Green in the First Person: Our Windows Go Electric

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by Jas Faulkner Green in the First Person is the continuing story of my gradual move off the grid and away from a carbon footprint that is smaller than most Middle Tennesseans, but still too big for my comfort.  (Author’s note:  The activist I referred to last week has had second thoughts about having their [...]

Green in the First Person: After the Blowout

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by Jas Faulkner  Green in the First Person is the continuing story of my gradual move off the grid and away from a carbon footprint that was smaller than most Middle  Tennesseans, but still too big for my comfort.  The power surges hit our house with such violence that everyone present was left stunned and [...]

Green in the First Person: Prologue

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by Jas Faulkner Green in the First Person is the continuing story of my gradual move off the grid and away from a carbon footprint that was smaller than most Middle  Tennesseans, but still too big for my comfort.  Making big, ecologically friendly changes is like writing.  Almost everyone talks about it.  Some people swear [...]

And a little bulb shall LED them…

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by Jas Faulkner So your neighbor has a Leaf in the driveway and a turbine spinning merrily as the bank of batteries in his garage stores away all of that renewable energy.  He wheels his cart of sorted recyclables to the curb and gives you a cheery wave as he pads back to his front [...]