• Film Screening: Common Ground

    Manchester Community Library

    From the filmmakers of Kiss the Ground comes the follow-up documentary Common Ground, winner of the Tribeca Film Festival. Directed by John and Rebecca Tickell, Common Ground provides hope for future generations with concrete ways to fix a broken planetary system. The film explores how regenerative agriculture can help heal the soil, our health and […]

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  • Biomass Burning with Cheryl Joy Lipton

    Manchester Community Library

    Biomass Burning: Is it good or bad for the climate and us? Discover the facts about burning wood for heat and electricity. Do We Choose Forests? Or Wood-Burning Plants? Presenter Cheryl Joy Lipton, from Chester, VT, is an Ecologist and Landscape Designer, with a BLA from SUNY, ESF, and MS from Penn State. Her work […]

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  • Moving Heat: Local Geothermal and Thermal Energy Network Solutions

    Manchester Community Library

    Geothermal energy often evokes hot rocks and geysers, but also refers to one of the cleanest ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, provide resilient infrastructure, and even reduce electricity use. Beginning with the basics and benefits of shallow geothermal heating and cooling, this session describes the opportunity to use the heat we already […]

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