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Metro Lafayette Saving $400/Month by Recycling Food Waste 14 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
Written by Ben Weintraub (summer intern) based on interviewing Erika Pringsheim-Moore and Steve Jaramillo of Metro Lafayette. Challenge Erika Pringsheim-Moore, co-owner of Metro in Lafayette, and Stev...
Clocks Etc. Takes Recycling to Next Level 14 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
Written by Ben Weintraub (summer intern) based on interviewing Wendy Tamis of Clocks, etc. Challenge Wendy Tamis, co-owner of Clocks Etc. takes the old three “R’s” (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) to the next...
Deconstruction versus Demolition Nets a Free Redwood Bridge 12 Jun 2013 | 12:17 am
Submitted by Linda Riebel Challenge Houses are being remodeled all the time, in big or small projects: a new bathroom, an updated kitchen, an improved entryway. Some houses are totally gutted, with al...
Shrunk the Size of our Waste Bin by 69%! 10 Jun 2013 | 10:39 pm
Submitted by Steve Richard. This Spring a funny thing started happening. I’d go to take out the waste bins on Wednesday night and there would only be maybe one small kitchen garbage bag in the blue b...
Flipping the Switch to LED Lighting 6 Feb 2013 | 12:41 am
Submitted by Steve Richard (steve.richard@gmail.com) Challenge A few years back I wrote a success story titled “Home Lighting Audit” that shared our experience transitioning much of our house to CFL l...
Freecycling – a Great Way to Re-Home Things You No Longer Need 3 Feb 2013 | 11:19 pm
Submitted by Linda Riebel Challenge When my husband and I were relocating to Lafayette in 2006, we had at lot of stuff to condense and move — we married in our 50s, and each had accumulated a lifetime...
Olives to Oil – Fun, Delicious, Sustainable, Cheap 1 Feb 2013 | 09:06 am
Submitted by Graham Parkinson-Morgan (g.parkinson-morgan@comcast.net) Challenge When I was a kid growing up in the North of England, Olive Oil meant Popeye’s girlfriend. Later on, when I was old enoug...
A Pantry With Less Product Packaging 12 Jul 2012 | 01:03 pm
Submitted by Steve Richard (steve.richard@gmail.com) Challenge For the past few years our family has been trying to reduce the amount of waste we generate and have to put in our blue waste bin. We’v...
My Backyard is a Certified Wildlife Habitat! 4 Jul 2012 | 01:51 am
Submitted by Linda Riebel (linda.riebel@earthlink.net) Challenge Here in Lafayette we are blessed with a delightful mix of people and other creatures. Far from the urban jungles of asphalt and concret...
A Hidden Eco-Village in Lafayette 3 Jul 2012 | 11:21 am
Written by Linda Riebel of Sustainable Lafayette, based on an interview with Manager, Shelley diGiovanna (shelleydigiovanna@yahoo.com). Acalanes Apartments comprises 5 buildings at the top of Risa Roa...
