Sustainable North

BY Adam Wasch, Energy Outreach Consultant for CCHRC and UAF CES
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner February 26th, 2009, Section A3
As a kid, I felt betrayed when I saw the Pink Panther cartoon character promoting Owens Corning’s pink fiberglass-thermal insulation on TV. Owens Corning thought the Pink Panther’s playful pantomime lent credibility to their product. But [...]

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From the Los Angeles Times on Friday, February 20, 2009:
Scientists have developed an interactive map on Google Earth that shows fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions across the United States.
Users can view pollution levels from factories, power plants and residential and commercial areas in their state or county. They can also compare emission levels in their county [...]

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BY Adam Wasch, Energy Outreach Consultant for CCHRC and UAF CES
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner February 19th, 2009, Section A3
I think a lot about stuff I can’t control. I tend to do this sort of thinking in places like bathrooms. The law of conservation says that energy is neither created nor destroyed, which is some [...]

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From the Washington Post on Sunday, February 15, 2009:
I’m in the corner of our family room, by the TV, looking to take a first baby step toward making my houshold greener. …
The easiest step of all would be to sit back and let the Obama administration solve global warming, along with all the other crises [...]

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From the New York Times on Wednesday, February 18, 2009:
Beyond the fishing boats, the snug homes and the tanks of diesel fuel marking this Eskimo village on the Bering Sea, three huge wind turbines tower over the tundra. Their blades spin slowly in a breeze cold enough to freeze skin.
One of the nation’s harshest landscapes, [...]

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From the New York Times on Saturday, February 14, 2009:
Wind turbines typically spin from tall towers on hills and plains. But in these green times, some companies hope smaller turbines will soon rise above a more domestic spot: homes and garages.

An Energy Ball turbine.  Adam Bird for The New York Times

The rooftop turbines send the [...]

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BY Adam Wasch, Energy Outreach Consultant for CCHRC and UAF CES
Energy Focus: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner February 12th, 2009, Section A3
Meeting a contractor for the first time can be more nerve racking than going on a blind date. What habits does he or she have? Will you agree on the work that needs to be done? [...]

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From the New York Times on Wednesday, February 11, 2009:
The modular housing industry likes to say that it has always had a few characteristics that today might be considered eco-friendly — from reduced waste to a smaller construction footprint.
“In a modular plant, recycling is huge,” says Chad Harvey, the deputy director of the Modular Building [...]

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From the New York Times on Tuesday, February 10, 2009:
… This study covered the United States east of the Rockies, minus Texas and Florida, and was prompted by the utilities’ concern that state quotas for renewable energy, already in place — or a proposed federal mandate — would have to be met with wind energy [...]

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From the Los Angeles Times on Friday, January 6, 2009:
When clothes dryers account for at least 6% of the electricity used by U.S. households, is it any wonder that line-drying is coming back? In places where the practice is banned as an unsightly nuisance to neighbors, right-to-dry activists and blogging eco-moms are forming an alliance. [...]

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