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Most power station boxes lead with two numbers, and most buying mistakes come from mixing them up. Watt-hours (Wh) tell you how much energy the battery holds.…
Read the story: Best Portable Power Station for Outages, Medical Devices and CampingThe notice is usually short and easy to miss: a facility has applied for a new air permit, or to renew or change an existing one, a draft is available for…
Read the story: Reading an Air Permit: A Resident's Guide to Public Comments and HearingsIn February 2021, a winter storm cut power to millions of Texans, many of them for days, and left millions more under orders to boil water they had no way to…
Read the story: How to Build an Emergency Kit for Home, One Shelf at a TimeAsk a room of experienced birders what a beginner should buy and most of them will answer with a number before they name a brand: 8x42. It is not a secret…
Read the story: Best Binoculars for Bird Watching: How to Choose a First PairThe short answer first. For a day hike of a few hours on a marked trail, carry water (about half a liter, a little over a pint, for every hour you expect to be…
Read the story: What to Pack for a Day Hike: The Ten Essentials and a Real ChecklistMost homes that compost well use two containers, not one. A small lidded pail sits by the sink and collects peels, coffee grounds and wilted greens for a few…
Read the story: The Best Compost Bin for Your Space, From Countertop to BackyardTo start composting you need three things: a place for it to happen, roughly three parts dry "browns" to one part wet "greens" by volume, and enough moisture…
Read the story: How to Start Composting: A Practical Guide for Yards and ApartmentsPrice out a first night of camping for a family of four and the list gets long fast: a tent, four sleeping bags warm enough for an October night, four pads, a…
Read the story: Gear Libraries: Lending Tents, Packs and Snowshoes So Cost Isn't the BarrierMost small nonprofit boards are built the same way. Someone on the board knows someone, that person joins, and a few years later the board is a group of…
Read the story: Recruiting a Board That Reflects Your Community: A Guide for Small Green NonprofitsOn a community garden plot in late summer you might find bitter melon climbing a chain-link fence, a stand of perilla gone to flower, yardlong beans hanging in…
Read the story: Seeds From Home: Immigrant Gardeners and the Craft of Saving SeedThe solar panels that lower your electric bill don't have to be on your roof. They might sit on a warehouse across the county, a closed landfill at the edge of…
Read the story: Community Solar for Renters: How It Works and What to Check Before You SignIn 1908, Congress set aside more than 18,000 acres within the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana as a refuge for bison, and for more than a century…
Read the story: Co-Stewardship, Co-Management and Land Back: A Plain-Language Guide
