Training for Windy Work in Tucumcari
New Mexico is windy in the spring. The wide open plains of Eastern New Mexico are even windier. Power utilities are putting up wind farms across New Mexico and the Great Plains to take advantage of all...
View ArticleGreening up the Works in Santa Fe County
When you think of sustainable architecture, energy efficiency and environmental awareness do you think of your local government? The Santa Fe County Board of Commissioners were thinking ahead to rising...
View ArticleWhither Comes the Energy to Run the World?
What:Global New Energy SummitWhen: March 22 - 24, 2009Where: Buffalo Thunder Resort, Pojoaque, NMread more
View ArticleGood Book, Bad Cover
Don't judge a book by it's cover, especially when the cover is this bad. Fortunately the book 'Sustainable Energy - without the hot air' by David JC MacKay is a much better book than its wrapping...
View ArticleGlobal Energy: from Potential to Kinetic
What:Global New Energy Summit 2010When: Sunday, March 21 through Tuesday, March 23, 2010Where: Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino (15 miles north of Santa Fe)read more
View ArticleMoving Images Part 1- Gobs of Fun!
I sometimes envy landscape architects – they have some pretty clear problems to solve, and everyone likes plants. But one of the benefits of working at a large multidisciplinary design firm is that I...
View ArticleClearing the Air, or not, on the Navajo Reservation
1) The people of the Navajo Nation need jobs and electricity. 2) The Navajo Nation has great wind and solar resources. 3) The Navajo Reservation has highly polluted air due to existing coal-fired power...
View ArticleWinds of Change in the Four Corners?
The Four Corners region where Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico meet can be pretty windy. On a particularly breezy day between the Grand Canyon and Four Corners Monument I saw roadside vendors...
View ArticleWWOOF-ing it in Hawai'i
Welcome a new blogger to EcoDaddyo - SaraJ. I met Sara through our shared passion for skiing. Of course, snow skiing is a seasonal pursuit which led Sara to travel for the summer. I'll let her tell...
View ArticleLocal Power and Clean Energy
How can a city shift to renewable energy when the local power utility is committed to fossil fuels? Boulder, CO has decided to "explore ... forming a city-owned utility". The Kit Carson Electric Coop...
View ArticleBreathless in Paris
While getting ready for a family trip this spring I came across the headline, Paris Briefly Tops World Charts for Air Pollution. Yikes! This is not the sort of news you want to read about your vacation...
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