Doing Good for the World Flagstaff, Arizona · By Rose Houk Andy Kruse’s story is a classic one: he and a friend started messing around with wind turbines in a garage “out in the cinder hills” near Flagstaff, Arizona. The year was 1987, and he and David Calley had visions of harnessing this source of […]
Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative
Corn Power! Central Minnesota Ethanol Cooperative (CMEC) of Little Falls, Minnesota is a new generation cooperative formed specifically for the purpose of producing fuel grade ethanol and dried distillers drains with solubles from the processing of locally produced corn. The plant produces 20 milliongallons per year of 100% ethanol and 60,000 tons of DDGS, a […]
Charlie Laurel and Margaret Spilke
Way off the Grid Alpine Ranches, Arizona · By Ashley Rood and Rose Houk The name “Earthship” might raise the question whether the alternative home design this word refers to is something of this world or perhaps the next adventure into space. In fact, these homes are quite earthbound and represent a self-sustaining, self-determined masterpiece […]
Hopi’s NativeSUN
Something New – and Old – under the Sun Kykotsmovi, Arizona · By Peter Friederici During most daylight hours the sun shines strong on the Hopi mesas of northeastern Arizona, ripening the corn, warming the houses, and forming the clouds that nourish crops. For the last twenty years it has also powered the electrical systems […]
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