Local IQ has an article about a couple of local CSAs, which build bridges between farmers and consumers.
Consumers essentially subscribe to community-supported agriculture organizations for a weekly fee and get a share of the harvest each week of the season from local farmers.
Found via Mountainair Arts blog.
Andrew Key, president of Heads Up Landscaping in Albuquerque, is quoted in an article in Green Industry Pros.
Both Aug. 21 –
Backyard Farming Series: Traditional Farming Practices
Time: 9:30am to 4pm
Place: 6029 Isleta Blvd.
Phone: 314-0398
Seed Saving, Seed Swapping
Time: 10am to 12pm
Place: Rio Grande Community Farm, Tierra Viva Pl NW
Website or Map: http://www.riograndefarm.org/
Phone: 242-6367, ext. 119
Both found via Duke City Fix.
Green roof at Tempe Transit Center in Arizona / Wikimedia Commons
Learn about living roofs, also called green roofs, at a workshop Aug. 28 sponsored by the Harwood Art Center. See the new green roof at UNM’s George Pearl Hall.
Date: Saturday, Aug. 28
Time: 10 am to 2 or 3 pm (bring your lunch)
Place: George Pearl Hall, University of New Mexico (meet in the central courtyard) — 2401 Central Ave. NE (north side of Central, between Cornell and Stanford) — see map
Cost: $40 for members, $35 for non-members
Speaker: UNM Associate Professor of Architecture and Planning Bill Fleming
Contact: Wade Patterson; 242-6367, ext. 119; wade@harwoodartcenter.org
Found via: Duke City Fix
Events this month include:
* Photovoltaic Design & Installation Workshop, Aug. 20-22, 28-29
* Traditional gardening workshops, Aug. 21
* Food preservation classes, Aug. 26 and 28
* Electric Vehicles Basics Class, Aug. 28
Learn more at Sustainable ABQ.
Albuquerque City Council decided Aug. 16 to extend the waiver of impact fees for projects that meet certain environmental standards.
The six-month extension also applies to the reduction of other impact fees.
Read more at the Albuquerque Journal.
Jemez Pueblo plans to develop the first utility-scale solar plant on tribal land, according to the Associated Press.
Central New Mexico Community College has fall classes on:
* Transportation Alternative Fuels,
* Green Environmental Construction, and
* Introduction to Electrical Wind Generators.
Classes start Aug. 30. See course descriptions on Page 13 of the schedule.
New scholarships at Central New Mexico Community College will “for graduating and pursuing careers in emerging industries.”
Recipients can earn up to $500. According to CNM’s news release the first 10 students received their award April 20. PNM seeded the fund with an endowment of $100,000.
From the Albuquerque Journal:
A judge has ordered a state agency to stop consideration of a petition to limit emission of greenhouse gases in New Mexico.
New Energy Economy had petitioned the Environmental Improvement Board. The proposal is opposed in a lawsuit by “Four state lawmakers and nine utility, business and industry groups, including Public Service Company of New Mexico.”