Eastman Living Online Magazine

By Ray Sears • 603-863-2832 • r.w.sears at ieee.org What’s happening? Sustainable Eastman will be working in cooperation with the New England Carbon Coalition this summer to challenge Eastman households to plan to make significant reductions in the use of energy derived from fossil fuels. We will be concentrating on individual households because, nationally, they use about one-half of all [...]

  By Elaine Lascher By now most members of the community are aware of Eastman’s effort to develop a new, 8-10-year strategic plan with a focus on our future sustainability. Sustainability can mean different things to different people. At Eastman we are taking an approach to community planning that recognizes that society, the economy and [...]

By Susan Kessler Just for fun, let’s pretend that Eastman’s Board of Directors voted last night to eliminate all staff positions. Once the initial shock wears off, our first reaction might be delight at the thought of all of the money that could be saved by not having to pay staff salaries and benefits. Eventually [...]

By Judy McCarthy   In the first bed, we planted beans, rows and rows of them, and they prospered. Just in front of the beans we made a home for tomatoes, two different kinds: yellow cherries and full-bodied plums. Closest to the path, to allow for trailing vines, two watermelon seedlings got a late start; [...]

By Brian Roach Editor’s Note: This article summarizes a presentation given at the South Cove Activity Center on August 22, 2011. Some politicians have recently criticized environmental regulations as contributing to the stagnation of our national economy. More than one candidate currently running for president has accused the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of [...]

Article by Susan Kessler and Cindy Rand • Photos by Bill Rapp and Bill Weber HORRORS!!! What a shocking sight! The stupendous slick slide of ice coming out of the kitchen window, cascading across the deck and spilling onto the snow piled high in the yard. The owner of the house, happily busy with everyday [...]