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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 Thomas Friedman makes a good case for showing some urgency in addressing the causes of our recent climatic extremes. Remember the first rule of global warming. The way it unfolds is really “global weirding.” The weather gets weird: the hots get hotter; the wets wetter; and the dries get drier. This is not a . . . → Read More: Is it weird enough for you yet? From the KeepMEcurrent.com news site comes a good example of homeowners taking advantage of Efficiency Maine’s PACE Loan program. WATERBORO – Andrew Doyle and his wife Melissa are looking forward to winter – or at least to the money they’ll be saving on their heating bills. With the help of a loan from Efficiency . . . → Read More: Homeowners warm up to PACE program The following event is part of the York Public Library film and author series. Title: A World of Seven Billion and Growing – Is It Sustainable? Presenter: John Seager, President of Population Connection 7pm Friday September 16, 2011 York Public Library Since 1968, Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth or ZPG) has been America’s . . . → Read More: Population speaker – Sept. 16 Come learn about home energy improvements, energy audits, and financing options in this workshop sponsored by York Adult Education and the York Energy Efficiency Committee. Date/Time: Tuesday, Sept. 27, from 7:00-9:00 pm at York High School Description: Do you suspect that your home would be more economical and comfortable if you spent some money . . . → Read More: Home energy efficiency workshop on Sept. 27 The United States Department of Agriculture has confirmed in recent studies that in the northern US, the pollen season is “lasting anywhere from 13 days to 27 days longer than it had lasted in 1995.” Remember the good old days when you only got the “spring sniffles” for a few weeks as the new . . . → Read More: Climate Change, “Up Close and Personal” 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 Light pollution degrades our environment in many ways and represents a significant waste of energy and money. Each night almost of a third of the light used out-of-doors escapes into the night sky where, instead of providing useful illumination, it causes glare, sky glow and other types of light pollution. About 2.500 individual stars . . . → Read More: Light Pollution Want to know what energy saving incentives might apply to you? Select the appropriate options and click “View Incentives.” if (WIDGETBOX) WIDGETBOX.renderWidget(’3652cea3-1d51-4b74-8689-16ce2ebe15a1′);Get the DSIRE Search widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! Not seeing a widget? (More info) Check it out. Author and New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman writes about the resurgence in sustainable farming, even in New England. There’s only a quarter as much land in farming in Maine as there was 100 years ago, but that’s changing. There are more farms today (up around 50 percent since 1992), more acres in . . . → Read More: New Farmers Find Their Footing The following article was posted on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Savers Blog. It is such a good summary of the topic, that the entire post is included below. However, don’t forget that Maine has its own rebates and tax credits that may add to the incentives from the federal government. Summer is . . . → Read More: Saving Money on Your Energy-Saving Upgrades 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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