by Jen Risley | Jun 30, 2024 | Advocacy, Climate Change, Sustainability Stories
By Matthew Myer Boulton. Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, June 2024. When it comes to our overheating planet, three questions matter most: What’s going on? Why is it important? What can we do? Let’s tackle these three...
by Jen Risley | Apr 28, 2024 | Photovoltaics, Solar Energy, Solar Energy, Sustainability Stories
By Peter Hansel. Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, April 2024. So what is a Community Solar Garden, anyway? When we think of a garden, we think of solar energy from the sun shining onto green cells in plants which use...
by Jen Risley | Feb 28, 2024 | Advocacy, Climate Change
By Ann Shedd. Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, February 2024. What does the phrase “Circuit Rider” conjure for you? Do you picture a 19th century minister or judge on a horse, traveling from town to remote town to preach,...
by Jen Risley | Nov 20, 2023 | General
This summer was New Hampshire’s rainiest in almost 150 years, causing major flooding in the Monadnock region. From our wet weather to heat waves in Europe and Asia and the fires in Hawaii and Canada, climate disasters dominated the news this past year. Even as these...
by Jen Risley | Nov 13, 2022 | Climate Change, Energy Efficiency, Energy Stories
By John Kondos, MSH Board Member Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, November 2022. For lighting and warmth, we’ve gone from candles and wood to whale oil and coal and on to oil and natural & fracked gas. At each stage,...