ARCHIVE FOR July, 2012

Jason Lear will tell you, “Home energy efficiency is just remodeling written a different way.” Jason is a home remodeling expert, and a partner in the firm Batt + Lear. He became interested in energy efficiency when one of his neighbors complained to him about being uncomfortable in her home. He realized she would benefit… Continue Reading >

Eat Local business owner Greg Conner will tell you that he is, “all about sustainability.” He is not making an overstatement. With a legacy of over 90 years of Washington family-farming behind him, sustainable activities are so ingrained in Conner that even the fixtures in his stores have been salvaged. Shelving in his new Capitol… Continue Reading >

When Community Power Works asked Rainier Beach resident Tim Aguero why he joined the program, he told us, “I needed to join the green revolution!” By heating his home with oil, Aguero said, he joined millions of people who are too dependent on fossil fuels doing long-term damage to the environment. “If everybody does this,… Continue Reading >

When Community Power Works asked Rainier Beach resident Tim Aguero why he joined the program, he told us, “I needed to join the green revolution!” By heating his home with oil, Aguero said, he joined millions of people who are too dependent on fossil fuels doing long-term damage to the environment. “If everybody does this,… Continue Reading >