A Numbers Problem – With Our Future Hanging in the Balance

by Rachel Ranelli | Mar 26, 2026 | Climate Change

By Catherine Owen Koning, Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, March 2026. Amidst the daily onslaught of alarming news, one big concern continues to lurk in the background – climate change. The problem is real (global temperature...

The Resilient but Ever-changing Forests of Mt. Monadnock

by Rachel Ranelli | Feb 25, 2026 | Climate Change, Newsletter, Sustainability

By Catherine Owen Koning, Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, February 2026. Mt. Monadnock, with its forested slopes and bare rock summit, seems like it is never going to change. Antioch faculty member Dr. Peter Palmiotto has...

Wood Boilers, Pellet Stoves, and Heat Pumps, Oh My!

by Rachel Ranelli | Jan 28, 2026 | Food Systems, Newsletter, Sustainability

By Catherine Owen Koning, Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, January 2026. Winter in New Hampshire…when the most common phrase heard across many households is, “have you checked the fire lately”? From inefficient fireplaces to...

Wild Swings In Winter Weather!

by Rachel Ranelli | Dec 31, 2025 | Food Systems, Newsletter, Sustainability

By Catherine Owen Koning, Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, December 2025. In mid-December, we went ice-skating (and ice-kiting, for the adrenaline junkies among us) on Pool Pond in Rindge. The ice was over eight inches thick,...

Local Food, Local farms = Climate Solutions!

by Rachel Ranelli | Nov 3, 2025 | Food Systems, Newsletter, Sustainability

By Catherine Owen Koning, Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, October 2025. Last week, while working with my Franklin Pierce students to harvest tomatoes, basil, flowers and other goodies from the campus garden in Rindge, we...