Eastman Living Online Magazine

By Susan Kessler A community nurse/care manager program is an exciting new project  that Eastman CARES of Sustainable Eastman, co-chaired by Sally Wood, Patti Morneault and Phil Langsdorf, hopes to start by the fall of 2015. WHAT DOES A COMMUNITY NURSE/CARE MANAGER DO? A community nurse/care manager can: ● Provide health education to the broad […]

By Susan Kessler Photos By Susan Kessler and Susan Goodwin What if Eastman Received an edict from an energy czar  stating that the community has five years to reduce its collective carbon footprint by 25%? Impossible, we might mutter! But wait… Eastman is already ahead of the curve. One of the goals in Eastman Plan […]

Story and Photos By Susan Kessler Our house was new in 1998, situated at the top of a large, steep “front yard.” That yard  had been swept clear of all observable living things by the river of granite that roared down the slope when the blast was set off to make room for our foundation. […]

By Susan Kessler  The Council On Aging (COA) has moved to Grantham. Well, actually, the headquarters are still in the Chapin Senior Center on Pleasant street in New London, from which it serves nine area communities: Andover, Danbury, Grantham, Newbury, New London, Springfield, Sunapee, Sutton and Wilmot. But, since October of 2013, COA has had […]

By Ray Sears Sustainable Eastman has established a working group to promote investment in solar energy throughout the community. Technical, financial and regulatory incentives, combined with a 60% reduction in cost over the last three years, make investments in solar energy particularly attractive now and in the immediate future. Solar energy will play an important […]

By Steve Goldsmith On Saturday, Feb. 15, 44 members of the Eastman community took a break from shovelling snow to talk about something we haven’t seen much of this winter, the sun. The presentation led by Sustainable Eastman’s Energy Subcommittee, focused on technologies, financial aspects and community opportunities for the installation of solar energy here […]

By Phil Langsdorf Joan, an elderly resident of Eastman, lives alone. Her children live far away. Her friends notice that she attends fewer social outings lately and seems quieter and less engaged. One day a friend stops by and finds Joan unconscious on the floor. A trip to the ER ensues. Now imagine a different […]

By Gale Schmidt Well, it’s easy to be a little green… easier than you might think. Your Eastman friends and neighbors are already doing it and most are finding it painless and rewarding. You probably are a little green, too. If you are thinking of becoming even more green, this review of what Eastmanites are […]

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; we […]

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 […]