Transitions. Back in June, 2008 I started writing a weekly column on energy for the Brattleboro Reformer, our local newspaper. I thought it would be fun to write a regular…
When I was in Portland, Oregon, the week before last for the Living Future Conference, I had an opportunity to visit a facility in nearby Clackamas where building assemblies and…
I’m just back from Portland, Oregon where I attended the annual Living Future Conference. The Living Future Conference was created by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) initially to provide…
I’ve written about a lot of the features we included in our new house in Dummerston, Vermont, to reduce its energy use and environmental footprint, but there’s another one —…
Winter has barely ended in Vermont, but as I write this the forecast is for 82 degrees tomorrow. This makes me think about strategies for keeping cool in the months…
Readers of this column have heard me argue in the past that resilience can be a motivation for taking actions that will not only make us and our families safer,…
In my previous blog I described the international effort to understand climate change. The United Nations’ IPCC is leading the charge, and efforts like the Kyoto Treaty have grown out…
In last week's blog I took a look at some of the water conservation features in our new house, but I began the blog by addressing the relationship between water…
In this weekly blog, I’ve focused a lot of attention on the energy-saving measures at our new home — from the innovative insulation materials we used to the air-source heat…