Poolesville Green column for the Monocacy Monocle By Patrick Lee The heat is on this summer. As I write, we’re just exiting several weeks of a brutal summer heat wave and but are still staring down drought conditions in much of our area. If you haven’t received an alert yet, the Town of Poolesville is […]
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by Doug Boucher – President, Poolesville Green Monocacy Monocle column for May 2024 Spring has finally arrived in Maryland and I think we’re all celebrating the blooming of the wildflowers, the greening of the trees and the chance to walk the dog without even putting on a sweater. But it wasn’t that long ago that
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For Poolesville Green, by K.L. Kyde April weather brings out the “inner gardener” in many of us. By now, dedicated earth tillers already have potatoes and peas planted in their vegetable beds, and have cut back last year’s perennial stalks, which the overwintering insects and birds no longer need for shelter. Even those of us
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Karen Lefkowitz Poolesville Green column for the Monocacy Monocle, March 2024 If you are considering installing solar energy at your home you may encounter the term ‘net energy meter’, or ‘net capable meter’. It will be useful to understand what a net energy meter is and what it means. Most people install solar generation at
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Doug Boucher Article for the January 2024 issue of the Monocacy Monocle As the threat of climate change has become more and more evident, religious congregations have been reflecting on what they can do about it – not just as individuals but as communities of faith. Churches, synagogues, mosques and temples have found in their
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Doug Boucher Article for the December 2023 issue, Monocacy Monocle As electric vehicles (EVs) become more and more common on our roads and their prices keep dropping, we can start to see that they will lead to some important changes in how we live. Some of them are pretty obvious. Since EVs cost considerably less
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By Joyce Breiner Monocacy Monocle column, November 2023 Greetings from Poolesville Green where we look at how all of us can take action to live more sustainably when it comes to energy choices, transportation and overall energy requirements at home. Why these three? Because they represent the largest segments of a household’s carbon footprint pie.
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Doug Boucher Article for the September 2023 issue of the Monocacy Monocle In September 2012, there was something new at Poolesville Day. Along with the marching bands, the classic cars, the campaigning politicians and the riders on horseback, two electric vehicles – both of them Nissan Leaf sedans – were part of the parade. Sponsored
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