Petition North Carolina Building Codes Council

Alter NC building codes to exempt structures at Turtle Island Preserve

“Dear Friends of Turtle Island Preserve,

Turtle Island Preserve is in danger. Please read this letter, and, if you feel moved to do so, carefully follow the suggestions for support provided at the end.

Recently, local county government authorities have targeted Turtle Island Preserve, attacking our way of life, and forcing our educational camp to close to visitors.

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New, Clean Energy Source: Living Plants

“On November 23, a researcher from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, Marjolein Helder, presented her Ph.D. research on a method to generate clean, renewable electricity from natural interactions between the soil and growing plants.

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ESR: Making Waste our Greatest Resource

Well designed rice hull stoves produce clean blue flames at up to 1,000 C, and the fuel is virtually free.
Well designed rice hull stoves produce clean blue flames at up to 1,000 C, and the fuel is virtually free.

“At ESR we design sustainable solutions to waste and energy challenges. These solutions weave together engineering and ecological thinking and are deeply embedded in the economic, social, and cultural context of their application.

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