Renewable Energy Posts
Fluffy Line-Dried Towels Every Time
By popular demand, I’m sharing my super-energy-saving tip for fluffy line-dried towels. Now that the spring sun is finally here, give it a try! Speaking of spring, Earth Day is coming up next weekend. Join me next Saturday, April 21, for an Earth Day Celebration alongside the Port Townsend Saturday Farmers Market. Local 20/20 is hosting and I’m one of the main organizers. I’ll also be speaking at an hour-long presentation about our new Transition Initiative starting at 10:30 a.m. More info: www.L2020.org. Let’s face it:...
read moreBringing Down the Dams—and Capitalism?
The Elwha River dams stood for a century, blocking migrating salmon’s free access to their watershed, splitting off and exploiting nature, and denying the local tribal people full realization of their cultural heritage. Today, the dams are being dismantled. The biggest dam removal project in U.S. history is happening right here in my corner of the world, where the Elwha River flows to the sea on the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula. Along with the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and many others, I celebrate the river’s restoration for its...
read moreBiomass 101 for Families Forum
The proposed biomass power plant at the Port Townsend Paper Mill site and its potential health impacts on our most vulnerable citizens—our children—is the subject of the first “Biomass 101 for Families” forum. The free educational event is scheduled for 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 17 at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (QUUF) in Port Townsend. To encourage attendance by parents and guardians of young children, “Biomass 101 for Families” is scheduled mid-morning on a Saturday and free childcare is provided. “I...
read moreVIDEO: Energy (Presentation to Chamber of Commerce, 11/14/11)
Do you know where your energy comes from? Proportionally, more Jefferson County residents can proudly say, “From the sun!” than can residents of any other county in the state. This 5-minute video excerpt on “Energy” references the sponsor of my Chamber talk (and, not entirely coincidentally, my husband’s employer), Power Trip Energy Corp. It describes Jefferson County’s leading role in creating energy from the sun. The Puget Sound Energy graph referenced in my talk can be seen below. Data provided by PSE, current as of Oct....
read moreWind-Powered Web Hosting
When it came time to register this site, I wanted to “spend my values” in selecting a web host. I was expecting to pay more for an eco-friendly service, but was pleasantly surprised to find this was not necessary. I discovered Canvas Dreams while checking out the site of a recommended web designer. The catchy spinning turbines on his site—you can see them at the bottom left on my home page—earned my click-through. Canvas Dreams was the first Web host in the Pacific Northwest to use 100% wind power, and it is committed to energy...
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