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Global Energy: from Potential to Kinetic
Posted March 3rd, 2010 by TimJFowlerWhat: Global New Energy Summit 2010
When: Sunday, March 21 through Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Where: Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino (15 miles north of Santa Fe)
Reading Dirty Catalogs
Posted February 24th, 2010 by TimJFowlerIt's hard to tell now with a fresh blanket of snow on the ground, but this is garden planning season. Days are getting longer and the Spring Solstice is less than a month away. Farmers and gardeners, even rank amateurs like myself, are excitedly thumbing through seed catalogs and websites, anticipating that day when seedlings can brave the elements.
Chew Your Food
Posted February 22nd, 2010 by htmI have two pounds of sunchokes in my refrigerator and I'm scared of them.
Oh, I'm sure they will be delicious but the cleaning of them puts fear in my heart. Perhaps, like many things in life, if I just had a stiff drink before facing them with vegetable scrub brush in hand, it would go a lot easier.
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Post Haste
Posted February 11th, 2010 by bfglassDear EcoNewMexico Readers:
I’ll start where I left off in journalism class many years ago...
Who: Brett Frauenglass, husband, father, architect, LEED accredited professional, ski instructor and EcoNewMexico reader.
What: Blogging on the built environment for my friend Tim Fowler’s EcoNewMexico blog.
When: I hope about twice a month, but I also hope this gets easier with practice!
Where: Right here, right now. And for lack of a better option, most of my posts will be found under the Home and Office category, though buildings go far beyond those two realms.
NM Public Transit Funding Off The Rails
Posted January 21st, 2010 by TimJFowlerBig City dwellers may take public transit for granted, but out here in New Mexico we're just getting familiar with it. The NM Rail Runner has been running between Santa Fe and Albuquerque for just over a year. Now, thanks to shortfalls in local tax revenues weekend train service may be eliminated. Of course, it was weekend service that helped popularize the NM Rail Runner in the first place. Argh!
Accords, Treaties and Resolutions
Posted January 4th, 2010 by TimJFowlerObserving the news over the past year I've come to a (probably obvious) realization or two. Climate Change is rapidly growing in global awareness, importance and the discussion has become heated (pun intended). It appears that our planet is rapidly approaching a point of change (cultural, economic, environmental, etc.) driven by climate change. Change brings uncertainty, so governments, companies, and people have chosen to either fight change or promote their vision of change.
My Week with the CSA
Posted December 18th, 2009 by htmThursday, December 10, 2009
Pickup bag of produce. It is naturally chilled and I look over the bounty. My mind starts churning with ideas. Everything gets looked over and put away once I get home. The persimmons get a special nest since they are quite soft. I’ll have to think of a good use for them quite soon.
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LEEDing by Example
Posted December 18th, 2009 by TimJFowlerThe Santa Fe Community Convention Center (quite a mouthful) has just earned the LEED Gold certification. This means that the new convention center 'was designed (by Santa Fe-based Spears Architects and Fentress Architects) and built using strategies aimed at improving ...
The Problem with Pomegranates
Posted December 1st, 2009 by htmI have a produce bin full of pomegranates. This would probably be great if I was a Middle Eastern pasha but I’m just a gal who always puts her lunch together in a rush in the morning. I’d love to eat pomegranate seeds as a steady part of my diet but…they take too much time. Oh, now that we’ve been working our way through them, I’m getting faster but until they are bred so that the seeds just pop out in neat groups, this beautiful fruit is a lot of work.
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Giving Thanks for a Community Garden
Posted November 27th, 2009 by TimJFowlerHarvest festivals have existed for thousands of years, probably as long as farming has. A successful crop harvest is plenty of reason for celebration. While Thanksgiving in the United States is held on the fourth Thursday in November, the fall harvest usually happens much earlier. The Santa Fe Community Garden in the Railyard held their harvest festival in mid-October. The gardeners celebrated both their veggie harvest and the first year of community gardening in the Railyard.
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