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I recently finished reading a very interesting book that I thought readers of this blog might like.  It is called "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life", by Barbara Kingsolver.  I had read The Poisonwood Bible by Kingsolver a few years ago and loved it.  The Poisonwood Bible is a novel about an American missionary and his family, set in Africa in 1959, which follows the family members for the next thirty years.  It...

As spring transitions to summer it’s finally farmers market season once again.  The Wooster Square Farmers Market in New Haven, Connecticut, recently opened its 2009 season and the grassroots outreach team at Community Energy is looking forward to another successful season teaming up with our partners City Seed to help spread the word about the benefits of clean energy.

City Seed is a non-profit organization that hosts several farmers...

Members of the Community Energy team recently attended a ribbon cutting ceremony to unveil a solar photovoltaic (PV) system at The Goodwin Memorial Branch of the Hartford Public Library in Hartford, Connecticut.   The 8-kW solar system is the first installation of the 10 kW the City has earned through the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities program and is valued at approximately $80,000.

This installation is the result of the...

Still wondering what green collar jobs are? Maybe you heard them mentioned on the presidential campaign trail, by candidates from both parties. Maybe you have seen the numbers – wind power created 35,000 jobs in 2008 alone despite the economic downturn, many of them in manufacturing. Maybe you have read the stories about re-purposing shuttered factories and re-hiring laid-off workers to build a new energy future.

Regardless, the stories are...

Why are environmental issues important to some and not to others?  Everyone benefits from clean air and water, but not everyone is motivated to act from this perspective.  I would venture that many who have made decisions in their lives based on respect for the environment have done so based on a personal relationship with nature established in childhood.  It turns out that Community Energy employees offer examples that support...