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Good Book, Bad Cover

Submitted by TimJFowler on Fri, 2009/04/10 - 3:10pm
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Sustainable Energy - Without The Hot Air, book cover

Don't judge a book by it's cover, especially when the cover is this bad. Fortunately the book 'Sustainable Energy - without the hot air' by David JC MacKay is a much better book than its wrapping suggests. Professor McKay makes a case for, of all things, a fact and number-based energy policy. The idea that rational decision-making should drive energy policy shouldn't be a radical idea, but strangely enough it is.

Foreclosing on the Wasps

Submitted by TimJFowler on Fri, 2009/03/13 - 1:00pm
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Wasp Nest, foreclosed

No, this has nothing to do with sub-prime mortgages or the bank meltdown. This is about some very surly 'social' insects. I discovered wasps in our compost bin this summer. Or, more accurately, the wasps notified us that they had moved in. After my wife and I were each stung in two days I found a wasp nest in the compost bin. Given their anti-social nature and their new residence in the compost bin I couldn't use toxic insecticides. So I did some research.

Is "Regular Clean" Clean Enough for your Family?

Submitted by TimJFowler on Thu, 2009/02/26 - 6:04pm
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'Clean Coal' harnesses the awesome power of the word clean!

Get Clean Coal clean! by the Coen brothers

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Powerful Thirst - Future of Water in the Southwest

Submitted by TimJFowler on Mon, 2009/02/23 - 4:48pm
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Rio Grande near Albuquerque, NM at Sunrise

The local newspaper recently ran an article headlined 'Water experts: Southern N.M. has ample supply'. That headline is grossly misleading and is contradicted twice within the first 4 sentences of the article.

You Say You Want a Revolution

Submitted by TimJFowler on Mon, 2009/02/09 - 4:13pm
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Revolution 45rpm label

Are you ready for a transition away from fossil fuels? Are you or your town ready to live sustainably? What do local resilience, powerdown, and permaculture mean? There is a revolution afoot and it is called the Transition Town movement. The Transition Town movement is helping villages, towns, and cities like Santa Fe prepare themselves for a future without fossil fuels.

Pinheads Unite!

Submitted by TimJFowler on Thu, 2009/01/22 - 2:02pm
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Telemark Trak by Dirk Groeger

What: Tony Forrest Telemark Workshop
When: January 31 and Feb 1, 2009
Where: Ski Santa Fe

This amazing Telemark Workshop is now in its 22nd year. We hope you will come and join Tony Forrest and a host of other fantastic instructors to learn the latest in telemark technique. New tele skiers are welcome, however the workshop is not for someone who has never skied downhill (alpine or tele) before.

The Tony Forrest Telemark Workshop includes four hours of lessons each day.
Class: Saturday and Sunday, January 31 and Feb 1, 2009
Time: 10 am - 3pm

Icy Beauty - Polar Paintings from the 1800's

Submitted by TimJFowler on Wed, 2009/01/21 - 12:06pm
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Aurora Australis, 1908, George Mattson

Adventurers in the 1800's saw the Arctic and Antarctic as remote and harsh, though beautiful places. The South and North Poles were the furthest frontiers of the day and were sought by scores of early explorers. Among those early explorers were artists who preserved the rugged beauty of the poles. Fortunately, we have their images as an artistic record from the days before Climate Change.

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We all have Coal in our Stockings

Submitted by TimJFowler on Tue, 2008/12/23 - 4:36pm
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There is no such thing as clean coal.

2008 Santa Fe Green Building Expo

Submitted by TimJFowler on Mon, 2008/11/17 - 2:29pm
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Santa Fe Green Building Summit & Expo logo

What: 2008 Santa Fe Green Building Expo
When: Nov. 21 2pm-6pm; Nov. 22, 10am-6pm; Nov. 23, 10am-5pm
Where: Santa Fe Community Convention Center, 201 W. Marcy Street, Santa Fe, NM
Cost: FREE to the Public

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