SF County Sustainability Team B

I think North America is stuck on being a meat culture, burgers and bbqs are "American".

https://www.energy.gov/eere/femp/energy-incentive-programs-new-mexico Good resource for retrofitting incentives from the State of New Mexico.

In the process of searching for new challenges!

I've been very busy, and it's  been hard to find time to check in. I'm just now starting to get my head above water, so I should be able to complete more actions and send proposals to the team.

I enjoyed reading about the geothermal ground source heat pump system on the EMNRD website. The system will pay itself off in ten years, and it saves them $3,500 per year on utility bills. If you're setting up a 30 year mortgage, that's a good deal.

I try to always use reusable bags at the store, but sometimes I forget to bring them in with me.  I purchased a reusable bag with its own stuff sack for $5 at the La Montanita Coop.  Stuffed it is about fist size and easily fits in my purse.  Now I will always have a bag handy!

I am intrigued by the idea of developing geothermal energy resources at the household level for heating and cooling.  According to the following article Geothermal Energy Pros and Cons by Mathias Aarre Maehlum  Last updated June 1, 2013 (http://energyinformative.org/geothermal-energy-pros-and-cons/)  ground round source heat pumps typically...

I am flying United and the carbon offset button is a bit hard to find on the bottom of your itinerary page. For round trip flight to Boston from San Francisco, the carbon offset was only $8.68, well worth the money considering how big of a footprint this leaves. 

REI invests in both solar and wind energy.  I am a long time member of REI.  I just purchased a Hydro Flask stainless steel water bottle from REI.

The different ways waves and tides could be used to generate energy. Yes, I was surprised.