If you’re like me, you too enjoy spending some time at Barnes & Noble on a regular basis. After a few years of going buying off the shelf magazines I finally decided that subscriptions were in order & yesterday ordered on line three that are pertinent to sustainability and energy conservation, and I’m saving a few bucks in the process.
I look at thes publications as really good sources of information, [...]

 
Just when you think this dinosaur might actually go extinct, it rears its ugly head.  I am writing to ask for your support and for that of the members of your groups/organizations.  Specifically, I seek notification of your members of this pressing environmental concern, and everyone’s input regarding planning for a large and critically important public hearing [...]

October 6, 2008
Springfield, IL
 
 
 
 
Mayor Timothy Davlin
City of Springfield
 
 
Mayor Davlin:
 
We congratulate you for ratifying the U.S. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement, making Springfield a “Cool City” and raising awareness of our local government efforts to fight global climate change. We are very pleased that it is your goal to make Springfield one of the top ten greenest [...]

This story came from a friend in Prince Edward Island Canada via a writer’s list serve that we belong to. The story illustrates how one person can practice sustainability by doing simple things that if we all did, would help to greatly mitigate the effects of climate change.
 
Jim
 
Wire, Wheels and Canvas
 
I use public transit to [...]

CWLP OFFERING $50 REBATE FOR ENERGY-HOGGING
REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS
Customers eligible to yield $100 and $175 in annual reduced energy costs
in utility’s new appliance retirement and recycling program.
 
In its pilot appliance retirement and recycling program, City Water, Light and Power is calling on customers with energy-hogging refrigerators and freezers to turn them in for cash. The [...]

October’s Environmental Events, provided by Sustainable Springfield Inc
More information and other events at our website www.sustainablespringfield.org
Please visit our blog “Springfield’s Environmental Weblog”  www.sustainablespringfield.org/ssblog
 
Cool Cities supporters urged to attend City Council Meeting, October 7, 6:00p.m.: On August 26, Mayor Davlin signed the US Council of mayor’s Climate Change Agreement, pledging to reduce Springfield’s green house [...]

Last Wednesday’s (9.24.08) presentation at Sustainable Springfield’s monthly meeting featured a power point along with material samples for Erin’s Pavilion, now under construction. The site is the new Southwind Park located on South Second Street, just south of I-72, and is being built and maintained by the Springfield Park District.
David McDow, an architect from Walton & Associates aptly presented the [...]