Green Energy Times

Randolph Area Community Development corporation Looks At Biomass District Heat …makes sense for our region. …finding ways to reduce the long term use of energy resources within the town of Randolph, VT.

For Whom Will You Be Riding on Wed? Rain combined with threats of lightning, hail, and high winds prompted the postponement of tonight’s Ride of Silence in Montpelier.  (Kudos to the stalwart bicyclists who arrived hoping for a break in the weather!)  On Friday evening, the weather is predicted to be much more favorable so [...]

by N.R. Mallery While the Upper Valley Food Cooperative was officially incorporated in summer of 1976, it was actually born from a group of people that had a vision and a dedication, in 1970, the “Do It Store” started on Main St. in W. Lebanon, NH with a vision of an environmental center – a [...]

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012 – 8:00-11:00  a.m. FAIR HAVEN Transfer Station, Fair Haven Avenue, Fair Haven Solid Waste Alliance Communities Receive Grant to Collect Household Hazardous Waste. The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation defines Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) as “common household products that exhibit the characteristics (toxic, corrosive, reactive, explosive, and flammable/ignitable) of hazardous waste.  [...]

By Adam Fortier We find ourselves today constantly trying to make environmentally conscious choices while struggling with the costs of “going green”. Unfortunately, it seems that the ability to be green comes with a price tag that has many of us struggling between the moral choice and the affordable one. Reductions in your energy consumption [...]

By N.R.Mallery As part of our ‘Green Restaurant’ feature, this spring we want to acknowledge and give recognition to a deserving restaurant located on Route 100 N, in Waterbury, VT.  Michael’s on the Hill has received the first Green Restaurant Designation and award in Vermont! The award is given  by the Vermont Business Environmental Partnership, [...]

It’s as simple as 1,2,3! By Colin Sorenson, owner of Local Energy LLC, Stowe VT:  www.localenergyllc.com We can convert the sun’s energy into electricity using photovoltaic (PV) panels. A solar panel is made of wafers of silicon, either monocrystaline or multicrystaline. Multiple ribbon technology has made the production of silicon wafers more efficient by reducing [...]

Wednesday evening, May 16th All are invited to participate in a “Ride of Silence” to remember bicyclists who have been injured or killed in crashes involving motor vehicles.  The Ride of Silence is an annual event that happens on the same day in all 50 U.S. states and in countries around the world.  Since 2007, [...]

By Diane Reynolds Can Fox News be waking up? To global warming….to the dangers of fracking? Having NPR running in my blood, I don’t often (and maybe I should) check out the sources of differing views. But when G.E.T. publisher Nancy Rae Mallery sent two FoxNews.Com postings to me I was flabbergasted. Read their intro [...]

Saturday & Sunday, April 28th & 29th, from 11 AM – 3 PM Take a look inside and out. Ask questions to very nice and knowlegable locals. Discover what Yurt living can mean to you and the planet! WHERE: 1332 Towne Hill Road • From Montpelier right hand turn off Main Street onto Towne Hill [...]