Ideas for 2009, for greening Nevada County?
Until APPLE-NC or the not-yet-online Community Congress get an online discussion space, feel free to jot down ideas for making Nevada County (or city, or...) more sustainable in the comments below.
Exploring alternative and more intelligent use of energy in Nevada County, California
Until APPLE-NC or the not-yet-online Community Congress get an online discussion space, feel free to jot down ideas for making Nevada County (or city, or...) more sustainable in the comments below.
Posted at 6/16/2009 09:11:00 AM 1 comments
Labels: nevada county
Posted at 4/14/2007 02:10:00 PM 0 comments
Today in Grass Valley (and 1299 other locales) citizens attended a Step It Up 2007 "things you can do to fight global warming" event. Afterwards a group discussion was held, for brainstorming ideas.
Idea: let the brainstorming happen online too, not just at events.
Until there's a better spot on the web - at apple-nc.org or at powerup-nc.org - here's a spot for our ideas.
some to start:
Posted at 4/14/2007 01:46:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: brainstorming, green, ideas
Highly recommended: the "Amoeba chapter" (PDF or HTML; overview) from Alan AtKisson's 1999 book Believing Cassandra: An Optimist Looks at a Pessimist's World.
Posted at 2/20/2007 09:59:00 AM 1 comments
On Energy Bulletin, a list of actions - "Helping cities, towns and municipalities adapt to peak oil: things you can do on the local level"
(On Energy BUlletin there's no place to comment; article was originally posted by Peak Progress here on MySpace, but you need to join MySpace to comment on it there.)
An Oil Drum commenter summarized the list:
* Change school curriculum for High schoolers in grades 9 - 12 to prepare for a fast changing world
* Create awareness campaigns and encourage homeowners to buy products and services from local companies
* Create "food preparation, storage and nutrition" classes for citizens
* Expand business and residential composting programs
* Mandate energy efficiency inspections for homes and buildings
* Assess local food production abilities
* Encourage neighborhood grown food swaps
* Foster neighborhood food swaps based on produce grown within the city.
* Create program for sustainable year round water usage for urban farming
* Create or expand neighborhood introduction programs
* Continue to encourage use of public transportation, biking, walking, and carpooling
* Foster neighborhood co-op owned fueling stations
* Offer "Earth Shift" support groups
* Create "Wisdom of the Elders" program
* Create a re-use storage program
Is Guy Dauncey's list online?
(I'm guessing not, since it's the core of his "101 solutions" book )
What do you think of these ideas?
(along with Marston's list from Power Palooza)
Are there other lists?
Posted at 8/26/2006 03:17:00 PM 1 comments
A suggestion -
Posted at 8/26/2006 03:10:00 PM 1 comments
How about a North San Juan to Nevada City bus or rideshare - there's no reason everybody should have to traverse that common stretch of 49 in separate vehicles.
Maybe have the pick-up site be the library, so people can use their 'waiting' time productively; could someday have Gem golf-cart-cars available for rent, for running errands in town.
Gold Country Stage bus schedules (in PDF format); more info here.
(buses don't just run around town; they'll take you to
Penn Valley, Auburn, and (Tuesdays only) to North San Juan.)
Your ideas?
Posted at 8/13/2006 12:12:00 PM 0 comments
"the path to a solution lies through changing the minds of the American people. Not just on the facts -- they're almost there on the facts -- but in the sense of urgency..."*And people do come out of the theater raring to go, wanting to do anything and everything, as soon as possible. (Roger Ebert: "I did a funny thing when I came home after seeing 'An Inconvenient Truth.' I went around the house turning off the lights.")
Posted at 7/22/2006 01:33:00 PM 0 comments
Lincoln said in the darkest days of America's darkest passage: "We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."*
Posted at 7/22/2006 01:17:00 PM 0 comments
At Brad's request ( in comment here; followed by his energy co-op ideas), here's a post soliciting ideas for the energy co-op.
Got some? Post them in comments here.
(FYI, people don't have to register with Blogger to comment; where the comment form asks for your Identity, you can just click on "other" and give the name you wish to be known by.)
And Brad, I love the Pelton Wheel idea! I'm wondering though, how would it work on a creek whose level varied as much as Deer Creek's does?
Posted at 7/22/2006 01:03:00 PM 4 comments
(and why aren't we doing it?)
It's worth taking the time to weigh priorities.
Posted at 7/21/2006 10:39:00 AM 2 comments
At the end of An Inconvenient Truth, many "what you can do" options scroll by (and readers are directed to the A.I.T. website, where they're presented online).
But - taking a citizens-of-Nevada-County perspective - what about those of us who aren't in town, who live in Alta Sierra or Cascade Shores or Lake of the Pines or Lake Wildwood, or have a 5 or 10 or 20 acre spread some distance from town?
What actions could you take? What support from your community and/or government would make it easier for you to take them?
Posted at 7/21/2006 10:09:00 AM 0 comments
Previous brainstorms have been posted at http://powerupnc.blogspot.com.
Posted at 7/16/2006 05:47:00 PM 0 comments