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Holiday Greetings All, Disclaimer: you might notice a lot of name dropping (product placement) in this issue.  It’s an attempt to balance out the buy, buy, buy craze of the times with some local sustainability.   So check out our green gift ideas. Getting your gift list together? Please check it twice.  Is it locally made and/or sold?  Will it help the environment? Can it run without batteries? 1.  Community Holiday Cookie Exchange, Thursday, December 15, 7 to 9 at the Chamber [...]

New and old members of SEEDS participated in the do-it-yourself forum on weatherizing buildings for the coming winter. The event was meant to assist members that had received the free energy assessments in implementing the energy saving strategies that TEAAM had advised and also inform anyone interested in taking a proactive approach to energy conservation. Thanks for coming out to all that attended! The “speed-dating” contestants/stations consisted of duct and pipe sealing with Phil Buckingham, door and window caulking with [...]

Green Building Tour Coming Up: Sign Up ASAP! SEEDS is hosting a bus tour of buildings in the region that have used renewable energy, high efficiency, and other conservation measures to save money and resources. It will be on Saturday, October 1st, 2011 and run from 8 AM to 5 PM. The cost is $25. per person. SEEDS urges people to sign up as soon as possible as there is limited space, by calling Kathy at (570) 698-6173 or e-mailing Kathy@seedsgroup.net. The bus will depart from [...]

FORUM & ANNUAL MEETING & POTLUCK: TUESDAY, SEPT. 20TH Wayne Conservation District, Park Street Complex in Honesdale. ANNUAL MEETING & POTLUCK: 5:30 – 6:45 PM Please bring your favorite dish to share and your own place settings (take home and wash later). FORUM: 7 – 9 PM “Straw Bale Building For the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions” Straw bale building is rapidly emerging as one of the most successful responses to the health hazards and negative environmental impact of our standard construction industry and [...]

  Mold… it’s one of the lovely things many homeowners must deal with. It can occur anywhere, from the basement to the bathroom. Once those little specks of black start forming, one knows there is a problem. It is easy to get mold, in fact it’s even free! Though, getting rid of this problematic fungus is not easy, and is not free. So, how does a homeowner get rid of mold? First, one must start by finding out what the [...]

Green Biomass Fuels: Growing Fuels for a Cleaner Future Even though it is hot outside, we want you to start preparing for the cold winter ahead.  Find out about new ways to produce and use biomass fuel at our next public forum, Tuesday, July 26 from 7 to 9 at the Wayne County Conservation District Office in Honesdale, Pa. Farm and forest owners can learn about growing and producing new fuels from switch grass to wood left-overs.  Homeowners will get information about using [...]