Renewable Energy

PROGRESS WITH REVAMPING WWW.HARVESTHASTINGS.CA

Louise Livingstone — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:52:10 -0400

Work is going well on revamping this website and everything should be finished by the end of July.

Blog Action Day: Sustainable Energy Opportunities in Rural Communities

Jordan_Hypes — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:27:27 -0400

A study by UK Met Office scientists released last month warns of “catastrophic global warming in our lifetimes”. This finding challenged “the assumption that severe warming will only be a threat to future generations” and suggests that without strong action on emissions the “catastrophic rise in temperature could happen by 2060”. While the findings of the study are frightening, there are opportunities for rural regions like Hastings County to be leaders in Canada’s efforts to address climate change and shift towards a sustainable energy system.

There Has Never Been a Better Time Not to Buy a Reactor

Louise Livingstone — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:54:03 -0400

The Pembina Institute June 2009

Groups ask McGuinty to delay buying new reactor and instead replace aging reactors with green power.

Conditions have changed and the McGuinty government should support its own Green Energy Act by deciding against buying new nuclear reactors this summer, say thirteen prominent environmental organizations in an open letter to the Premier.

The groups say there has never been a better time not to buy a nuclear reactor, and they urge the Premier to forgo spending billions on new nuclear and instead put his Green Energy Act to work by replacing the aging Pickering B nuclear station with green energy.

McLeod Dam will provide green energy from May 8 onwards

Louise Livingstone — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:01:18 -0400

Quinte Conservation will host a grand opening event for their McLeod Dam Green Energy Project on May 8. The existing dam was modified so that as well as providing ice and flood control it will now generate hydro-electricity.

Manure becomes energy source on farm

Louise Livingstone — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:57:00 -0500

By Brian St. Denis

For Donnandale Farms, cow manure is soon to be much more than waste. By December the Donnandale farm north of Belleville will be running self-sufficiently on biogas created by its 600 head of cattle. Mark Donnan is one of the first to apply to the Ontario Biogas Financial Assistance Program, which funds up to $400,000 for construction and implementation costs. The project was in development now for a year-and-a-half.

Quinte Sustainable Living Symposium 2009

Louise Livingstone — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:29:09 -0500

Start: Dec 31 1969 - 19:33

End: Dec 31 1969 - 19:33

New this year - A Green Homes Bus Tour on Sunday, March 29 organized by the County Sustainability Group

Tamworth Energy Fair

Louise Livingstone — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:08:22 -0500

Start: Dec 31 1969 - 20:33

End: Dec 31 1969 - 20:33

Among other activities there will be a two hour workshop by local renewable energy expert, Cam Mather who will explain the “eco-nomic”approach to reducing your energy costs and integrating

Off grid living means solar-powered blogging, even with a lack of sunshine.

LAV in America — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:01:32 -0400

by Deane Brebner and Don Bissonnette, Sutton, Quebec on 06.27.08, Design and Architecture

Prepping for off-grid, locavore living Prior to the month of June, we had some preparations to make before we moved our home off the grid and became locavores. A hose was attached to the pond and brought downhill to the house. A small “room heater” wood stove with a precarious home-made chimney was erected near the house. A solar panel and back-up battery was ordered and on the way. The fridge was emptied; we ate the contents or gave them to friends.

We had decided that in preparing for the food it did not make any sense to drive miles out of our way to purchase staples prior to June but, if we were in the locality for another reason, we would travel a bit. In middle Vermont we went to a restaurant called The Farmer’s Diner recommended by Barbara Kingsolver in her book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. This restaurant is an old fashioned diner that uses only local produce and meats. On the cover of the menu was a description of the Chapelles, who provided the potatoes to the retsuarant, so we visited them and purchased 50 pounds of potatoes. We were given a tour by the gracious Bob Chapelle. Part of the fun of this project is meeting all the people who are so invested in providing better food choices.

Fairy-tale town of Marburg up in arms over decree on solar panels

Louise Livingstone — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:22:33 -0400

By Tony Paterson in Berlin Friday, 27 June 2008

Making Beeswax Candles

Louise Livingstone — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:49:16 -0400

Janet Nunn demonstrates how to make candles from beeswax, at The Honey House, River Valley Apiary, Stirling, Ontario. Bees make beeswax so it provides a renewable form of energy.