|
Getting by: Losing home can be lesson in confusion (May 28, 2009)
Courier Connection, ME For more than eight years, Smith, 62, has lived in a two story, three-bedroom home with dormers and a wood stove, a new roof and windows and a repaved driveway. Smith loves the wood stove and is proud of the paved driveway. “The wood stove made me want … |
|
Things to remember after the storm
The News-Press, FL Likewise, camp stoves that use gasoline or solid fuel should always be used outdoors. Small electrical appliances can be used to prepare meals if you have access to an electrical generator. If you’re cooking on a wood stove, make sure the stove pipe … |
Like the little greenhouse that could, the compact structure churned out sturdy seedlings weeks before the time they’d be needed. The Save the Dunes Conservation Fund’s solar greenhouse was originally built in 2006, was demolished by a storm and …
You’ve come to southern Vermont in the middle of winter, and you don’t want to go skiing. Relax, there’s still plenty to do. In fact there’s so much to do, the following “day trip” could be spread over two days, if you have them, or it can be done in …
|
Pellet stoves finally allowed in Silverthorne
Summit Daily News, CO By Caitlin Row SILVERTHORNE — Silverthorne eased its ban on wood-burning devices, unanimously OK’ing the use of state-approved pellet stoves within town limits Wednesday. “It’s effective immediately,” said Mark Leidal, Silverthorne’s community … |
 MercoPress |
Brazil discovers the benefits of efficient cook stoves.
MercoPress, Uruguay One reason is that IDER found a major ally in Cartaxo, a politician who immediately saw the benefits of the cook stoves and took action. Dangerous smoke from basic wood stoves used in many developing countries can cost lives and many people have … |
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, May 29 at Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home Chapel, Breckenridge, with the Rev. John Andrews officiating. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, May 28 with a prayer service at 7 p.m. at Joseph Vertin …
|
Whose carbon footprint is the smallest?
Seattle Post Intelligencer SHE ALSO HAS: A wood stove for heat (powered by trees she and her husband cut from their property) and propane for the cook stove, radiant floor heat, and hot water. DRIVES: A Subaru WRX (25 mpg) 18 miles each way to her job and the grocery store in … |
My husband refuses to enter the 21st century, and I have a feeling I’m going to have to drag him in kicking and screaming. He isn’t one for computers or cellphones, and rarely uses the Internet. Give him a shack in the woods with a wood-stove and a …
Tim Cassidy greeted me in a gray Life is Good T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “Not all who wander are lost.” He led me to a picnic table in behind the white farmhouse where he, his wife Heather, and his two kids, Nolan and Edan, live. Like …