Smart microgrids can help fund Coos County schools
This weekend we, (by we I mean Rogue River Wind, Ltd) submitted a federal appropriations request to implement a 5MW micro-grid that will produce enough power to supply the Coquille, North Bend and Coos...
View ArticleMajor flaws in Wal-Mart study – small businesses are hurt
A widely publicized study claiming that there is no evidence that Wal-Mart has had a negative impact on the small business sector is debunked. Careful review of the study by the Institute for Local...
View ArticleSpeaking at the Coos County Fair on Saturday
More on this when I get back from Portland but the talk will be about local revenue production through energy generation and keeping those dollars in the community. Decentralized power will be a big...
View ArticleJoin me at the Coos County Fair Oak Grove at 12 noon
Will be talking about empowering local communities with renewable energy. The venue is outdoors under an awning but I don’t believe there will be a screen or projector to allow for a power point...
View ArticleImporting essential services is a downward slide to economic disaster
As I have been railing for years now, importing essential services like energy and food exports dollars. Once those dollars leave the county they are no longer available to reinvest in sustainable jobs...
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Sustainable Design Assessment Team final report encourages non extraction...
According to the local paper, the final report is available at the AIA website (the site is currently not responding). Early assessment indicates the report recommends embracing natural resources and...
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SDAT urges expanding narrow agendas and opening communication
Happily, I am pleasantly surprised by the AIA Sustainable Design Assessment Report for Coos County. Walking away from the SDAT presentation last June, I was concerned the team was overly influenced by...
View ArticleMountain Grown: Appalachia’s New Local Food Economy
Since 2002, skyrocketing demand for local food has been recorded in the Local Food Guide published annually by the Asheville-based Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.The post Mountain Grown:...
View ArticleAn Economy That Benefits Ordinary People? What We Learned From the 1%
When thinking 40 years into the future, people step out of the current political situation, and our sense of what's possible becomes much more expansive. We are not only able to think bigger—we crave...
View ArticleItaly’s ‘Slow City’ goes global with mellow message
Among the list of Slow Cities are three in the U.S., all in California: Sonoma, Fairfax and SebastopolThe post Italy’s ‘Slow City’ goes global with mellow message appeared first on MGx - Musings,...
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