sustainability - Stowe Farm Community https://stowefarm.org An Intentional Farm Community located in Colrain, Massachusetts Thu, 15 Aug 2024 17:32:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://stowefarm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-site-icon.png sustainability - Stowe Farm Community https://stowefarm.org 32 32 Save the date for Fix-it Day! https://stowefarm.org/fix-it-day/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 13:17:33 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=7103 Save the date and your items that need to be fixed for Colrain Fix-it Day on Sept 16. Fix-it Day is sponsored by Griswold Memorial Library Trustees. Contact Nancy if you want to volunteer, be a fixer, have ideas or questions.

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]]> Saving the world, one scrubbie at a time! https://stowefarm.org/saving-the-world/ Sat, 22 Jan 2022 21:42:33 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6916 Jenny’s loofah experiment went a little wild in the greenhouse, but what great scrubbies we all now have! She dried and baked them and gave us all scrubbies and seeds to grow more. It’s a small step, but if each of us replace our synthetic scrubbies for loofahs, the world will be better for it!

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]]> Discovering the magnificent dandelion https://stowefarm.org/discovering-the-magnificent-dandelion/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:53:15 +0000 https://stowefarm.org/?p=6689 Leon discovered the magnificent dandelion. The lawn care industry successfully convinced several generations of Americans that it was a pesky weed to exterminate.

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]]> Renewable energy: Lessons from Germany’s Bioenergy Villages https://stowefarm.org/renewable-energy-event/ Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:59:15 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=4132 This event by Climate Action NOW in Amherst on Tuesday, April 21st sounds interesting. more info… Are there alternatives to powering our towns and region with fossil fuel?  Come learn some of the lessons from Germany’s “Energiewende”, its national effort to transition to a renewable energy economy. This effort has spurred the formation of over 150 “Bioenergy... [Read More]

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]]> Natural Building Meetup at Katywil on Sunday, Jan 26, 3-5pm https://stowefarm.org/natural-building/ Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:50:27 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=2728 Stay tuned for . More… The Natural Building presentation last month was really inspiring. Mike DeSorgher’s regular Natural Builder Meetup group will meet at Katywil from 3-5 on Jan 26. It will be an informal conversation about next steps to build a house, professionals and inexperienced builders working together, plans for next spring’s building workshop, and... [Read More]

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]]> Permaculture projects https://stowefarm.org/permaculture-projects/ Wed, 23 May 2012 17:57:03 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=1245 Bas and Josiah from Regenerative Design, will be available to show you Katywil’s permaculture projects on Saturday at Katywil Family Day from 10-1pm.

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]]> We add a dot to worldwide Climate Action Day https://stowefarm.org/katywil-adds-a-dot-to-worldwide-climate-action-day/ Tue, 01 May 2012 13:37:04 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=1223 Katywil added a dot in the worldwide Climate Action Day on May 5, connecting dots of climate action around the world. See photo…  

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]]> Here comes the sun https://stowefarm.org/here-comes-the-solar/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:42:10 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=958 Katywil is very excited about our community solar project which has been in planning stages for almost a year. Read more… We initially organized our efforts around a cooperative business entity, Katywil Power & Light, LLC, that allows us to add new shareholders at various affordability levels. Thanks to Massachusetts’ Net Metering regulations, shareholders receive... [Read More]

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]]> Capturing March 17 https://stowefarm.org/capturing-march-17/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:58:11 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=1042 Impossible to capture the magic of the Katywil gathering in a camera, but here are some snippets of good conversation, good food, and a great group of people. Montage of photos…  

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]]> Another magical day at Katywil https://stowefarm.org/another-magical-day-at-katywil/ Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:59:12 +0000 http://katywil.com/?p=1029 We had some highlights at our gathering on Sat that made Katywil shine even more than usual. Ravenna, self described cohousing kid (grew up in WA at Vashon Cohousing), eloquently painted a picture of her childhood in cohousing. Read more… We had two committee meetings. Cyndee Fand, from Co-op Power gave an overview of Co-op Power... [Read More]

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