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...

How We Wish That It Would Rain, Rain, Rain!

by Rachel Ranelli | Oct 15, 2025 | Electric Vehicle Charging, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Newsletter, Photovoltaics, Recycling, Solar Energy, Sustainability

By Catherine Owen Koning, Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, September 2025. The lilacs in my yard have already lost their leaves, the hostas are wilting, and even some of the wetland plants look parched. The bean plants in my...

The Monadnock Sustainability Hub’s 2025 Clean Energy Fair

by Rachel Ranelli | Sep 2, 2025 | Electric Vehicle Charging, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Newsletter, Photovoltaics, Recycling, Solar Energy, Sustainability

By Rachel Ranelli, Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, September 2025. The Monadnock Sustainability Hub is excited to host its third annual Monadnock Clean Energy Fair, alongside Peterborough Renewable Energy Project (PREP)....

New England Communities Need Clean, Affordable Energy

by Rachel Ranelli | Jul 28, 2025 | Inflation Reduction Act, Newsletter, Sustainability

By Catherine Owen Koning, Originally Published in The Monadnock Shopper News, Green Monadnock column, July 2025. Summer in New England. So much to do! May finds us planting our gardens, June sees us picking strawberries, swimming and fishing in the beautiful rivers...