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Exploring the connection between food and sustainability
This a blog about food by the participants in a Menu for the Future discussion group in Reston, Virginia. Menu for the Future is a discussion course by the Northwest Earth Institute. Here’s more info...
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Reston Useful Services Exchange: A time bank and true local currency
Do you know about time banks? Reston has had a time bank since 1975! Instead of spending money, you spend your time and others spend their time when you need help. It’s the best example of a “local...
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Will Reston’s Library become an Internet Café?
by Layla Take action to save Reston Regional Library: Take a look at some proposed changes to Fairfax County libraries: “Letter: Will Reston’s Library Become an Internet Café?” Advice from reader Bob...
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Who Needs a Solar Oven Part 1
By Andrew http://www.greenpowerscience.com/videos.php?v=m2fWZ6JUVW0&h=DIY Fire from Water Solar Cooking with a Water Lens
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Who Needs a Solar Oven Part 2
by Andrew http://www.greenpowerscience.com/SOLARCOOKING.html
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Local Energy
Do you know that Reston has its very own, locally owned utility? It’s Reston RELAC. The new owners of Reston RELAC have some exciting ideas to improve RELAC’s performance. But, what if RELAC could...
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Reston Association considers getting a loan a loan
By Diane Lewis Here’s an idea guaranteed to cause controversy: http://reston.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/oped–often-a-loan-makes-the-most-sensecontroversy:
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Rent-to-own Solar Panels by the #s
By Andrew Are you interested in buying solar panels? Have you thought of the rent-to-own option solar panels? Recently, I was approached by a company with a rent to own offer for solar panels. The...
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Committed local activists push for local contol of utility
by Diane Blust Thanks to the good folks at the Democracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland for synthesizing the issues in Boulder’s fight to turn its for-profit utility into a not-for-profit...
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Going local in Reading, Pennsylvania
By Diane Blust What a great story! One of the poorest cities in the US is coming up with a revitalization plan based not on selling out to big, non-local banks and investors, but on community...
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