pollen with humanity’s most important best kept secret. “Food Rules” by Michael Pollan – RSA/Nominet Trust competition from Marija Jacimovic on Vimeo. To be a complete person we must travel many paths, and to truly own anything we must first all give it away. This is not a riddle. Only those who share their multiple and varied skills, true friendships, and a sense of community and knowledge of the earth know they are safe wherever they . . . → Read More: To receive, share Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced her plan to introduce a bill later this week in Congress that includes provisions that would significantly change the nation’s food policy. The Local Farms, Food, and Jobs Act would expand opportunities for local and regional farmers and make it easier for consumers to have access to healthy foods. “This is about . . . → Read More: Proposed bill would create farm jobs, expand access to local food The Sept 27 Home Energy Efficiency Workshop, sponsored by the York Energy Efficiency Committee and York Adult Ed, provided more than 20 local homeowners with a wealth of information on PACE loans, SEI loans, the home energy auditing process, and some strategies for effectively weatherizing their houses. Key to the success of the evening . . . → Read More: Home Energy Efficiency Workshop a success From the Seacoasteatlocal.org web site: In Portsmouth, NH, on Thursday, September 22nd [at 7:00 pm], at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre. This event is free and open to the public, space is limited — first come, first served: Joel Salatin — The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer Joel Salatin and his family own . . . → Read More: Joel Salatin coming to Portsmouth Time banks have been around in some form since the 1980′s, but the deteriorating economy has brought some new attention to the concept. In a recent New York Times article titled Where All Work Is Created Equal, a time bank in Manhattan is featured. As explained in the story, the unit of currency in . . . → Read More: A (not so) new form of currency The Sustainability Center at Southern Maine Community College will begin offering classes this fall on various aspects of energy efficiency at the school’s new sustainability facility. The Sustainability and Energy Alternatives Center will offer classes to both matriculated students and community members, according to Director John Brautigam, appealing to “someone who wants to be . . . → Read More: SMCC preps for alternative energy future Author and Post Carbon Institute Fellow Richard Heinberg writes that the current debt limit showdown is actually less important than a larger fundamental trend that few national leaders are acknowledging. The even bigger, and most important, context is that we are entering a new historic era. Oil prices are high due to the ongoing . . . → Read More: Rethinking the economy  |
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