November 2010 Blog Posts (9)

Tiny spaces, large living

Here's an idea for a supersized, super broke America: tiny houses.
The APs Terence Chea has a great article out today about a Graton, Calif. designer who has created tiny, efficient, mobile houses. Plus they are super cute! http://yhoo.it/f6kLHm

Find out more at tinyhouseblog.com

Rig the roof with solar panels and a little water catchment system - stylish living in an uncertain world.

Added by Staci Matlock on November 30, 2010 at 10:58am — No Comments

Rising farmers coops in Mexico

Farmers markets are increasingly popular in New Mexico and elsewhere in the U.S. Now they are a growing trend in Mexico. It is one more sign that people all over the world are moving back toward supporting local farmers and away from the large industrial ag model. Can this movement be sustained in the years to come? In a story from the Salem News in Oregon, Kent Patterson reports on the trend from Las Cruces,… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on November 26, 2010 at 11:39am — No Comments

One more Sunday left to tour the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge

The New Mexican

The Las Vegas Wildlife Refuge hosts hundreds of migrating sandhill cranes and snow geese this month that are on their way to Bosque del Apache.

The refuge, just a short drive southeast of Las Vegas, N.M., is open to the public every Sunday each November from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. This coming Sunday is the last open house of the year at the refuge. Many back roads, marshes and ponds on the refuge are closed to visitors except for this time of year. A… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on November 22, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Taos, Penasco schools go solar

Taos and Penasco school districts have awarded the contract for supply of equipment, project design, construction, and installation of large-scale photovoltaic

arrays at schools in Northern New Mexico to

PPCSolar. The Taos School District 50 kw array will be

installed at Taos High School. The Penasco project is

50kw…

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Added by Staci Matlock on November 19, 2010 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Water rights cases still prompt volatile debates

In New Mexico, no place prompts a turf war like water. Even among attorneys it seems those who "stake out" their turf in water cases think they are the only ones qualified to speak about such things as the two recent Court of Appeals cases involving New Mexico's state engineer. A New Mexican story that ran this week prompted criticism from three water attorneys for quoting a "non-water attorney."… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on November 18, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

AARP on renewables in the future

So expect more of a slog than a race in the next decade. We'll generate more renewable
energy by 2020, yet it won't account for more than 10 percent of what we need, according
to the National Research Council. The U.S. Department of Energy concurs — its 2010
Annual Energy Outlook forecast for 2035 actually sees gains in fossil-fuel usage.

Added by billp37 on November 17, 2010 at 5:13pm — No Comments

rare earths and uranium

Monday November 8, 2010 06:09

http://home.comcast.net/~bpayne37/eprishumard/howard/howard.htm#rare

Hello Mr Leopold, Mr Johnson, and Ms Yoshida,

Uranium supply for production of electricity may be a far more serious problem than rare earth production? "Never overlook the oblivious." cautions Notos.

Rare earth product applications… Continue

Added by billp37 on November 16, 2010 at 5:28pm — No Comments

Investors speak up on climate change

Green investors might sound like an oxymoron to some, but indeed social/green investment firms like the Calvert Fund have been helping provide vital money to environmental/ renewable energy companies. Today, Calvert and an international group of investors released a statement signed by 259 investors who represent $15 trillion in investment funds. Their plea to governments: wake up and pay attention to the economic costs of… Continue

Added by Staci Matlock on November 16, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Welcome back to Green Line

Welcome back to the Green Line. We took a little time off to do some upgrades to the site and to develop some new projects that will help you be a better custodian of Santa Fe and the world at large.

We are teaming up with the City of Santa Fe to promote a new project called Save a Ton. We're determined to help Santa Fe double its recycling tonnage. We've also introduced a new page where you can make your pledge to… Continue

Added by The Green Line on November 11, 2010 at 1:59pm — No Comments