Things have been quiet on the NESEA blog lately. That’s not an indication that we haven’t been busy (yes, mom, I know that’s a double negative!) To the contrary, I have felt so swamped that it’s been hard to catch my breath and update the community. I’m going to try my best to do so with a series of short blog posts over the next few weeks about what the staff and I have been up to.
At the top of my list is to introduce you to two new members of our staff, Rayna Heldt, our membership services coordinator, and Travis Niles, our communications and development coordinator.
It was heartening to see NESEA seeking candidates for two positions that I have always considered central to the success of our community and the organization that supports us. Having thought (and fought) hard about both membership and communication for over two decades I’d like to catch up with this favorable moment and offer my perspective on the prospect of establishing and growing these positions.
Things have that crazy, breathless feeling as we close in on BuildingEnergy, with only 4 weeks to go until showtime. But I wanted to share with you a spontaneous outpouring of generosity that occurred within the NESEA community within the past week.
A group of NESEA emerging professionals, led by Ryan Lacey, LEED AP, of Petersen Engineering, and Bernice Radle, of Buffalo Energy, were working hard to make the NESEA student design competition, which culminates at BE11, a success. Part of their work entailed securing sponsorships and/or donations for prizes for the winners – something they had hoped to be able to offer, but that wasn’t in the budget. The put out a call for help on Basecamp, NESEA’s project planning forum.
Tweet The other day I had the pleasure of speaking with Michael Nerrie, the builder and owner of a passive solar house in Walpole, New Hampshire. Mr. Nerrie’s home was recently selected for the cover of the Fall 2010 edition of the Northeast Sun. Below is a brief transcription of our conversation. Michelle Rose: What [...]
Thgis second installment on the sometimes fuzzy word “sustainbility” shows it not to be as fuzzy as, let’s say, “hard core pornography but it may not be waht you think it is either.
