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Green Expo in Kittery

[ June 13, 2009; 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. ] Green Business in the Community
FREE outdoor family event on sustainable commerce, green art and more
Saturday June 13th, 11am-3pm, Haley Art Gallery, 178 Haley Road in Kittery, ME. off of Rt. 1 at the outlets.

The Green Alliance, a local green business union made up of 57 sustainable entrepreneurs, in conjunction with the Haley Art Gallery, is [...]

Regional Alternative Transportation Forum

The Road to Energy Savings: Regional Alternative Transportation and You!
March 31, 6:30 pm
Kittery Trading Post, Route One—Kittery
Find out what’s happening in the KEYS (Kittery, Eliot, York, South Berwick) region to help lower carbon emissions, and take part in a discussion of transportation issues and alternatives.
Presenters
Tom Reinauer – Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Connie Garber – York [...]

Go to the Library; Save energy and money

South Berwick residents can now borrow an electricity usage monitor from the South Berwick Public Library to determine their electricity usage and identify how much individual home appliances, such as computers, stoves, water heaters, etc., cost to run or just have plugged in.
The Friends of the South Berwick Public Library have donated two “Kill-A-Watt” electricity [...]

Save Money, Save Energy: Free Energy Conservation Workshop

Worried about staying warm and keeping a lid on your home heating bills this winter?
Free Energy Conservation Workshop
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, South Berwick Town Hall Auditorium
Experts will offer energy conservation and efficiency tips:
Bruce Monroe, Zero Draft Insulation
Mike Lassel, Lassel Architects
Jack Bingham, Seacoast Energy Alternatives Solar Store Anne Stephenson, Clean Air-Cool Planet
–energy audits
–insulation
–blower-door tests
–back yard [...]

Guest Editorial: Nicholas G. Tsakiris on Pay-as-You-Throw

The following is a guest editorial from South Berwick citizen Nicholas G. Tsakiris. Mr. Tsakiris is a member of the South Berwick Solid Waste Committee.
Recently, South Berwick Councilors, voted to institute a “Pay-as-You-Throw” (PAYT) program to help manage the town’s growing solid waste problem. This means that residents of South Berwick will soon [...]

Can we become a “Cool Community?”

Communities across our region are initiating efforts to reduce energy consumption, save money, and curb global warming. Eliot has a selectmen-appointed committee that performed a town-wide energy audit and wrote ordinances to regulate future wind and solar proposals. Kittery is installing a wind turbine at their transfer station and just signed on to the Mayors’ [...]