Sustainable North

From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, June 22, 2010: The Alaska Center for Energy and Power will host a wind power discussion at 6 p.m. tonight at The Blue Loon. “Wind Powering Alaska” will discuss the potential for turning Alaska’s wind into energy. Kate Lamal from Golden Valley Electric Association will talk about plans to [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Friday, May 21, 2010: The second annual University of Alaska Fairbanks Really Free Market will be held from Saturday in the Patty Center parking lot on campus. The market offers a venue for people to give away items that are no longer wanted but that are still usable. The market [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: The Fairbanks North Star Borough is hosting two air quality open houses this week to discuss a proposal to curb air pollution, a borough announcement said. The first open house takes place today at West Valley High School Performing Arts Center. The second open house is Wednesday in the Weller [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Monday, May 3, 2010: Barnette Middle School has won the grand prize in the School of the Future Design Competition, a contest that asks students to come up with plans to redesign their school in an environmentally friendly fashion. The school was awarded a $2,000 prize for winning. The competition [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, April 27, 2010: Willie Hensley said this morning that Alaska, particularly its energy-starved rural communities, should think about bracing for tough times. Oil development and federal financial aid have left Alaska with great per capita wealth. They’ve declined in recent years, and Hensley, an icon in modern Alaska Native [...]

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From The New York Times, Monday, April 19, 2010: On the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, is the middle-aged green movement ready to be revived by some iconoclastic young Turqs? No, that’s not a misspelling. The word is derived from Turquoise, which is Stewart Brand’s term for a new breed of environmentalist combining traditional green [...]

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Jonathan Tinney, Director of Community Development, Simon Fraser University Community Trust Fairbanks – Monday, April 26, 6:00-7:30 pm – To register/RSVP go to  http://fbkstlsharris.eventbrite.com Anchorage -Tuesday, April 27, 7:-8:30 pm – To register/RSVP go to  http://anchoragetlsharris.com The UniverCity Project at Simon Fraser University is being developed around the “Four Cornerstones of Sustainability” -  Environment, Equity, [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, April 13, 2010: Borough Mayor Luke Hopkins revised his air pollution control plan, adding a provision prohibiting dense chimney smoke that creates a nuisance for neighbors. Hopkins said Monday that he plans to ask for assembly approval in June. The measure, Ordinance 2010-17, sets limits on chimney smoke opacity, [...]

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Friday, March 5, 2010, 4-5PM Morris Thompson Cultural Center Dr. Sven Haakanson Jr. discusses the knowledge and abilities of Alaska’s Indigenous people to design and construct complex equipment, housing and tools without the use of modern technology. The efforts of those preserving this knowledge for future generations will also be discussed. Click here for more [...]

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Event hosted by Alaska Interfaith Power & Light: Join Alaska IPL at the Pioneer Park Civic Center on Saturday, January 30th, 2010 from 11 am to 3 pm, for an inspiring community event — One People, One Earth. This free, family-friendly event will infuse fun, faith, education and charitable opportunities to learn about environmental stewardship [...]

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