Concentration of CO2 in the Atmosphere

October is Co-op Month!

Suzette Snow-Cobb

This October, food co-ops across the Northeast are joining over 65,000 co-operatives and credit unions across the United States in celebrating Co-op Month, observed nationally since 1964. The theme for 2024, “The Future is Cooperative,” was chosen by the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA CLUSA) as an opportunity to engage co-op […]

Everything is Glittering in the Autumn

Watercolor Painting by Joyce Dutka

David Fried

The stream has its leaves all along it, floating on top and lying below. The sky is so blue you can almost hear the hawk playing harmonica as it goes by. Every plant and tree is going through changes. Changes that we can see […]

CSWD Now Recycling Pizza Boxes – What About Your District?

Take-out pizza (Pikist.com)

Just in from Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD): Kat Moody, CSWD’s Community Outreach Coordinator noted “One item I get asked about a lot is the ever-so-common pizza box. This is a tricky item as people are often unclear on how clean it has to be in order to be accepted […]

Preservatives in Meat Products – a Two-edged Sword that is Biting Us Back

The use of sodium nitrates and nitrites used in preserving processed meat can cause health issues. (pxhere.com)

Larry Plesent

What are processed meats? Are they safe to eat? And if not, why are they so legal and available? Humans have been preserving meat for as long as we have had fire. […]

Earth System Management

Alan Betts

One of the greatest challenges for our society is that so few people understand how the Earth system is managed by the Creator. In fact, very few want to know as their priorities lie elsewhere. In society there are webs of lies, and many political agendas are full of lies as […]

Political Scientist Awarded the Volvo Environment Prize 2024

Frank Biermann was awarded the 2024 Volvo Environment Prize 2024 for his research on environmental governance. (Volvo Environment Prize Foundation)

Press release from the Volvo Environment Prize Foundation

Governments and organizations meet year-round to make crucial decisions to solve global environmental problems. Why, then, is progress so slow? This is the […]

Human Activity is Straining Our Planet to its Breaking Point

Visualization of safe Earth System Boundaries, just Earth System Boundaries, cases where safe and just boundaries align and current global states. (Earth Commission)

Elizabeth Balzani

People have known for quite some time that human activity is contributing to the changing climate. But what many people are not aware of is the […]

From a Shorter Winter Season to More Storm Damage – Part 2

NH Recreation Providers Feel Climate Impacts Far More than Visitors

Madeleine Smith, Michael D. Ferguson, Lauren A. Ferguson, Alexandra R. Contosta, Elizabeth Burakowski, Dovev Levine, Shannon Rogers

Read part 1 of this article in the August 2024 issue of Green Energy Times

When asked about the impact of changing winter conditions, the findings […]

ENERGY STAR Versus Zero-Energy-Ready Primer

Sara Gutterman

More builders than ever are pursuing ENERGY STAR and Zero Energy Ready Home certifications. What are the main benefits of and differences between the programs?

The Federal government has two primary home certification programs for energy efficiency: ENERGY STAR and Zero Energy Ready Home (ZERH). Both programs are designed to […]

How New Federal Policy Raises The Bar for Energy-Efficient Housing

There has never been a more opportune time to build high-performance new homes in the U.S.

Erin Sherman

In May 2024, the US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) updated their minimum home energy standards for new construction. This is great news because residents […]