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Jack Ehrhardt

June 29, 2012 By admin

Going Quiet Kingman, Arizona · By Charlie Laurel Jack Ehrhardt and his contracting company, ACE Builders, built the first “Earthship” in Arizona for a client in Dewey in the early 1990s. An Earthship is a self-sustaining, passive solar home made from used tires packed with dirt, cans, bottles, and other discards. The home was designed […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - small (<20 employees), Children, Families and Learning, Energy and Green Building, Energy Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Lifelong Learning, Recycled Materials, Renewable Energy, Reused Materials, Solar, SW book, Wind

TendHer Fields Farm

June 29, 2012 By admin

Lifestyle Choices One of the newest Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) ventures in the Twin Cities is the result of a partnership between values and lifestyle choices. Andrea Richardson and Nikki Nau met two years ago through mutual friends. The two women immediately began discussing their interest in sustainable vegetable farming and soon their ideas had […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Community Development and Design, Direct: Community Supported Agriculture, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Farming, Ranching and Landscaping, Horticultural crops, Marketing - Ag specific, Methods, Minnesota, Organic farming, Vegetables, Wisconsin, Women-owned Enterprises

Conservation Technologies

June 29, 2012 By admin

A Breath of Fresh Air Mike LeBeau was a private contractor in Duluth and Lake Superior’s North Shore area, specializing in energy efficient building, who was running into a big problem: he could not find the products he needed for his projects in the North Shore area. Mike figured that if he was having trouble […]

Filed Under: Business - small (<20 employees), Conservation, Conservation Aim, Consumption and Purchasing, Energy and Green Building, Green or Natural Building/architecture, Green Products, Minnesota, Northern Minnesota, Recycled Materials, Renewable Energy, Reused Materials, Sustainable Use, Waste Reduction

The Hogan Project

June 29, 2012 By admin

Reconnecting the People and the Forest Cameron, Arizona · By Peter Friederici and Roberto Nutlouis From most of the western Navajo Nation, in north-central Arizona, the diamond summits of the San Francisco Peaks are landmarks on the horizon. To the Diné, as the Navajo call themselves, the Peaks are one of the four sacred mountains […]

Filed Under: Arizona, Business - small (<20 employees), Energy and Green Building, Energy Efficiency, Green or Natural Building/architecture, SW book

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