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Read about sustainability in the Piscataqua Region http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090716-NEWS-907160404 City neighborhood eyes 'zero-waste' National Night Out By Adam Leech PORTSMOUTH — National Night Out is already a great community building event, but a group of neighbors are hoping it can also become a green event.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090515-NEWS-905150365 Newmarket native Kelsea Larson takes 'The Natural Step' By Joshua Clark NEWMARKET — Kelsea Larson, a third-year architecture student at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, wants to make an impact on her hometown.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090503-BIZ-905030330 Communicategreen: Piscataqua Sustainability Initiative By Christopher Peake Towns all around us are going green. Residents are realizing that the future needs some help, and so they're planning for it.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090112-NEWS-901120345 City is a leader in green innovation January 12, 2009 6:00 AM Imagine seeing everything through a green lens. Nothing is conventionally built, or renovated, or installed, or fueled, or replaced, if a sustainable alternative exists.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090111/NEWS/901110350&emailAFriend=1 Excitement grows at sustainability event By Gina Carbone PORTSMOUTH — Ben Fahey has his work cut out for him. The 16-year-old Portsmouth High School student has an environmental project for his ecology class due Tuesday. His mother, Jen, said they could've just gone to a beach to pick up some trash, but when she heard about the Piscataqua Sustainability Initiative's winter gathering Saturday at the Portsmouth Public Library, she decided it was perfect. And now she's a believer.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090108-NEWS-901080424 Portsmouth Sustainability Initiative 'winter gathering' on Jan. 10 PORTSMOUTH — This is a time, said Portsmouth Sustainability Initiative member Bert Cohen, that is both exciting and challenging, a time when "we're actually at a crossroads," both politically and economically.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/NEWS/807060361/-1/NEWS07 Global talks: Locals attend eco-conference in Sweden (pdf) By Adam Leech PORTSMOUTH — As he chatted with experts from a cross section of countries attending the International Eco-municipality Conference in Sweden last month, city resident Bert Cohen asked those assembled at the table whether they thought the international community had less than 10 years to seriously address global warming.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080523/NEWS/805230434&sfad=1 Portsmouth sustainbility experts invited to worldwide event (pdf) By Adam Leech PORTSMOUTH — Two leaders in the city's ongoing sustainability efforts are heading to Sweden next week to teach the international community about what Portsmouth is doing to be more sustainable.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080420/NEWS/804200350 PORTSMOUTH — Hundreds of people crowded Parrott Avenue Saturday for the city's inaugural Sustainability Fair, featuring speakers, exhibits, events and retailers with a common theme of going green. The idea for the fair came out of the Portsmouth Listens study circles on sustainability as a way to raise awareness, celebrate the city's efforts toward a more sustainable city and to show people how to live in a sustainable manner.
Sustainability fair draws thousands pdf By JASON CLAFFEY PORTSMOUTH — More than 2,000 people attended the first sustainability festival in the city Saturday afternoon, bolstering the community's claim to being an "eco-municipality." More than 90 booths at the event, held at Portsmouth Middle School, showcased green businesses and environmental education displays. Organic food vendors set up outside.
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080113/GJNEWS_01/729336578 Sunday, January 13, 2008 Portsmouth residents take up 'green' city topics By Gretyl MacAlaster
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080113/NEWS/801130351&sfad=1 January 13, 2008 6:00 AM A meeting of the sustainability-driven minds These sustainability issues — among others — have been discussed at great length in various Seacoast communities in recent years. Dozens of meetings have been held, plans drafted and PowerPoint presentations developed. Now the Piscataqua Sustainability Initiative is working to take all that talk and turn it into action.
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080104/GJNEWS_01/347429254 By CHARLES McMAHON PORTSMOUTH — In an effort to celebrate the city's attempt at becoming more environmentally friendly, members of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Sustainable Practices along with Mayor Steve Marchand gathered on Dec. 27 to pass the torch along to Mayor Elect Thomas Ferrini.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071228/NEWS/712280423/-1/rss17 December 28, 2007 6:00 AM City's green committee gets thumbs up By Adam Leech PORTSMOUTH — Mayor-elect Tom Ferrini vowed to continue to support efforts by the Committee on Sustainable Practices when he officially takes the gavel next week.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070930/NEWS/ September 30, 2007 6:00 AM Cohen: Sustainability of the planet starts locally By Chris Elliott PORTSMOUTH — A symposium on sustainability on the Seacoast was held Saturday morning at the Portsmouth Public Library featuring a Power Point presentation and speakers from a variety of backgrounds. Bert Cohen, co-founder of Piscataqua Sustainability Initiative and collaborator in Portsmouth Listens study circles, facilitated the event along with longtime environmental activist Sky Maher.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070928/NEWS/709280452 'Green' region goal of this project By Adam Leech
www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070910/NEWS/709100313 September 10,2007 City to study sustainability
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