2010 August Edition
Aug 1st
Pueblo Self-Reliance, Sustainability & Agricultural Revitalization, Tesuque Farms: Reviving Agricultural Traditions, The Indigenous Sustainable Communities Design Course, ¡Sostenga! Woman, Nature and the Sustainable Feminine, Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture, “Indigenuity” at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Poeh – The Path to Creativity, The New Energy Future in Indian County, Ohkay Owingeh Housing Renovation Project, Green Remodeling at Ohkay Owingeh, Renewable Energy Projects at the Pueblo of Jemez, Sacred Power Corporation, Hózhó: Restoring Land, Community and Culture, NM Greenhouse Emissions Caps Hearing to Continue, Climate Change: Two Views of What’s Next, Community Learning & Social Development (part 3), A Challenging Garden Season, The Redstone Declaration, What’s Going On!
2010 July Edition
Jul 3rd
Earthstone/Growstone – Restorative Green Technology, Plastic Bags –
Weapons of Eco-Mass Destruction?, Everyday Green – Affordable Organic, My Own Garden – Crop Rotation, Newsbites – Affordable Housing Development, Kidnapped by the House (Part 4), New Mexico’s Last Great Hostel – Abominable Snowmansion, American Solar Energy Society National Conference, Gadgets & Humans – Steve Baer Commentary, Green Wheels Can Save Green $, Who Filled the Electric Car?, Solar Newsbites, New Mexico Leads in Growth of Green Energy Jobs, Community Learning and Social Development (Part 2), What’s Going On! – Events/Announcements.
2010 June Edition
Jun 7th
The Blue Economy – Gunther Pauli, Permaculture Credit Union’s Tenth
Anniversary, Every Day Green, Sustainability At Home, Sustainability Week, Green Remodeling, High-Tech View of the Past, Albuquerque Solar Projects, Kidnapped by the House (Part 3), Immigration Policy March, International Workers Celebration, Community Learning and Social Development, Resolana for Children and Families, Green Careers, Dreaming New Mexico’s Weather, Immigrant Farmer’s Initiative, Sostenga Garlic Fesival, A First Time Garden, Change in How People Care for the Environment, High Tech View of a Meaningful Past, What’s Going On?
2010 May Edition
May 2nd
Water is Life, The Tale of Two Cities, 2010 Sustainable Santa Fe Awards, United Communities of Santa Fe County, The Potential of a Green, Local Economy, Transparency in County Government, Protect Our Public Lands, Renew Santa Fe, Touring a Green School, Why Use Green Building Materials?, Affordable Housing, Kidnapp ed by the House (part 2), Dreaming NM : Agro-Ecoregions, Dig and Eat Local, Only Healthy Soil Grows Healthy Plants, What’s Going On! and more…
2010 April Edition of Green Fire Times
Apr 4th
The 2010 April edition of Green Fire Times includes the following articles: Kidnapped by the House, A Call for Holistic Climate Policy, The NM Emissions Cap Petition, Excerpted Testimony of Paul R. Epstein, A Clear Alternative to Cap and Trade, Earth Works Institute Community Projects, Be Dense: Embracing Urban Green, Homebuilders – Remodelers – International Green Ideas Show, Not on Price Alone, What are Green Building Materials?, Solar Rights 2010, Solar Inverter Wars, Report from the Global New Energy Summit, Dreaming New Mexico – Agrifood Facts, Agricultural Collaborative Keeps it Local, An Agrarian Primer for the 21st. Century, Build a Small Green Business, My Own Garden: Get Growing, Earth Week Events, What’s Going On!
40 Pages, 18,000 copies printed. Vol. 2, No. 4 (Issue #12).
2010 March Edition of Green Fire Times
Mar 18th
The 2010 March Edition of Green Fire Times, “Dreaming New Mexico – An Age of Local Foodsheds & A Fair Trade State” is now available on newsstands throughout north central New Mexico, On-line at our website, and on “hand-held” devices such as iPhones, Blackberries, Droids, etc!
The 2010 March edition of Green Fire Times includes the following articles: Dreaming New Mexico: Local Foodsheds & A Fair Trade State, Farmers’ Markets – The Public Face of Local Food, Improving Children’s Health and the Farming Economy, The Landrace Peppers of NM and Familia, Save NM Seeds Coalition and the Farmer Protection Act, Paternity Suits and Native New Mexican Peppers, Genetically Engineered Alfalfa in NM, Cuatro Puertas and the Arid Crop Seed Cache, Corrido del Chile Nuestro, La Guerra de los Chiles, Sostenga! The Value of our Food System, Awake to Change with Scott Pittman, North and South Come Together to Teach, My Own Garden – Compost Black Gold, Children Explore Farm Food, Newsbites, Desalination: More Issues Emerge, Toast Pancakes & Waffles: Off-Grid Design & Loads, Biofuels for World-Record Driving Attempt, What’s Going On!
40 Pages, 18,000 copies printed.
February 2010 PDF Edition
Feb 4th
Needed: Sustainable,Scientific, Integrity-Based Energy Policies, Renewable Energy Development in NM, PNM Files New Portfolio Plan, Commentary on PNM Agreement and Renewable Policy in NM, SF County Renewable Energy Financing District, Dreaming NM: The Restoration Economy, Energy Efficient Building Retrofits, Toast, Pancakes and Waffles: Planning for Off-Grid Living, Newsbites, What Ever Happened to “Reduce and Reuse?”, Green Energy, Ecosystems and the Wild, Water – Another View, Small Scale Desalination in Tularosa, Gourmet Delights for Pollinators, Good Jobs / Strong Economy, What’s Going On!
January 2010 PDF Edition
Jan 6th
The 2010 January Edition of Green Fire Times, “Expanding Green Vision,” is now available on newsstands throughout north central New Mexico (and online!)
The 2010 January edition of Green Fire Times includes the following articles: Responses to the “Green Heretics” articles, The Lines and Circles Project, Environmental Justice – Dreaming New Mexico, Biofuels, One Day at the Climate Conference, Water: Why Care?, Congreso de las Acequias, 2012 and Beyond: The Imperfect Storm?, Container Gardening for Small Spaces, Sostenga: Tools for Sustainability, Newsbites, What’s Going On!, etc. 32 Pages, 18,000 copies printed. Download January 2010 Issue
December 2009 PDF Edition
Dec 10th
“Greens Gone Wild!” On-line issue available!
The 2009 December edition of Green Fire Times includes the following articles: What Does the Mayan Calendar Have To Do With You?, LANL Contaminants Migrate Toward Water Sources, Environment NM “Too Much Pollution” Report Released, Bosque del Apache Festival of the Cranes, Financial Incentives for Energy Efficiency in NM, Governing the Energy Commons, 2009 Solar Tax Credits, New Mexico’s Energy Governance, Santa Fe’s Rainwater Catchment Permitting Process, Greens Gone Wild, Green Building and LEED Residential, Green for Real: Remodeling, Renovations, & Retrofits, As Free as the Sun: Pruning Day, Wintertime Catalog Shopping, Sostenga: The Economics of Sustainability, What’s Going ON!, Newsbites. — 32 Pages, 18,000 copies printed.
November 2009 PDF Edition
Nov 9th
The 2009 November edition of Green Fire Times includes the following articles: Thinking Like a Watershed by Jack Loeffler, Sustainable Food and Seed Sovereignty Conference photos and update, GMO Health Risks by Jeffrey M. Smith, Waste Not – Want Not by Kenny Ausubel and Peter Warshall, A Global Day of Climate Action, Petroglyph National Monument by Ann Euston, The Sembrando Semillas Program by Pilar Trujillo, Green House Growing in the Winter by Susan Waterman, Sostenga: Gregory Cajete and Natural Laws of Interdependence by Camilla Bustamante, Home Food Processing Certification by Joan E. Price, The Fight Between the Spoon and the Feet by Warren Peary, Empowering Your Immune System by Karen Rae Ferreira, An Integrated Approach to Design by Doug McDowell, The Importance of Ceiling Insulation by Nan Fischer, Newsbites, What’s Going On, etc! — 32 pages, 18,000 copies.
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October 2009 PDF Edition
Oct 8th
The October issue includes articles on Finding the Sources of Sustainability, Sostenga: Preserving Food for Winter, Seed Saving and Storage, Sustainable Biofuels Project, Architecture for Sustainability, Dreaming New Mexico’s Green Grid, the New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce, and Only Diversity Adapts by Vandana Shiva as well as our Calendar and a wealth of information from our sponsors.
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September 2009 PDF Edition
Sep 16th
The September 2009 edition of Green Fire Times includes the following articles: Santa Fe 400: An Uncertain Founding (an article about the 400th. anniversary of the founding of Santa Fe); Dreaming NM: Micropowers, Microgrids, and Energy Parks; PNM Seeks to Maintain Control; An Inclusive Community; The Emerald Home; Green for Real; Slow Money Alliance, etc.
August 2009 PDF Edition
Aug 5th
The August 2009 edition of Green Fire Times is now available throughout north central New Mexico as well as on the Internet. This issue features many articles concerning Wind Energy in New Mexico, in addition to Green Career Pathways, Energy for Education, Sostenga: An Experiment in Sustainability, Zero Emissions Hydrogen Power, Transition to a 4-Season Harvest, Green Building and Design, Wind Powered Santa Fe Home, etc!
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July 2009 PDF Edition
Jul 10th
New Mexico’s Emerging Biofuels Industry, SFCC Sustainable Technologies Center,Geothermal Dreaming, The Age of Renewables — Solar / Hydro-Biofuels,Green Remodeling 101,Green for Real
Sostenga: Community Conversations, Newsbites, Solar Newsbites, Something Puzzling, Feeding the Soil to Feed the Garden,Humates Demystified, What’s Going On! Events / Announce ments
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