Water, Food, Children, and Community - Permaculture Course

Permaculture Course
Water, Food, Children, and Community
Come for one day or four days; near Mora NM

Dates:  Four day course:  Thursday, July 23rd, 9:00am–Sunday July 26th, 3:00pm; includes both one day courses (dates below)
Costs:  ALL ARE WELCOME REGARDLESS OF ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY and there is a Requested Donation:
Program Fee: Sliding scale from $35 to $85 per [...]

What is more Durable than a Home?

By David Bates
Why build a house out of polyurethane foam when we can make houses out of natural materials like mud, wood and straw? As a general contractor and a HERS energy rater, I became interested in structurally insulated panels (SIPs) because of the high R-value of polyurethane foam and it’s inherent ability to create [...]

What is Permaculture?

Permaculture is a design approach to create regenerative,
sustainable systems. Envisioned over 25 years ago by Bill
Mollison and David Holmgren, from Australia, it has now
spread to over 120 countries. Though its conception was as
a land based system, its effectiveness has moved it into
urban settings and to being applied in various social,
political, and economic environments.
Permaculture was created [...]

Solargon Ski Huts

Solargon Ski Huts:
A Place To Relax After
A Day In the Snow
Perhaps you’re a ski bum who has a favorite mountain, and you’d love to park yourself in your very own ski hut at the bottom of it. Or perhaps you’re a land manager, tasked with providing warming huts for cross country skiers and snowshoers. Maybe [...]

Permaculture Design Certification Training with Rico Zook

Permaculture Design Certification Training with Rico Zook
July 11th- 26th
at Hummingbird Living School
Mora, New Mexico
Permaculture designer, teacher, consultant, planner and land restoration expert Richard Zook is uniquely equipped and experienced to create designs and projects [...]

Solargon’s for Youth Camps

Image via Wikipedia

Solargons at Youth Camp:
Fun and Practical Group Housing
Your Boy Scout troop needs a den where everyone can get together, work on projects, share successes, and practice their skills before trying them on for size in the real world. Or perhaps your church group would like a big meeting area, open and airy, so [...]

Green Resources

Green websites are sprouting up all over the internet.  Here are some of our current favorite green resource sites:

http://www.greencommunitiesonline.org/

http://www.smartgrowth.org/contact.asp

http://www.greenplaybook.org

http://www.carbonfund.org/site/pages/land/gengreen

http://www.greenbusinessalliance.com/

http://www.ecobroker.com/affiliate/costs.aspx

http://www.taoswindpower.com/TaosWindPower.com/Taos_Wind_Power_Inc._.html

http://www.ntec.org/

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What the “Green Collar” Economy Means for You

By Lori Bongiorno

The economic stimulus plan approved by the House allocates over $100 billion for green projects. While there is sure to be political back and forth in the coming days, one thing is certain, no matter what the ultimate outcome: We’re going to be hearing a lot more about “green collar” jobs.
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In 2005, green building was a small, burgeoning market, approximately 2% of both nonresidential (commercial and institutional) and residential construction, valued at a total $10 billion–$3 billion for nonresidential and $7 billion for nonresidential. Since that time, green building has expanded rapidly due to a number of factors such as growing [...]

Rediscovering the Art of Sustainability

Green Living is the Art of rediscovering how we can shift back to living a Sustainable lifestyle.  One that exhibits a *Natural* caring for the Larger Self in which our bodies dwell.

Nature perfectly and effortlessly models this Art, giving and receiving exactly what is needed, when it is needed to maintain its equilibrium.  [...]

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