Here are some local resources and some ideas from group discussions about this issue:
Home Electric:
- Reduce your energy use SEEDS (Sustainable Energy Education and Development Support)
- 10 Easiest Ways to Reduce Your Energy Use (Green America)
- Switch to wind energy today (same price and same PPL service) www.cleancurrents.com or www.viridian.com
Home Heating:
- Conservation (insulating, turning down the thermostat) is the most important step, so check out SEEDS
- Geothermal options - contact Kathy Dodge at katharined@verizon.net
- Biomass such as switchgrass – contact Bob Thomas at bob@renewableenergycenter.org
- Solar hot water heaters
- Passive solar is best for new construction or additions – these are buildings designed to capture the heat of the sun during cold months and to shade the home during warm months
Transportation:
- Cycle Sawmillcycles.com
- Carpool icarpool.org or reduce and combine trips, and offer to pick up stuff from the store for your neighbor
- Convert your car to run on veggie oil greasecar.com
- Bus coachusa.com/shortline
Other ideas for future transportation:
- public transportation: Bev Beers & her team are investigating a bus line from Hawley to Scranton
- let’s add wind-powered electric car chargers at the visitor’s center for people who will drive electric cars to visit Honesdale