August 2009

August 2009 PDF Edition

Aug 5th

Posted by Green Fire Times in August 2009

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!

Download the edition here.

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BEYOND THE WINDSHIELD: DWELLING IN THE NATURAL WORLD

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- Parenting and Sustainable Living
  Gardening, canning, harvesting.... knitting, sewing, building.... working, taking care of the land, animals, plants... keeping creativity flowing, making things and meeting needs. From such creativity arises the basic knowledge on how to live life independently from manufactured objects. Life happily disconnected from much shopping, from looking outside of o […]
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