Updates on Trash & Kilowatts! Posted by SEEDS on Mar 18 , 2021 - 09:58 am Reducing Landfill Wastes! SEEDS is part of a cohort looking to change our local relationship to waste, and we couldn't be more excited! We are focused in 2021 on figuring out how to unlock more value from 'organic waste' [...]
Solar-Battery Storage: Micro-Solutions! Posted by SEEDS on Feb 12 , 2020 - 05:10 pm Storing Sunshine for Night Lighting Above: Morgan Vondruska assists with the installation of solar pathway lighting at Historic Barns Park. Morgan started with SEEDS as an AmeriCorps VISTA and was subsequently hired to our Youth Conservation Corps for the installation. In [...]
A Dozen Ways We Tackled Climate Change in 2019 Posted by SEEDS on Dec 27 , 2019 - 08:11 am 12 Local Solutions To Tackle Global Climate Change Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to reach record highs. Local solutions to this global challenge can look like the following. Included are links to the science and [...]
SEEDS = Environmental Leadership Posted by SEEDS on Dec 05 , 2019 - 07:32 am Moving Needles in the Right Direction SEEDS Energy & Environment programs focus on quantifying change and proving the practical feasibility of reducing energy used, garbage landfilled, and increasing the carbon sequestered. Dana Pflughoeft, a political science and environment [...]
Reduce your energy use with this 4-week kWh challenge! Actions include upgrading lightbulbs to LEDs, daylighting, turning off appliances and electronics, and unplugging. SEEDS guided the City of Traverse City…
Traverse City Staff Take on a KiloWatt-Hour Challenge! Posted by SEEDS on Aug 14 , 2019 - 12:12 pm For one month this summer, City staff were encouraged to take electricity efficiency into their own hands! In striving towards its 100% renewable electricity goal, the City Manager, Marty Colburn, endorsed a City-wide Staff kWh Challenge [...]
For centuries, the energy marketplace has been focused on: Centralizing power structures (large-scale power generation, financial controls); Exponential growth in the demand for electricity and extractive additives (think fertilizer and…
City of Traverse City upgrades Carnegie Library Building lights to LED Posted by SEEDS Team on Feb 11 , 2019 - 09:17 am The City of Traverse City replaced 76 light fixtures at the historic Carnegie Library Building based on energy efficiency recommendations made by SEEDS, moving the City towards its operational goal of 100% [...]
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