tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72036541496791695032011-08-16T12:57:10.536-04:00Let's grow green together. This is a place for thoughtful and constructive dialogue, questions, and for sharing our progress as we Grow Tully Greener together...Melissa O'Maranoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203654149679169503.post-82822329013563299242008-11-28T13:26:00.000-05:002008-11-28T13:26:15.483-05:00

How to measure your electrical use: Electric Meter and Watt-Hour Meter methodsThis is really cool stuff! I bought a Kill A Watt meter that I am am using now to monitor my laptop power usage (currently 35 watts, down to 5 watts in sleep mode, and 0 watts of course if I unplug it!). I am planning to check out the actual usage on my 2 refrigerators (which I know I probably need to replace with

Melissa O'Maranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203654149679169503.post-29351355768740502702008-08-03T00:16:00.000-04:002008-08-03T00:16:00.182-04:00

t r u t h o u t "Major Discovery" From MIT Primed to Unleash Solar RevolutionThis is truly "innovation that matters", a way to store solar energy for use when the sun isn't shining... These are the kind of breakthroughs that will be required in order to slow climate change. Isn't it interesting that while most scientists now agree that the current period of accelerated global warming is

Melissa O'Maranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203654149679169503.post-60128044730915719732008-05-04T09:08:00.002-04:002008-05-04T09:35:38.125-04:00

We are very fortunate to live in an area of the world that has an abundance of fresh water. Central New York is blessed with plentiful natural aquifers, clean lakes and streams, and a climate that replenishes them quite regularly. This doesn't mean we shouldn't conserve water when possible. If you are planning on a new home or addition in the near future, consider installing LEED's rated toilets

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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future, by Bill McKibben“Masterfully crafted, deeply thoughtful and mind-expanding.”—Los Angeles Times"In this powerful and provocative manifesto, Bill McKibben offers the biggest challenge in a generation to the prevailing view of our economy. Deep Economy makes the compelling case for moving beyond “growth” as the paramount economic ideal

Melissa O'Maranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203654149679169503.post-51011969850717752002008-04-26T07:44:00.001-04:002008-04-27T08:06:25.026-04:00

Lamb and apples from New Zealand? Green beans from Kenya? That can't be a good green choice - or can it???Check out Why long-haul food may be greener than local food with low air-miles - Times Online. As many of us gather to read the book Deep Economy, we want to keep in mind the total carbon footprint, based on something called "life cycle assessment". The life cycle assessment approach takes

Melissa O'Maranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203654149679169503.post-39263429256393280742008-04-23T22:24:00.005-04:002008-04-23T22:55:08.142-04:00

Well, tonight we took another step on the journey to grow Tully green. And it was a good, solid step, with some tremendous community involvement in the display area, on the panel, in the audience and behind the scenes. This is of course a multi-year undertaking, perhaps "never ending", as we recognize the need for continuous improvement. This blog can be a powerful tool to keep the dialogue

Melissa O'Maranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203654149679169503.post-88549757507695062302008-04-22T18:38:00.004-04:002008-04-23T22:23:54.615-04:00

Today is Earth Day, which has turned into Earth Week on many of the large TV networks. Programming on the current climate challenges is everywhere this week, as is green marketing and sometimes green hype, or greenwashing. A colleague of mine from IBM remarked yesterday on some program he had seen on the history channel - "designed to scare the heck out of us" - at least this was his point of

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Today there are more choices available in floor coverings than ever before. If you are looking to replace some older, worn out floor coverings with a newer, greener, alternative here's a few possibilities. Bamboo is a very hard, durable flooring available in glue down, floating, and nail down designs. Different colors and stains are available along with different grain variations. Bamboo is

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For those of you considering new construction and remodeling projects, or just looking to spruce up your existing homes, I thought it might be helpful to post an occasional tip concerning "green" materials, design, etc. As a custom home builder striving to become "greener" in recent years, I'm more than happy to share what I've learned. Today's first tip can be useful to just about anyone

bishopbldrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13716646750309049195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203654149679169503.post-43089271121751175882008-04-07T21:20:00.002-04:002008-04-07T21:36:02.834-04:00

It is great to see the voting on the blog and receive input from our friends and neighbors on their thoughts. Growing Tully Green continues to..... grow!!!We continue to receive requests for displays and new projects taking place throughout the school. Mrs. Edinger's 5th grade class is combining their own research with computer graphic arts skills to design "green" graphic designs to focus on

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Well, momentum continues to build for our Growing Tully Green Community Forum on April 23rd, Today, our event was featured in The Post-Standard - check it out at Community Conservation - Syracuse.com. I am really looking forward to hear more about the windmill project at the school.We now have a full panel - we'll likely run out of time as it is! I'll let Kraig update everyone on the panel

Melissa O'Maranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7203654149679169503.post-25233804944299118212008-03-27T01:49:00.003-04:002008-03-27T02:18:59.532-04:00

On October 4th, 2007, our community received an informative presentation of data regarding Climate Change In Our Backyard. In that presentation, Tully resident and Channel 9 meteorologist Dave Eichorn shared the scientific research linking current changes in climate to human activity, and brought it home, by sharing his own research on changes to local weather patterns. Just a week later, on

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