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The Greening Greenfield Energy Committee (GGEC) is a citizen committee started in 2005 to work toward building a sustainable Greenfield so that current and future generations can sustain and enjoy life in this beautiful and abundant valley we call home. In February, 2007, the GGEC launched the Greening Greenfield campaign in collaboration with the Town of Greenfield to   create a collective vision for Greenfield’s future write and implement a living document called a Sustainability Plan...

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Don’t Trash Your Tree

If you're like me and approximately 30 million other households and businesses in America, you've got a pretty tree sitting in your living room or entry way. Whether or not you plan on stretching its lifetime through valentine’s day or just through the new year, don’t trash it, recycle it! Here in the Pioneer Valley, almost all of the Transfer Stations and Recycling Centers will accept your tree. To find a recycling center near you, visit Earth911.com. They have a great search engine:...

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Global Warming: Where are you, Andy?

Andy, the student in the second half of this clip , studies Information Technology at Greenfield Community College. He was the only one among a group of young people gathered on Greenfield's Main Street who could tell us what global warming is and what causes it. Andy is also aware that turning off unnecessary lights and appliances is as good for his wallet as it is for the environment. We hope Andy will show us other ways to save money and be good to the planet at the same time. But...

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Video Transcript: Low Cost, Big Savings

Low cost big savings: Your Composting ToiletTranscript copyright earththrives.com Carlyn:  For about 500 dollars you can build yourself a two bay moldering toilet. Jonathan:  Yup it would definitely I think–so for the materials–yea, if its part of an existing house. Carlyn:  Does it save money? Jonathan:  Yea your expenses are just about done once you’ve built this. You might need to invest in a little bit of wood chips which is the ingredient that you add while using it. You can...

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Green keeps rolling in for ‘Solar Village’

RDI has Received funding to include a full film of the RDI story.  By ANITA FRITZ Recorder Staff – Published: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 GREENFIELD — The good news keeps coming for the Wisdom Way Solar Village project and Rural Development Inc. In addition to $1.8 million RDI received from the state Monday to begin building 20 low-income, low-energy condominiums, it received on Tuesday $575,000 in loans from the nonprofit Housing Assistance Council located in Washington, D.C.,...

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Video Transcript: What’s In It for Me?

What’s In it for Me? Transcript copyright earththrives.com Carlyn: If I was just on the fence trying to decide whether to get a compost toilet–even if I wasn’t going to build it myself but would have someone else build it for me–what would you say to me to get off the fence and decide to do it? Jonathan: Well I think I would encourage you to listen to the wisdom of the people that have lived in a very sustainable–and I like to use the word elegant–a very sensible way...

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Video Transcript: Ventilation

Ventilation: Key Ingredient for Composting Toilets Transcript copyright earththrives.com Jonathan: There is a need to have directed flow of air through it for odor control and for moisture control. The moisture of the heat, the pile, it’s called is needed to be controlled.  It can’t get too moist or it doesn’t molder; it just kind of gets sticky. Air is the friend of any biological process and it needs air that the ventilation system gives it. That is done with plastic pipes: 4-inch plastic...

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Video Transcript: Do You Need Town Permission for a Composting Toilet?

Do You Need Town Permission for a Composting Toilet? Transcript copyright earththrives.com Carlyn: Do you need any kind of particular permit to build this? Jonathan: Well, permits depends on your particular state and town in Massachusetts. Some states, it’s just a state issue and whether they allow them or don’t, they have that regulation. In Massachusetts everything is very much determined by the town, but as I understand it the state law enables the town to regulate these things. Our town...

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