Compost: Yes, In My Back Yard!
I hate compost. I hate how it smells after the coffee grounds, banana peels, onion skins, and the miscellaneous bits of food from the sink catch have been brewing together…
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Unconventional Energy Saving Tips
Whitney Fenton is an Energy Corps member serving with the Commission on Economic Opportunity in Wilkes Barre, PA. She has been working on the Weatherization Innovation Pilot Program (WIPP). Whitney…
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Change and Compost Happen in the Summer South
Energy Corps member Erin Anderson is serving at Washington County Environmental Affairs / Boston Mountain Solid Waste Department in Arkansas. Erin writes: I found it funny that, when I first…
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Why Sustainability Education Starts with Butterflies
From Energy Corps member Rob Moore at Washington County Environmental Affairs: While much of my job involves khakis and dress shirts, the acceptable wardrobe for work in public schools, I…
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Constructing a Biochar Retort Kiln
My name is Michael Daniel; this is my fourth week serving here at the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) located in Butte, MT. I am far away from my…
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