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Buckman Bosque clean up at End of Old Buckman Road (CR 77)

September 30, 2012 from 9am to 2pm
Volunteers are needed to help pick up trash in the Buckman Bosque along the Rio Grande in preparation for a major restoration project. Sponsors are providing gloves, trash bags, shovels, rakes, trowels, portable toilet, shade and refreshments.Meet at the Camino La Tierra parking area just northwest of State Road 599 to car pool at 9 a.m.See More
Sep 28, 2012
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Sep 19, 2012
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Green Appraisal workshop at Santa Fe

September 17, 2012 to September 18, 2012
Appraisers can learn about appraising green buildings and concepts of sustainability while earning continuing education credits. This workshop also designed fro Realtors, lenders, public officials, attorneys, builders and property tax assessors.Hosted by Santa Fe Community College and the New Mexico Energy Smart Academy.See More
Sep 13, 2012
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Food Security and Water Rights: The Future of Agriculture at Transportation Center (Rail Runner Station)

September 20, 2012 from 9am to 4pm
"Food Security and Water Rights: The Future of Agriculture" Thursday, 20 September 9 :00am - 4:00pm Transportation Center (Rail Runner Station) 101 Courthouse Rd SE Los Lunas, NM (off NM 314) The workshop will include panels covering the following topics: Farmer Perspectives on the Future of Agriculture, Pre-1907 Water Rights, Agriculture and the Impacts of Water Transfers, and USDA Resources for Farmers and Ranchers. Lunch and NMSU farm tour are included. For more information contact…See More
Sep 13, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
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BioLite smart thinking

Sometimes the doom and gloom of environmental issues get me down. So it is always refreshing to find new, cool inventions people are designing to bring some practical resolutions to the problems. You'll see a new post in news items on GreenLine today about a small company called BioLite, that's producing an efficient wood stove/ electric charger for developing nations. They started by first designing a popular…See More
Sep 13, 2012
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Stormwater student challenge worth $

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is offering prizes to student teams from colleges and universities across the country that design the best stormwater management system. The new competition, called the Campus RainWorks Challenge, can involve teams of students in landscape architecture, planning and engineering.Stormwater carries oil, pesticides and other pollutants in to rivers, streams and coastal shorelines, along with lakes and reservoirs. Managing stormwater to prevent the pollution…See More
Sep 6, 2012
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Eminent domain and oil

It makes for a great, and ironic in some ways,when a Texas farmer loses an eminent domain fight against a big transnational oil company. It is David vs. Goliath. It is agriculture vs. oil. It is Texas, where people generally love their oil producers. It is one of those issues that creates strange coalitions of Tea Partiers and conservatives with far-left…See More
Aug 24, 2012
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What does 'sustainability' mean to you?
Living well without detracting from the ability of future generations to live well by protecting and supporting healthy land, water, wildlife and communities.
What do you do to try and live green and what would you like to learn more about?
I live in the country in a stick-built home made with thermal windows and top insulation and situated for solar gain. I don't have to use lights most of the day. My daughter and I try to conserve water, recycle, etc.
What I really is need is a big truck converted to run on greasel and would like to learn how to do that. Also still dream of building a strawbale/adobe off grid home - a little jewel box of a house, comfortable and self-sustaining.
What concerns you most about the issues facing the environment, whether locally or globally?
Locally - that NNM has all the ingredients to create a model, self-sustaining region but lacks the right social/economic structure to make it happen. Too many hardworking people can't afford to live decently in SF, meaning they spend all their time trying to pay bills instead of having time to learn about living lighter on the planet.
Globally - that for all our human savvy (space exploration, bigger weapons, faster computers) we still haven't figure out how to get along well enough to feed everyone, house everyone and stop killing each other. So essentially, we haven't progressed a whole lot further from where we were 4,000 years ago.

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The species extinction dilemma

Many of you may have heard of the recent report fromscientists going to bat for endangered species. The list of 100 most at risk species raises some tough questions: Do humans having a moral/ethical responsibility to save species or do we leave things as survival of the fittest? If there isn't money to save all the species, do we prioritize and how do we decide what ought to be…

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Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:27am

BioLite smart thinking

Sometimes the doom and gloom of environmental issues get me down. So it is always refreshing to find new, cool inventions people are designing to bring some practical resolutions to the problems. You'll see a new post in news items on GreenLine today about a small company called BioLite, that's producing an efficient wood stove/ electric charger for developing nations. They started by first designing a popular…

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Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:47am

Stormwater student challenge worth $

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is offering prizes to student teams from colleges and universities across the country that design the best stormwater management system. The new competition, called the Campus RainWorks Challenge, can involve teams of students in landscape architecture, planning and engineering.

Stormwater carries…

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Posted on September 6, 2012 at 11:29am

Eminent domain and oil

It makes for a great, and ironic in some ways,when a Texas farmer loses an eminent domain fight against a big transnational oil company. It is David vs. Goliath. It is agriculture vs. oil. It is Texas, where people generally love their oil producers. It is one of those issues that creates strange coalitions of Tea Partiers and conservatives with far-left…

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Posted on August 24, 2012 at 10:26am

Choosing between endangered species: The SAFE formula

I must admit to being a little shocked to find out there is a formula for deciding which endangered species to save. I probably shouldn't have been, but it seems somehow wrong that such a formula exists. It means humans believe we can't and shouldn't save all species. Why? Because we don't have enough money to save them all.

At least that's the premise in this article from Business Insider.It…

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Posted on August 22, 2012 at 11:30am

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At 6:54pm on April 22, 2008, erika said…
Staci
That would be awesome...thats what I was hoping for. I am completely clueless on how to start.
Erika
At 8:20pm on May 2, 2008, erika said…
Staci
Thanks for the feed back...I am currently living in Rio Rancho so the community college is not an option for now. Thanks for opening the dialog
Erika
At 9:07pm on August 26, 2009, Eric Perramond said…
Staci - Yep, acequias, and here in S.Fe for 6 months (well, 5+ mos now). So if you hear of anything interesting on the adjudications or acequias, please keep sharing on the blog. Interesting piece today on the Elephant Butte/Mesilla Valley farmers controversy -- I'll follow this as it evolves...best, Eric Perramond
At 8:14am on September 17, 2009, Alan Gregory said…
Here's a photo of the infamous Jeddo Mine Tunnel in Luzerne County, Pa., per my earlier blog note. Abandoned mine drainage is one of the most challenging environmental problems that we face in Pennsylvania and our neighboring states, particularly West Virginia. The Jeddo is one of the largest of these drainage areas and is located near the sprawl town of Drums. This amazing tunnel was developed between 1891 and 1934 to drain water-filled underground anthracite coal mines (see http://www.standardspeaker.com/History/jmarkle.htm for an interesting history of this tunnel) and now puts out around 40,000 gallons per minute of polluted water that kills Little Nescopeck Creek. Ultimately, the polluted water enters Chesapeake Bay where it contributes to this estuary's declining biological health. Above where the mine water enters, the Little Nescopeck is a high-quality, cold water fishery, below it is dead. The challenge here is the magnitude of flow. This volume of water can’t be treated by the relatively cheap passive treatment. It needs a more expensive, active water treatment facility. Plans are underway to implement such a project, but the cost is significant, not just for building a facility, but also its annual operation and maintenance. Heavy metals in the water include selenium, all byproducts of our society's appetite for dirty coal. For those interested, the early 70s movie "The Molly Maguires" starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris, was filmed in an around a nearby historic mining village known as Eckley (long a state historic site). All for now. Enjoy your blog.

At 2:31pm on March 7, 2010, Kathy Holian said…
Hi Staci,

I would like to update your audience on the Renewable Energy Finance District. We are making some important decisions at the BCC meeting this coming Tuesday.

By the way, the name is now RENEW Santa Fe.

I am not sure how to start a forum.

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