“Round Buildings: Living Outside the Box” will be the subject of a forum on Tuesday, May 15th from 7 to 9 PM at the Park Street Complex, 648 Park Street in Honesdale. Geodesic domes, yurts, silos, and a house that can withstand a major hurricane will be discussed. Sponsored by the local group SEEDS, this forum will explore what it is like to build and live in a round home, and whether or not this is a smart energy and efficiency choice. Speakers [...]
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You heard right! We’re holding a public forum on Tools and TEAAM Stories for Energy Conservation March, Tuesday, March 20 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce building. Hear how families in the area benefited from SEEDS’ free energy assessment program, The Energy Action Awareness Movement (TEAAM), and how to use PPL’s online energy monitoring tools. This past summer, TEAAM performed 80 free home energy assessments for residents throughout Wayne and Pike counties, saving them [...]
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SEEDS is incredibly excited to announce our partnership with Energy Corps, an initiative of the National Center for Appropriate Technology. Energy Corps was created “to address unmet community energy needs by promoting sustainable energy consumption and education, fostering community sustainability and helping to mitigate the effects of global climate change.” Pennsylvania is one of the five lucky states where Energy Corp has host sites. The others are Montana, Arkansas, Texas and Iowa. Kayleigh Cornell, of Jessup, PA was sworn into [...]
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Wayne Businesses Conserve, WBC for short, is Wayne County’s first green business recognition program. Officially launched during the summer of 2010, SEEDS is excited to announce a re-launch of WBC during the winter/spring of 2012, with an exciting new twist and…and exciting new logo! In 2010, WBC recognized 9 local businesses for take actions like replacing incandescent bulbs with CFLs, recycling and installing solar panels to offset–or in some cases–supply all of their electricity needs. The 2010 WBC application had [...]
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