syrinx

Well, it's a start:
Rock Port, Missouri, First 100 Percent Wind-powered Community In U.S.

ScienceDaily (July 16, 2008) — Rock Port Missouri, with a population of just over 1,300 residents, has announced that it is the first 100% wind powered community in the United States. Four wind turbines supply all the electricity for the small town.

tags: energy sustainable wind power

I don't know if anyone has heard of this amazing community effort, but I stumbled onto the website a few weeks ago...
http://www.anewpark.ca/index.php

tags: ecology sustainable park community

It's shocking what you can find just a short distance (well, about 100 km, or 60 mi) from your home! According to that amazing source of information, Treehugger, there's a place called Solar Power Store which sells, oddly enough, everything you need to set up a solar system (!) for yourself. There's a handy list of common loads that lets you calculate roughly what your electrical needs are, helping you decide on the size of the system you need. Susan and I will definitely be visiting this place! As a bonus, it's located in a very nice part of Ontario: the Muskokas. Sounds like there's an excellent weekend coming up!

tags: environment sustainable solar power muskoka

Treehugger recently posted an article on small-scale wind generation called "Small Wind is Beautiful". It discusses a blog post by Glen Estill which covers the subject of erecting a small wind turbine at your home or business. In following the link to Glen's site, I discovered that his blog is excellent. There's a wealth of information, not only about wind turbines, but other forms of sustainable energy as well. The blog entries are very well written and easily digestible by the lay-person.

tags: energy sustainable alternative wind turbine

My friends Peter and Fay Vido gave me a scythe and some guidance in using it late last fall and I had been itching to get it out this spring. So when my neighbor had an overgrown lawn, I offered to mow it with the scythe. What a pleasure, and no noise or fumes. I did another overgrown yard and now I am looking for neglected verges, country trails etc. to hone my skills (and do something useful), and expect it will even replace my reel mower, once I get better at it.

tags: energy sustainable green scythe grass