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A GUIDE TO SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION Santa Fe and Taos ecotrendsource.com

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features24 BY THE BOOK: Santa FeCommunity College puts green jobs training front and center. By Nancy Zimmerman

38 SANTA FE AU NATURAL:New Mexico’s capital city steps upits commitment to sustainability.By April Reese Photos by Kerry Sherck

16 FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Community gardens produce food and neighborly goodwill. By Lynn Cline

48 THE ECO-HOME: How to put your house on an energy and water diet. By Lynn Cline

54 SUNBEAMS: Taos brewery taps solar energy to make “green” beer. By Lyn Bleiler

60 GREEN LIVING: Looking good with environmentallyresponsible cosmetics made in Taos. By Lyn Bleiler

64 LAST IMPRESSIONS: New Mexico Experimental Glass Workshops turn recycled glass into works of art.

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EcoSource: A Guide to Sustanability in Action, is published two times in 2012, with Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter issues (circulation 10,000 per issue). Editorial inquiries

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After watching the movie Thrive (thrivemovement.com) onNovember 11, 2011, I was inspired to create a publicationthat promotes sustainable actions within my own commu-

nity. Having published fine magazines like Performance de Santa Fe,Arte Contemporary, and Trend art +architecture + design for the past 20years—magazines based in Santa Febut with a global reach—I am con-fident that EcoSource will likewiseresonate with readers seeking up-to-the-minute information that isbeautifully written and designed.

I chose a well-rounded team tomanifest both the publication andthe website. Our goal is to connectyou to the wealth of information andresources available in Northern New

Mexico that will inspire you to live a more sustainable life. We arealso building this brand as a cooperative business structure, a newparadigm that follows an economically sacred way of serving all ofhumanity.

I am grateful that you have picked up this publication. When youare finished reading it, please pass it on or return it to the place youfound it so others may read it and pass it on as well. You will alwaysbe able to find our magazine’s resources, contact information, and indepth feature stories online at ecotrendsource.com. Please sharethis information with your friends, family, and colleagues, so thattogether we may create a network of sustainable action andthought.

Like a proud mother of a new child, I give you EcoSource to manifestgraceful gifts for walking the path of sustainability in Santa Fe, Taos,and points in between and beyond.

Cynthia CanyonPublisher and Founder

The other day I was on the phonemaking a hotel reservation for anupcoming trip to Arizona. When I

gave the receptionist my address, she said,“Oh, you live in Santa Fe! Aren’t youlucky?”

I encounter that kind of enthusiasmabout my hometown wherever I go—fromthe person sitting next to me on the planeto the bartender at the hotel bar. Theirenvy is understandable. Those of us wholive in northern New Mexico are sur-rounded by unsurpassed natural beauty,

rich biological diversity, abundant sunshine, and vibrant communi-ties where Anglo, Hispanic, Native American, and Mexican culturaltraditions coexist.

But living in this special place comes with a certain responsibility.This is the high desert, after all, where water is scarce and ecosystemsare easily damaged. Wagon ruts from more than a century ago arestill visible in some parts of the desert.

Sustainability is the key to preserving our way of life here. In fact,the survival of our cities may depend on it. As the population con-tinues to grow and climate change shrinks already limited waterresources, the pressure is on to get the most out of every last drop.Greenhouse gas emissions are on the rise, too, and developmentcontinues to encroach into wildlife habitat.

Here’s the good news: Northern New Mexico is brimming withcreative thinkers, entrepreneurs, artists, and policy-makers who aretaking on that challenge. We here at EcoSource like to call it “sus-tainability in action”—designing, building, creating, and formulat-ing ways to bring the way we live in closer alignment with thenatural environment of which we’re a part.

What exactly is sustainability? There are differing perspectiveson what it means, but the most widely accepted definition comesfrom the United Nations, which defines it simply as “meeting theneeds of the present without compromising the ability of futuregenerations to meet their own needs.”

All of the eco-minded hubbub here makes me even prouder to callNorthern New Mexico home. The next time I travel out of state, I’llbe sure to take a few copies of EcoSource with me to share.

April Reese, Editor

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Lynn Cline is an award-winning Santa Fe authorand editor who has written about literature, art, film, music, history, travel and food for

numerous publications, including The New YorkTimes, Sunset, Publisher’s Weekly, and Trend.

She writes a weekly food blog, Gourmet Girl, on SantaFe.com and is the owner of Writer’s Ink,

which provides social media marketing as well as writing services for local businesses.

Lynn is the author of Literary Pilgrims: The SantaFe and Taos Writers’ Colonies, 1917–1950

(University of New Mexico Press) and RomanticDays and Nights in Santa Fe (Globe Pequot Press).

Lyn Bleiler is a freelance writer and symposiumcoordinator. Her art and architecture backgroundincludes work with Michael Graves Architect, Frank O. Gehry & Associates, Harwood Museum of Art, Newcomb Art Gallery, and the JoanMitchell Foundation. She is recipient of twoEmily Harvey Foundation writing residencies inVenice, Italy, a PenTales Hemingway Fellowshipin Berlin, Germany, and is the author of a bookon Taos, N.M., for Arcadia Publishing’s Images ofAmerica Series.

contributors

Nancy Zimmerman, a former editor of Trend, is afreelance writer, editor, and translator based in

Tesuque, N.M., who writes frequently on art,architecture, and design. Her national magazine

work includes stints as editor-in-chief/associatepublisher of Islands, Southwest editor for Sunset,

and executive editor for Outside’s twice-yearlytravel issues. She is particularly interested in the

topics of health and sustainability as theypertain to the built environment.

Photographer Kerry Sherck moved to Santa Fe two years ago from the New YorkCity metropolitan area after falling in lovewith the desert landscape. She specializes in portrait and documentary work and has covered a wide variety of assignmentsand people, from presidential visits to theeveryday lives of immigrant laborers. Shestudied photography at L’Ecole TechniquePrivée de Photographie in Toulouse, France,on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship.When not working, she can be foundoutdoors, hiking in the mountains or desert.

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Her work includes multimedia installa-tions, drawings of ancient trees ingraphite and colored pencil, and paintings of native plants using the early Renaissance technique of oil overegg tempura. Fran has had six solomuseum shows across the United States.

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Community Gardens Take Root in Santa Fe

The high desert may seem like an unlikely place toplant a garden, but in Santa Fe at least a dozen com-munity gardens have taken root—part of a national

trend toward local food production.In response to concerns about rising food costs and genet-

ically modified foods, and an increasing awareness of thebenefits of growing your own food, more people are claim-ing space in these communal gardens, where a single pieceof land—typically city-owned—is divided into individualand group plots. The gardens produce vegetables, fruits,flowers, herbs, and more.

For homeowners who don’t have room for a garden intheir own backyard, or renters who are not allowed to planta garden, the gardens offer a chance to indulge their greenthumb in a shared space with like-minded neighbors.

The City of Santa Fe has its own program, Santa Fe Com-munity Gardens, that oversees several growing sites on city-owned lands. Those include Frenchy’s Garden withinFrenchy’s Park in the Osage neighborhood, the Railyardcommunity garden in the Guadalupe Street area, MacloviaPark Garden on the south side, and Sunny Slope in the WestAlameda neighborhood.

The idea, says Fabian Chavez, director of the city’s parksdivision, is to promote local gardening and food productionby providing garden space to Santa Fe residents, along withthe knowledge and resources to become successful gardeners.

By the end of the growing season, the gardens will haveproduced a cornucopia of food, including chiles, corn, toma-toes, eggplants, strawberries, and herbs. The program alsohosts an annual potluck gathering to share the feast andoffers a garden tour every year.

Planting seeds or seedlings, carefully tending them, andreaping the harvest gives people who participate in the gar-dens a greater connection to their food and the land, as wellas to each other. Some of the food also goes to feed the hun-gry and the homeless.

The gardens not only strengthen the sense of communityin a neighborhood, they also provide opportunities for fam-ilies to share the experience of growing their own food andfor kids to learn about the source of their food, Chavez says.

“The community garden is an activity that is family-ori-ented, for the littlest kid up to grandma and grandpa,” saysChavez, who launched the program to create communitygardens in city parks a few years ago.

The gardens also help realize the vision laid out in the Cityof Santa Fe’s sustainability plan, which calls for sustainablefood systems for the community (see page 38). Santa Fe

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Students from Eldorado Community School explorethe community garden next door to the school.

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Community Gardens emphasizes the useof organic methods, water-efficient sys-tems, and techniques that promote thelong-term health of the soil.

Recently, the group planted an orchardat Frenchy’s Park with 12 varieties of stan-dard fruit trees and is helping to create a45-tree orchard at the Adam GabrielArmijo Park off Cerro Gordo Road.

An added benefit of the gardens, Chavezsays, is that they bring people into the cityparks in the early morning and eveninghours, providing additional security toprotect against vandalism, graffiti, andother problems.

One of the largest gardens lies just out-side Santa Fe in Eldorado. The EldoradoSchool Community Garden is a thrivingorganic garden tended by about 75 garden-ers and groups of students from the adja-cent Eldorado Community School.Occupying almost two acres of raised andin-ground beds, the garden produceschiles, tomatoes, lettuce, beets, carrots,cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, garlic,radishes, kale, rutabaga, okra, beans, snowpeas, herbs, and more.

Throughout the Eldorado School Com-munity Garden, garden gnomes peek out from behindplants and rocks and a scarecrow stands guard to keep awaythe birds. Bamboo curtains provide shelter from the windand colorful murals remind visitors that this is a place wherechildren and adults come together to celebrate the benefitsof growing food together.

The garden—a collaboration among Eldorado residents,the school, Santa Fe County Master Gardeners, Youth Con-servation Corps, and Earth Works Institute—has becomeone of the most elaborate. It now has cold frames, hoophouses, composting, picnic area, new greenhouse, andperennial and cactus gardens. It even has a labyrinth thatoffers a meditative place for gardeners to relax and for kidsto have a time-out.

And the garden has brought together neighbors thatotherwise may have never met, particularly given Eldorado’s

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sprawling layout, where homes are spaced far apart. “We have 70 or 75 gardeners who’ve become fast friends,

and most of them didn’t know each other before. So it’sbecome a cause, and people are proud of growing their ownfood,” says George Henke, who led efforts to establish thegarden in 2009. “People are showing their kids how to growtheir own food and they are getting outside, enjoying thefresh air, and getting exercise.”

The garden administrators host free gardening workshops,he adds.

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Gardeners work their plots in the Eldorado School Community Garden(top and bottom) and the Milagro Community Garden (center).

The Railyard Park Community Garden in Santa Fe’s Guadalupe district

The garden is an outdoor classroom as well. Teachers fromthe Eldorado Community School next door bring their stu-dents to the garden to learn about growing food, and manystudents tend their own plots. They also paint murals, rocks,and birdhouses, adding an artistic flair to the garden.

Working the soil provides the students with a lessonthey’re likely to carry with them throughout their lives,Henke says.

“It’s a whole circle of life—of growing, of eating, of seeinghow things work together,” he says. “It’s intergenerational.We talk to the kids about what’s going on here. We puttogether lesson plans that integrate classroom experiencewith real world experience. You get to plant things, see howthey grow and then you get to eat food that is really healthyfor you.”

Many of the students are surprised to learn that the foodthey eat once grew out of the ground, he adds. “Most kidshave no idea where their food comes from,” Henke says.“They think it comes from a grocery store or a bag of chips.”

The gardeners pay a one-time fee of $30 to join the gar-den and then $30 a year for an individual plot or for use ofthe communal plots. Those who sign up for the communalgarden decide as a group what seeds to plant and thenwork out a schedule for planting, weeding, watering, andharvesting. Any surplus food is donated to the nearby Eldorado Senior Center.

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educational element. The Railyard Park Community Garden,located in the downtown Railyard area, offers a series ofworkshops to teach residents all about gardening. Organizedby the Railyard Stewards, a nonprofit organization that mod-els itself after New York’s Central Park Conservancy, the foodgarden is used by organizations, student groups, and indi-vidual residents. The gardens rely on water drawn from a400-year-old acequia and employ a “waffle garden” designbased on traditional Pueblo gardens. Waffle gardens aresunken beds surrounded by ground-level berms; depressionscatch the rainwater and keep the water close to plant roots.At the end of the growing season, the harvest is donated tolocal food banks or schools that use the garden.

The Milagro Community Garden, located on the southside of Santa Fe off Rodeo Road, also helps residents learngardening techniques as part of its program. Founded by agroup of volunteers more than a dozen years ago, the gardenoffers classes, seeds, and soil improvement materials to itsmembers. Currently, 34 plots are in use. Scholarships areavailable to help cover the cost of city water, tools, garden-ing materials, and other expenses. Monthly garden classesare open to the public during growing season.

The Santa Fe Community Farm, in the village of Agua Fria,has a different focus: feeding those who have difficulty feed-ing themselves. It donates its harvest to local groups thatfeed the homeless, poor, and disabled. The harvest of veg-etables and fruits is donated to Kitchen Angels, The FoodDepot, St. John’s Soup Kitchen, St. Elizabeth Shelter, andother charitable groups.

Founded by John Thompson, the nonprofit farm—whichhas been practicing sustainable agriculture for more than 60years—is a working model of small-scale urban food produc-tion. Volunteers tend the 12.5-acre farm, planting, harvest-ing, and learning about sustainable, organic agriculturetechniques.

Heading north to Tesuque, Tessa’s Garden stands as a liv-ing memorial to Tessa Horan, a young Santa Fe woman whowas killed in a shark attack while volunteering for the PeaceCorps on the island of Vava‘u in the Kingdom of Tonga.Each week, the garden produces nearly 30 pounds of food,which is donated to Kitchen Angels and The Food Depot tohelp feed the hungry.

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youth-oriented, community-building group Earth Care,offers an excellent example of how to make good use ofabandoned city land. Planted on a once-vacant lot onHopewell Street at Third Street, the project is a collaborationbetween the neighborhood and nonprofit Earth Care, whichprovides funding, staff support, and a mobile tool shed.

Santa Fe’s community gardens continue a long traditionof local people communally growing their own food. Com-munity gardens can be traced back thousands of years toAmerica’s indigenous people, who used a collaborativeapproach to growing food. Another early example of com-munity gardening involves a group of Moravians who, inthe 18th century, planted a community garden near Win-ston-Salem, N.C., that remains open to visitors today. Themodern community garden movement dates to the birth ofthe environmental movement in the 1960s, when morepeople started appreciating the benefits of growing theirown food.

Today community gardens are thriving. Boston, for exam-ple, has more than 180 and Denver more than 100. Seattle’sprogram, which began in the 1970s when a student starteda plot to support a local food bank, has grown to more than1,900 plots in 68 locations, encompassing 23 acres and yield-ing 12.3 tons of food in a single year.

As Santa Fe’s community gardens gear up for this year’sgrowing season, gardeners are readying their beds, improv-ing the soil, and choosing seeds and selecting where theywill be planted. The groups—which are already planningpotlucks and lectures on topics such as Fruit Trees and Bees,Watcher Catchment, and Garden Design—are continuing thelongstanding tradition of working the land to producehomegrown food, all the while strengthening the fabric ofneighborhoods and helping nourish those in need.

Santa Fe Community Gardenssantafecommunitygardens.org

Eldorado School Community Gardeneldoradoschoolcommunitygarden.com

Santa Fe Community Farmsantafecommunityfarm.org

Tessa’s Gardentessahoran.com

RESOURCES

Pause for a moment. Take a deep breath, look out to our uniquely spectacular horizon, and consider the big picture. What really matters? Isn’t it the health and happiness of each of us, our families and friends, our livelihoods, our communities, and the natural systems that are the bigger economy that we all depend upon?

Every time we encounter the news, we can’t help but wonder “what difference can I make in the seemingly immense landscape of political, economic, social, and environmental issues?”

In the small community of Eldorado, hundreds of citizens have decided that plugging into local practices of sustainability is a meaningful path to empowerment, health, and satisfaction. Let’s look at just some of the forms this takes.

• An amazing consortium of students, teachers, and community gardeners have created an oasis of learn-ing, food production, and intergenerational relationships in the clean and green environment of the Eldo-rado School Community Garden.

• On both sides of the street, intrepid business people have created a cornucopia of cafes, restaurants, spas, fitness centers, investment agencies, and other sources of goods and services that allow us to circulate our dollars locally and work and shop where we live.

• We have a Farmers Market and many people belong to a Community Supported Agriculture program, both of which connect local sources of healthy food to local, consumers who know “you are what you eat.”

• Over 100 residents have made the commitment to go solar, saving precious dollars, keeping those dollars local and leading by example in the energy revolution so essential to our long term well being.

• Hundreds of residents harvest water and some use natural systems to treat and reuse even the water from their septic systems, recognizing that “agua es vida,” especially in our xeric climate zone.

• Individuals and families hike, bike, and even participate in trail maintenance, ecological restoration, and bioregional educational activities within our greenbelts and our 4,200 acre community preserve.

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The consequences of these simple activities are the very things that hold the most promise for addressing our deepest yearnings and our gravest problems, and they are especially relevant for a “subrural” community like ours:

• We create community and social capital

• We lower our carbon footprint

• We engage the multiplier-effect and stimulate our local economy

• We model for our children and give them hope

• We reconnect with our natural systems and re-learn ecological balance

• We are happier and healthier and remember more often what matters most

So please, continue with or jump into the movement for a sustainable Eldorado. Eat local, shop local, invest local, power local, recycle, educate for the long haul, save water . . . and tell a friend!

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CFS CGREENSanta Fe Community College moves the green revolution out of the laboratories and into real life

Santa Fe may sometimes seem like a quaint outpost where thepast is frozen in time. But out along the windswept expansessouthwest of downtown, miles from the picturesque huddle ofadobe structures that give the city its historic flavor, cutting-edge developments are afoot. At Santa Fe Community College, agreener, more sustainable approach to living and working has

taken root, propelling the city to the forefront of 21st-century innovation.The seeds were planted back in 2000, when Santa Fe County created the

Community College Planning District with the goal of incorporating sus-tainability into all future development in the area surrounding SFCC. Theidea was to build respect for the environment while promoting commu-nity, connectedness, and economic development. In 2004, SFCC createdits Center for Community Sustainability, offering classes in renewableenergy, water conservation, and environmental technologies. That sameyear, the City of Santa Fe adopted an economic development plan with

the aim of establishing the city as a leader in renewable energy.Community response was enthusiastic, and things progressed quickly. By

2006, the college had created an Associate in Applied Science degree pro-gram and a certification program in Environmental Technologies. It alsohired a new president, Dr. Sheila Ortego, who built on the existing infra-structure to realize a far-reaching vision of sustainable technologies.

“My plan was to train students for high-skill, high-wage jobs,” saysOrtego. “Going green wasn’t part of my original thinking, although I wascertainly interested in attracting clean industry for our workforce. Butthere was a big push from employees and students for green programs, sowe blended our visions.”

Ortego embraced the idea of promoting environmentally sound build-ing practices and ramped up efforts to supply the marketplace with skilledworkers trained in all aspects of green technology. “The community hasbeen very supportive, passing two bond measure to finance our efforts,”she says. “It’s really a perfect fit for Santa Fe, a kind of collision of like values and common goals that we can reach by working together.”

“Sheila deserves a lot of credit,” says Randy Grissom, dean of Economicand Workforce Solutions and director of the college’s Sustainable

“I can see the jobs of the future being born righthere!”—Nancy Sutley, Chair, White House Councilon Environmental Quality

BY NANCY ZIMMERMAN

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striking. The LED lighting has reduced electricity consumptionby about 54 percent, and since the installation of the biomassheating system, which burns waste wood from area forests inlow-emission furnaces, campus heating costs have plunged dramatically. “We actually got a call from PNM asking if ourmeters were broken because our consumption had dropped toalmost nothing,” laughs Ortego.

The Sustainable Technologies Center encompasses the School ofTrades and Technology, housed in the new state-of-the-art Tradesand Advanced Technology Building, which began in 2008 and iscontinuously undergoing improvement. “The building is intendedto be a symbol of sustainability,” says Grissom. “We’ll be applyingfor LEED certification when it’s completed, but in the meantimewe’re already at the Gold level, and hope to achieve a Platinumrating by the time we’re finished.”

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification is the process by which the U.S. Green BuildingCouncil solicits independent verification that buildings, homes,or communities are designed and built using strategies forachieving high performance in areas such as sustainable sitedevelopment, efficiency in water and energy use, materials selec-tion, and indoor environmental quality. Ratings are based on a110-point scale ranging from basic certification to Silver, Gold,and Platinum levels.

The Trades and Advanced Technology Building is already amodel of energy frugality: even in a total blackout, its 17,000-gallon solar tank can heat the building for up to three

Technologies Center. “She had the idea early on to make SFCC aleader, and she set an example. She was one of the original signa-tories and the first college president in New Mexico to join theAmerican College and University Presidents Climate Commit-ment, and she led the way in developing a five-year strategic planthat included a commitment that all the college’s actions wouldfollow the principles of sustainability.”

To that end, a number of initiatives to reduce the institution’scarbon footprint are underway, including:

• A campus-wide recycling program• Installation of campus-wide low-consumption LED lighting• Installation of a biomass training unit, housed at the Early

Childhood Development Center• Installation of an automated biomass heating system that

heats the entire campus• Recycling of wastewater for campus irrigation• Installation of a computerized control system to maximize the

efficiency of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems • Installation of solar thermal collectors to heat the campus

swimming pool• Installation of a grid-connected solar photovoltaic system• Campus-wide use of recycled copy paper• Free filtered water to reduce the use of plastic bottles• Food-service utensils made from biodegradable material• Establishment of a Green Task Force made up of faculty,

students, staff, and community membersThese initiatives are succeeding in ways both subtle and

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days. “In fact, during the 2011 outage when the area’s natural gas supply wasinterrupted during extremely cold weather and public buildings were beingshut down, we were designated to become a shelter,” says Grissom. “It turnedout that wasn’t needed, fortunately, but we were ready to help if necessary.”

With the entire campus now increasingly walking the walk as well as talkingthe talk, the curriculum for training students to work in the green economyhas taken center stage. Far-reaching in scope, it incorporates both theoreticaland practical elements in project-based learning situations. With a major inEnvironmental Technology, students can be certified to fill such positions asgreen building project manager, green energy foundation project manager,energy auditor and analyst, environmental planner, public utility regulationsanalyst, and environmental risk management assistant, among others. Thosewho obtain a certificate in the Solar Energy Program can seek careers in solarindustry sales and technical support, solar photovoltaic systems installation,solar hot water installation, solar software design engineering, and solar con-struction project management. Another certificate program, Water TreatmentOperations, trains students to operate water or wastewater treatment facilitiesand to obtain certification from the New Mexico Environment Department.Additional programs in Green Building Systems and Green Building Skills trainstudents as home-improvement retrofitters to install energy-efficient appli-ances and insulation, and to work as green carpenters, plumbers, electricians,and construction managers.

SFCC is also the base for the New Mexico Energy$mart Academy, where stu-dents and industry professionals learn energy-saving techniques for weather-ization, HVAC auditing, infrared thermography, and other specialties. Througha grant from the Department of Energy, free green-jobs training is offeredthroughout the state via a mobile training lab that includes a pressure cabin,combustion training lab, attic demonstration unit, and insulation trainingwall. Project manager Amanda Evans says that the classes are geared to con-form to EPA and OSHA requirements for health and safety, with attention paidto hazardous materials like lead and asbestos.

“It’s a phenomenal opportunity for contractors, architects, appraisers, andgovernment officials to update their skills,” says Evans. “This is importantbecause existing buildings were constructed under whatever codes were ineffect at the time, and there are health and safety consequences for home-owners and companies if the contractors they hire to do the retrofitting don’tunderstand how the new systems work.”

“Most businesses and homeowners are now beginning to see that there areeconomic reasons to build green and to retrofit existing buildings,” points out

“It’s really a perfect fit for Santa Fe, a kind of collisionof like values and common goals that we can reach by working together.”

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Grissom. “It’s gone from being primarily an environmental movement to an eco-nomic one. Buildings cost a little more initially, but those costs are recouped in energy savings over time, so it makes economic sense to go green.

“We’re not only training people in specific skills,” he adds, “but also in entrepre-neurship and creative thinking. In our community, green businesses are well received,and we encourage our graduates to start businesses of their own.”

Luke Spangenburg, who in 2010 became the first graduate of the EnvironmentalTechnology Program in Applied Science/Solar, has done just that. In addition to working at SFCC as an instructor and director of its Biofuels Centers of ExcellenceGrant, he is CEO of New Solutions Energy Corporation, a Santa Fe–based companycreating algae growing systems and providing technical support to promote the use of algae in food production and sustainable energy projects.

“SFCC’s hands-on approach is about applied knowledge in the real world,” he says.“In biofuels we have about 80 years of academic research but only a couple of years of applied research. I chose to work with algae because of its promise as a fuel and alsoas a nutrient. Algae creates more than 50 percent of the world’s oxygen, and for everyton it produces, it absorbs 1.8 tons of carbon dioxide, so it’s effective in combatingglobal warming. You can use it as a soil remediator, fly airplanes on it, make plasticand even high-grade pharmaceuticals with it.”

Spangenburg’s enthusiasm for his chosen field and the college’s program stems fromrecognizing the need for real-time skills and products that make use of the knowledgeyielded by high-level research. “It’s one thing to make a beautiful Ferrari, and anotherthing to drive it,” he notes. “SFCC trains people to put their knowledge to work, and

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Get InvolvedYou don’t have to be enrolled in credit classes to support andparticipate in SFCC’s green revolution. Here are some ways tojoin the effort:

• Continue supporting bond issues to fund the college’s build-ing and retrofit initiatives. “The community support for our bondelections has been key to our ability to move these programs for-ward,” says Randy Grissom, director of the School of Trades andTechnology. “We’re very grateful for it.”

• Take a class. In addition to the credit courses and certifica-tion/degree programs, a number of classes are offered to the pub-lic through the Continuing Education Program. The HomeBuilding and Design Series includes Introduction to Green Build-ing, Great Southwest Design in an Energy-Efficient Home, Energy-Efficient Remodeling, and Renewable Energy Systems. There arealso classes in water harvesting and recycling.

• Attend a lecture. The college hosts a Let’s Talk Greenlecture series and intensive hands-on events covering everythingfrom zero-waste to sustainable agriculture to composting.Included is a series of sustanability educational seminars by nonprofit Carbon Economy Series, an organization that has partnered with the college to feature renowned speakers on topics such as safe food systems and waste-to-revenue streams.carboneconomyseries.com

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so students can hike and bike to campus and encouraging carpoolingby designating carpool parking closer to the front door. They’re alsolooking into buying small buses and vans that run on biofuels, sup-plied in part by the college, to pick up commuters at train stationsand bus stops, and hope to provide free or low-cost plug-ins for electric cars.

All of this activity has put the college, and Santa Fe County, on themap as a leader in the movement toward economic and environmen-tal sustainability. Visitors have come from around the country and as far away as North Korea to view the operations, and the NationalWildlife Federation brought SFCC officials to a conference in Wash-ington, D.C., to share information about their programs and projects.

The college’s work dovetails with federal efforts to stimulate job creation through green initiatives that reduce energy consumption,explore alternative energy sources, and promote environmentalhealth. As the federal government works to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy through sustainable building and energypolicies, the college has emerged as a prime example of how that canbe done. In July 2011, when Nancy Sutley, chair of the White HouseCouncil on Environmental Quality, toured the facilities, she said, “I can see the jobs of the future being born right here!”

Perhaps the most surprising—and encouraging—aspect of SFCC’sgreen accomplishments is the fact that they’ve been facilitated by anuncommon collaboration among federal, county, city, business, andnonprofit entities working in cooperation with the college. “Santa Feis very receptive to green efforts,” says Ortego. “We’re lucky to live in a place that has that mindset. This kind of cooperation makes somany things possible.”

the positive environment is contagious; there’s a lot of energyand excitement, and they’ve got the most impressive lab inthe state.”

The overall sustainability project remains a work in progress.“We have a sustainability steering community, which works asa centralized repository for ideas—we’re constantly looking atnew initiatives like composting projects, setting up a commu-nity garden that can supply our culinary arts program and ourcafeteria, and putting lights on timers to reduce waste,” saysGrissom.

The committee is seeking to minimize the impact of the col-lege’s commuters, working with the county to improve trails

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anta Fe is drenched in sunshine most of the year, there’s a river running through it, and it’s inhabited by a populace that, compared

to other cities of its size, is fairly well-informed about environmentalissues. And yet, 99 percent of the city’s electricity still comes from

coal, the Santa Fe River runs dry much of the year, and only a fraction of the population recycles.

But in the last few years, city officials, with considerable help fromlocal non-profit organizations and residents, have set out to shrink

the city’s ecological footprint and live in greater alignment with the desertecosystem from which it was carved 400 years ago.

First, as part of its Economic Development Strategy, the city set the lofty goal of turning Santa Fe into the “clean energy capital of the U.S.” Then, building on that promise, the city council adopted the Sustainable Santa Fe plan in2008, which lays out a detailed blueprint for how the city will reduce its emis-sions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, ramp up waterconservation, restore the city’s namesake river, get more people to recycle, andgenerally do a better job of living within the natural limits that come with set-ting up residence in the high desert.

Sustainability—which the city’s website defines as “taking care of the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability to meet the needs of future generations” through a combination of environmental stewardship, economic health, and social justice—is important not only to conserve the natural resources of the Santa Fe area but also to ensure its continued existence as we know it, city officials say. As the Southwest’s arid climate becomes evendrier and hotter with the onset of climate change, the region is quickly becom-ing ground zero for two of the country’s biggest and most intractable chal-lenges: energy and water.

Santa Fe needs to do its part to respond to those challenges—sooner rather than later, says Santa Fe Mayor David Coss. “I think it’s just good planning tofigure out how you’re gonna deal with the issues we can all see, whether its

BY APRIL REESE PHOTOS BY KERRY SHERCK

The “City Different” Aims to Become the “City Greenest,” One Step at a Time

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global climate change—I think that’sthe biggest one—or how we use natu-ral resources, whether it’s water, landor the air,” he says. “The societyknows enough to say what we’ve beendoing the last 100 years isn’t gonnawork for the next 100.”

he centerpiece of thecity’s sustainability

efforts is the Sustainable Santa Fe Plan. Developed inresponse to the U.S. Confer-

ence of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, which he Cityadopted in 2006, the plan primarilyfocuses on slashing greenhouse gasemissions but also addresses waterconservation, recycling, river restora-tion, and food production.

Considering that 99 percent of thecity’s power comes from coal-firedpower plants, diversifying Santa Fe’senergy portfolio is a top priority in the plan. It calls for cutting emissionsthrough efficiency to reduce demandand through the development of clean,renewable forms of energy, such as solar, wind, and geothermal.

Vehicles account for about 17 per-cent of the greenhouse gases producedin New Mexico—a smaller percentagethan in other, more populous statesbut still significant. To try to get thatpercentage down, the plan calls forencouraging more people to leavetheir cars at home and take the bus,bike to work, carpool, or, for thosewho commute to Albuquerque, takethe Rail Runner Express train.

Water also receives a lot of attentionin the plan. Noting that Northern New

Mexico will become even drier than italready is as climate change worsens,strapping already limited water sup-plies, the plan outlines 12 differentwater-related actions, including devel-opment of a water conservation strate-gic plan, expanding incentive programsto encourage people to use less water, figuring out ways to better track wateruse and identify leaks, stepping upenforcement of water violations, andincreasing the use of treated effluent.

Acknowledging the city’s lacklusterrecycling rates, the plan also sets sev-eral goals for keeping more trash out ofthe landfill. Those include encouragingmore people to take advantage of thecity’s curbside recycling program,expand that program to include elec-tronic waste, and provide incentives for businesses to recycle more. The citycan slash its own waste by changingpurchasing policies to favor suppliersthat have “take back” programs fortheir recyclable products, the plannotes.

A fairly strong local food movementhas evolved in Santa Fe in recent years,and the growing interest in sustainablefood production is reflected in theplan. It calls for creating a “City Har-vest” program to provide more oppor-tunities for growing, processing,storing, and selling food locally; tomap and inventory productive landthat could be used for sustainablesmall-scale farming; and developguidelines for how to grow food in thehigh desert.

One of the plan’s most innovativeideas is to create a program that wouldmatch people who have space to grow

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food with people who want to grow it but don’t have the space.Such “temporary occupancy programs” would “allow people to earn tens of thousands of dollars using other people’s land,including backyards,” according to the plan.

The document is designed to change over time to reflect theprogress the city makes, the emergence of new technology, lessons learned, and evolving conditions.

Several other cities around the country have also adopted sustainability plans, including Santa Monica, Calif., New YorkCity, Fort Collins, Colo., and El Paso, Texas. But Santa Fe’s blueprint is one of the most ambitious.

Putting the plan into action requires the commitment of local government officials and citizens alike, Coss points out.For instance, the city has expanded its bike trail system andconverted its bus fleet to compressed natural gas, but it’s up to residents to take advantage of those options.

The city has taken several steps toward implementing the

plan, including: adopting a green building code for residentialhousing; replacing incadescent traffic signal bulbs with LEDbulbs; replacing the city’s vehicle fleet with highly efficient,alternative-fuel models; and offering tax breaks to homeownerswho install solar systems (see page 48).

It also has undertaken projects to restore sections of the SantaFe River, and recently, the city council adopted a “Living River”ordinance that will allow more water to be released from thecity’s reservoirs to boost flows. There’s also a pilot program toinstall permeable pavement to reduce stormwater runoff byallowing the water to seep into the ground, which helps raise thewater table. And to advance food security goals, the city hasestablished a Food Policy Council and set up community gar-dens in city parks (see page 16).

So far, many of those efforts appear to be paying off. Forexample, the city’s water conservation efforts, such as encourag-ing residents to switch out water-hogging toilets for low-flow

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models and use drought-tolerant plants in land-scaping, have resulted in per capita water consump-tion dropping from 137 gallons per person per dayto 103 gallons a day over a seven-year period. Andthe city’s new convention center is LEED-certified,meaning it meets energy efficiency standards andother requirements established for new buildingsby the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program.

But in other areas, the plans’ goals remain elusive.For instance, while the plan set a goal of increasingparticipation in the city’s curbside recycling programto 85 percent by 2010, participation remains woefullylow: Only about 10 percent of Santa Feans recycle.

Measuring the city’s overall progress can betricky given all the different pieces of the plan and the various parties involved in implementingit, says Camilla Bustamante, former chair of theSustainable Santa Fe Commission and director of the Sostanga Center for Sustainable Food, Agriculture and Environment.

“It’s hard to ascertain how well the actual imple-mentation is going, because as you read the plan it’s really reliant on grassroots initiatives, and thoseinitiatives don’t get communicated as well as theyshould,” says Bustamante, who also serves as thedean of the Workforce, Community, and CareerTechnology Education Department at NorthernNew Mexico College.

The Sustainable Santa Fe Commission, which is charged with implementing the plan, is workingon changing that, she adds.

While the city’s gradual transformation may notbe that apparent to most residents, its sustainabilityefforts are beginning to attract national attention:Just last month, Travel & Leisure magazine namedSanta Fe the 10th greenest city in the U.S. out of a total of 22. But many say the City Different still has a long way to go to truly set itself apartas one of the nation’s most environmentallyresponsible cities. Workers sort recyclables at the Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station.

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A two-wheeled commuter bikes acrossthe Santa Fe River. The city recentlyexpanded its bike trail system andagreed to release 1,000 acre-feet ofwater each year from its reservoirs toincrease flows in the river.

Left: Matt Romero of Romero Farmsinspects crops in Alcalde, N.M.Expanding sustainable agriculture is part of the city's plan to lessen its environmental impacts.

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Mayor Coss remains optimistic. He says hebelieves the city is poised to become a leader in renewable energy. “I hope to see a rapidincrease in the use of solar energy in Santa Fehomes and businesses,” he says. The mayor isalso excited about the prospect of adopting a commercial green building code—but not until the economy recovers, so that the newrequirements will be easier for builders toabsorb. “I think we’ll be very proactive on that and energy,” he says.

Bustamante, for one, is confident that SantaFe eventually will reach the deeper shade ofgreen it’s striving for.

“I think that with everything in there, theobjectives are doable,” she says. “It’s good toshoot high. But we have to start small, so wedon’t get overwhelmed.”

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hese days, it’s easier and more affordable than ever toturn even the oldest, draftiest house into a green

home, humming with solar-powered electricity and chockfull of energy-efficient appliances and water-saving fea-tures. Tax credits and other incentives can help reduce the

cost of big projects, such as installing a solar system, andeven small, inexpensive upgrades can make a big difference.

There are plenty of good reasons to make those green retrofits.Replacing fossil-fuel-based electricity and heating systems reducesyour contribution to climate change, lowers utility bills, and raiseshome equity. Northern New Mexico gets most of its power fromtwo coal-fired power plants: San Juan Generating Station and FourCorners Power Plant, both west of Farmington, N.M.

Nationwide, coal generates more than half of the electricity inthe U.S., contributing significantly to the country’s air pollution,according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. RandyMulkey of Bella Solar, a Santa Fe company that installs solar powersystems, says that’s a very good reason to go solar. “We burn morethan one billion tons a year, which makes coal a major cause ofglobal warming, smog, sludge, and countless chemicals,” Mulkeysays. In New Mexico, power plants contribute 84.6 percent to thestate’s direct greenhouse gas emissions, according to the EPA.

Consequently, switching from coal to solar, wind, biomass, geot-hermal, or other alternative energy sources will help reduce pollu-tion and greatly decrease your carbon footprint. At 7,000 feet inthe high desert, Santa Fe receives an abundance of sun and wind,

making it a prime spot for alternative energy production. In fact,New Mexico ranks second only behind Arizona for solar powerpotential in the country. Solar is even capable of providing moreenergy than the state currently uses, according to the New MexicoEnergy Conservation and Management Division.

It makes sense, then, to power up with a solar system, whichconverts sunlight into electricity. While harnessing the sun’senergy to generate power is not cheap, tax credits and financialincentives can help you earn back some of the investment. Forinstance, Public Service of New Mexico (PNM) offers RenewableEnergy Certificates (RECs) to residents who install solar power sys-tems that generate more power than the household uses, which iscommon. PNM buys RECs for 6 cents per kWh. Essentially, RECsamount to compensation for the power you send back to the grid.About 2,400 customers currently participate in the grid-tied solarpower system credit program, according to Susan Sponsar, aspokesperson for the utility.

PNM also offers customers a way to support the company’s vol-untary wind power generation program. When you sign up for thePNM Sky Blue Program, you are purchasing renewable energy gen-erated by New Mexico’s winds, either by buying “blocks” of 100kilowatt-hours of electricity at 52 cents per month, or subscribingfor 90 percent of your monthly electric consumption.

New Mexico has ramped up its commitment to solar power inrecent years. The state has pledged that by 2020, 20 percent of itsenergy will be produced by renewable sources, and 20 percent of

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A typical graywater treatment system filters, stores, and disinfectsthe water for reuse. You can collect the water simply by removingthe trap from the drainpipe of a sink and then placing a bucketbeneath the pipe. Another method is to connect a hose to yourwashing machine and run it to your septic tank. But a more pro-fessional system involves the septic tank, filter, and water purifier.You can apply the treated water to lawns, gardens, and trees, butnot on seedlings, root vegetables, or plants that need acidic soil.There are many kinds of systems on the market at varying pricesranging from less than $1,000 to more than $10,000.

When it comes to heating your home, consider replacing yournatural gas or oil furnace with a biomass energy system, whichturns organic matter such as wood pellets, chips, or small logs intoenergy sources. Depending on your system, you can power a sin-gle room or an entire building as well as your hot water boiler. Bio-mass energy systems cost between $1,000 and $4,000, dependingon the type of system.

Geothermal energy offers yet another potential green energysource for your home. Geothermal heat pumps use the stable,even heat of the earth to provide air conditioning, heating, andhot water. They don’t generate heat by burning fuel, like a fur-nace, but rather tap the earth’s natural heat through a series offluid-filled pipes installed underground or submersed in a pond orlake. The pipes carry the heated fluid inside the house, where acompressor and heat exchanger concentrate the energy andrelease it through the ductwork.

During winter, the pump carries the underground heat into thehome, and in summer the pump draws the heat from the houseand transfers it to the ground. The constant temperature of theearth makes geothermal heat pumps one of the most energy-effi-cient technologies currently available, although they are notcheap, costing between $11,000 and $33,000. Much of the costinvolves installation, an elaborate process that can include drillingand infrastructure.

But the payoff is considerable: Geothermal heat pumps canlower your energy bills by as much as 30 to 40 percent, accordingto the EPA, which now offers ratings of geothermal heat pumpsin its Energy Star program. And because some parts of the systemare located below ground, protected from extreme weather, themaintenance costs usually are lower as well.

Here are some other easy, low-cost ways to go green around thehouse: • Use a programmable thermostat. For each degree that you lower

that renewable energy must be solar. To help remove impedi-ments to reaching that goal, the New Mexico legislature passedan amendment to the Solar Rights Act in 2007 that prohibitshomeowner associations and cities from banning the installationof solar panels.

As an incentive to get more people to go solar, the state has cre-ated the New Mexico Solar Market Development Tax Credit,which provides a 10 percent personal income tax credit, with a capat $9,000, if you purchase and install a certified solar power sys-tem. On top of that, the federal government offers a 30 percentfederal tax credit.

The average solar system costs between $10,000 and $30,000,but with the savings you get from no longer having to purchaseelectricity, you can see an immediate return on investment withinthe first month, although it can take eight to 10 years for the sys-tem to actually pay for itself, says John Gwynn of Bella Solar. Fur-thermore, going solar can increase the value of your home by$12,000 or more.

If you want to install a solar energy system but don’t have thecash on hand, you can take advantage of a low-interest loan fromHomewise, a Santa Fe nonprofit that helps working New Mexicanspurchase a home or finance home improvement projects. “Youcan actually see a positive cash flow—the tax credit and free elec-tricity plus the REC payments may generate $100 a month, whichwill easily cover the interest on your loan payment to Homewise,”says Mulkey.

But if the finances still don’t work to install a solar system rightnow, there are plenty of other steps you can take to reduce yourhome’s energy use that require less of a financial commitment.Amanda Evans, project manager for Santa Fe Community Col-lege’s New Mexico Energy$mart Academy, advises undertakingsmaller green projects that will give you considerable bang for yourbuck on a modest budget.

For instance, you can wrap your hot water heater and pipeswith insulation, switch to energy-efficient light bulbs, andweather-strip your doors, she says. “And make sure your water isnot too hot and your refrigerator is not too cold, because that’swasting energy,” she adds.

You can also make your home more environmentally sustain-able by installing a graywater treatment system, which recycleswastewater from baths, washing machines, dishwashers, and otherhousehold sources to be used for gardens, landscape irrigation sys-tems, and toilets.

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your thermostat during an eight-hour period, energy use drops by1 percent. If you lower it by 10 degrees at night, for example,you’ll save 10 percent of your energy use.• Switch to energy-efficient LED and compact fluorescent lightbulbs.• Install dual flush or other types of water-wise toilets and ultra lowflow showerheads and faucet heads.• Install energy-efficient windows.• Choose energy-efficient Energy Star appliances and equipment.• Insulate the attic, basement, and hot water heater.• Insulate hot water pipes with rubber or polyethylene tubes thatprevent the heat from dissipating.• Conduct a home energy audit to identify air leaks and other inef-ficiencies. • Use eco-friendly roofing materials made of recycled rubber andplastics in roof replacements.• Install doorsweeps and weather-stripping to prevent air leakage.• Dry clothes on a clothesline.• Prevent appliances, electronics, and computers from drawingpower in standby mode. When not in use, turn them off withpower strips, light timers, or simply unplug them.

Even just a few retrofits can go a long way in reducing the eco-logical footprint of your home. Whether you’re willing to investin a sophisticated solar power system, a graywater treatment system, and energy efficient windows, or take smaller steps suchas insulating your pipes, installing a programmable thermostat,and using power strips, you’ll decrease your emissions of green-house gases, save money, and increase the value of your home.

PNM Sky Blue Program pnm.com/customers/sky_blue.htm

Homewisehomewise.org

Energy Starenergystar.gov/index.cfm?c=tax_credits.tx_index

Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiencydsireusa.org

Solar Bella solarbella.net

New Mexico Energy$mart Academy sfcc.edu/NM_energySmart_academy

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Cost-effective homes with small or even net-zero annual utility bills have been wishful thinking…until now. On Saturday, March 17, Natural Homes Marketing Group and Trend Magazine hosted the premiere of a new line of Zero Energy Solar Homes by Renaissance Builders of Santa Fe, N.M.

These solar homes have taken a big step forward with the support of the American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act, expanding the federal LEED program (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) with crucial research. Zero Energy Solar Homes are competitive in price and quality with conventional homes, offer substantial energy savings, have a reduced carbon footprint, and include significant state and federal tax credits.

Zero Energy Solar Homes include custom features like high, beamed ceilings, solid stone countertops, and covered portals. They are being built for a lower cost than some conventional custom homes and include—for no additional cost—state-of-the-art super-insulated walls, ceilings, and floors; extra-efficient boilers, light-ing, and appliances; whole-house heat recovery ventilation; and solar panels on the roof. These features can provide enough energy savings and solar electric generation to attain close to a net-zero annual utility bill.

Alan Hoffman is the director of Natural Homes, an environmental marketing group within Logic Real Estate, with more than 30 years experience in designing, building, and marketing solar homes. Natural Homes is offering these Zero Energy Solar Homes at prices starting under $300,000, including lot, in many communi-ties in the Santa Fe area.

There are a number of Zero Energy Solar Homes complete and available for viewing, and more are under construction. Visit NewVillage.com to see plans and pricing and learn how you can attain a home that will serve you and your family for years to come.

For information contact Alan Hoffman, 505-316-0449, [email protected], newvillage.com

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These supporters of the recent Zero Energy Home premiere are dedicated to achieving a cleaner, healthier, energy-independent nation by promoting a sustain-able, healthy lifestyle and providing innovative equipment and materials to reduce America’s carbon footprint.

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EcoSource, a new guide to sustainability in action and living well in Santa Fe and Taos. ecotrendsource.com

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Taos Mesa Brewing & Rock Garden Amphitheater Bring Environmental Sustainability to the World of Microbrews

IIn 2007, a few good friends with a shared appreciation forlively music, micro-brewed beer, and environmentally respon-sible living joined forces to create the Taos Mesa Brewing andRock Garden Amphitheater. Located on Highway 64 near theRio Grande Gorge Bridge, the complex includes one of the

largest solar greenhouse collectors in the brewing industry, an indoorstage and dance floor, and two outdoor stages—an amphitheater anda smaller, more intimate deck.

With opening scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, partners DanIrion, Gary Feurerman, Peter Kolshorn, and Jayson Wylie will give the

Taos community locally produced beer, a first-rate performance venue, and a green gathering place to, as GaryFeurerman says, “let go of your worries and enjoy the astounding views.”

“Right from the start our whole ethos was to create a building and business that was as environmentally sus-tainable as possible using limited resources,” Peter Kolshorn added. “While of course good for the planet, it iseven better from a business standpoint. Brewing beer is very energy intensive.”

Builder/developer Kolshorn took the reins in designing the facility. He knew from previous projects thathybrid buildings combining lightweight pumice concrete and Quonset hut-type structures are simple and cost-effective and add design elements unachievable with any other construction method. He worked with architectsDouglas Patterson and brother Johannes Kolshorn of the Living Design Group Architects, as well as ScottMacHardy, local general contractor for Pumice-Crete® of New Mexico, on ways to create an inviting space.

“The arch shape of the Quonset is really great for framing the landscape we have in Taos, so a glass wall ofthe brewery has been designed to capture magnificent mountain views and is a pleasing architectural detailthat can be seen from the highway,” Kolshorn explains. “It turns the simple shape of the Quonset arch into a

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beautiful sculpture.” Various metal finishes such as raw steel meant to oxi-dize, polished steel for window mullions, and copper patina lend interest and

color contrast.Perhaps most importantly, however, is the solar greenhouse collector, a low-

tech way to harness the sun’s energy to heat the building and preheat water forbrewing. A polycarbonate layer over the metal exterior of the building’s south side

attracts the sun’s rays, heating the air inside in excess of 190 degrees. Copper pipes filledwith glycol absorb the heat, then a series of pumps carry the heated glycol to heat

exchange units inside the brewery. Some of this water heats the building while the rest isused for brewing. The team estimates that this solar greenhouse will reduce their energy needs 60 to 70 per-

cent. Additionally, 100-foot troughs running the length of each side of the Quonset buildingare expected to harvest between 35,000 and 40,000 gallons of rainwater annually for vegetation,

cleaning, and sanitation.Holshorn’s knack for finding salvaged materials has helped keep building costs down. Portions of hole-

punched metal shelving from a defunct Borders bookstore were transformed into attractive wall sconces lin-ing the perimeter of the theater, and an art installation of raven feathers (representative of Taos Mesa Brewing’s

logo) made from wooden shelving acts as baffling agents to enhance stage acoustics. Ground colored glass fromthe Taos Recycling Center sprinkled throughout the concrete liven up the main hall floor, and a layer of used tires

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Partner Dan Irion, a member of the popular “discofunkgrass” band LastTo Know, brought firsthand understanding of backstage requirements. A rear

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relax before shows. At the bar, managing member and head brewer Jayson Wylie reports that the

offerings will include nine distinctive brews on tap, five staple products, and three tofour seasonal or specialty beers in rotation. By using local grain from the San Luis Valley

for brewing, the facility further reduces its ecological footprint. Spent grain will be usedas eco-friendly landscaping compost and as chicken feed, with plans to trade the feed for

local chicken meat once food service begins.Future plans include adding a reusable water system to work in conjunction with the facility’s

septic system, an arc-shaped solar array behind the amphitheater to serve as a shade structure foroutdoor shows, and a conversion system for turning heat energy into refrigeration for beer storage.While the four partners have invested a great deal of heart and sweat equity into the project, they

are quick to acknowledge having lots of help along the way—even trading shares in the business for pro-fessional services. “One of the great things I have seen come about through the process of design and construction is how much

local support we have received from people who want to see a cool project like this come to fruition,” Gary Feur-erman observed. “We’ve had a huge amount of free, outside human energy contributed to our project. We hope to

give back with good music, great beer, and lots of fun times for the people of Taos.” taosmesabrewing.com

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Cosmetics may make you look good, butoften the chemicals they’re made ofare not so pretty. Taos-based Vapour

Organic Beauty produces a line of non-toxiccosmetics that have just as much stayingpower—and aesthetic appeal—as conven-tional brands. The company’s mission is tocreate cosmetics that are safe, healthy, andgood for the planet, says Kristine Keheley,who co-founded the company with KrysiaBoinis. Vapour Organic Beauty products con-tain a minimum of 70 percent certifiedorganic ingredients, with the remaining 30percent comprised of mineral pigments andnatural vitamins. The company doesn’t useany of the irradiated, chemical, or petroleumingredients commonly found in cosmetics.

The company takes a “cradle to grave”approach to its operation, incorporating envi-ronmental sustainability into every aspect ofthe business.“We are conscious at every stepof the process about the choices we make,”says Boinis. “From the earliest stages of prod-uct design through manufacturing and theproduct life cycle, we are dedicated to keepingwomen and our planet healthy.” Vapour’smanufacturing facility in Taos, where 99 per-cent of all Vapour Organic Beauty products are

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made, is powered by solar and wind and is cer-tified by the New Mexico Organic CommodityCommission as a USDA Organic Processer andHandler. The Vapour team is also sensitive tothe limitations of their high desert manufac-turing location: All Vapour products are“anhydrous” formulations, meaning they aremade without water. “We aren’t stressing theprecious local water supply,” Kristine notes.“We simply don’t use it.” The firm’s commit-ment to sustainability extends beyond the fac-tory. Vapour’s primary packaging is recyclable,and secondary packaging, such as unit boxes,are made from wood waste from forest man-agement projects and postconsumer paperwaste. The company’s retail display units aremade of recycled steel. Product ingredients arebiodegradable and contain no nano-particlesor toxic chemical pollutants. “We contributeto a sustainable loop of clean, conscious man-ufacturing,” Keheley says.

Vapour got its start when Boinis and Kehe-ley became disillusioned with the conven-tional cosmetic industry. While workingtogether in Boinis’ skin care manufacturingplant, they became aware of the practice of“greenwashing,” where companies mislead-ingly market products as “safe” and “environ-

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Facementally friendly” even though the productis still chemically based, although perhapswith a few botanicals added.

“Greenwashing poisons the well for everyother organic business,” Keheley says. “Peo-ple start to mistrust the term ‘organic.’”

Determined to provide a truly green alter-native to conventional cosmetics, the teambegan experimenting with product proto-types based entirely on organic, minimallyprocessed, food-grade ingredients. One oftheir first testers was New York-based cosmet-ics expert Eric Sakas. After applying a Vapourprototype to his skin, he became an instantconvert, and the three joined forces tolaunch Vapour Organic Beauty in 2009.

While Vapour Organics is only three yearsold, several of its 100-plus products, whichinclude organic eyeliners, shadows, formalde-hyde-free nail polish and natural mineral-pig-mented lipsticks, already have receivedaccolades for their performance. For instance,Vapour Organic Beauty’s Elixir Lip PlumpingGloss was chosen by People StyleWatch inMarch as the best lip gloss in a list thatincluded Chanel and other industry giants. Itwas the only organic gloss to make the cut.

The Vapour product line also has garnered

high praise from editors of top fashion andhealth publications, including Women’s WearDaily, Marie Claire, Elle, Redbook, InStyle, Lucky,and Real Simple. Vapour Organic Beautyreceived an Allure “Best of Beauty” award, tooktop honors as “Best Natural Age-DefyingFoundation” by Prevention magazine, andsnagged two of author/environmentalistSophie Uliono’s coveted 2011 GorgeouslyGreen Beauty Awards.

The buzz about Vapour even has reached asfar as Haiti, where its eco-cosmetics caughtthe attention of Haitian fashion designer Has-san Pierre. He asked the company to donatemakeup and a make-up artist’s time for hisshow at the 2011 New York Fall Fashion Run-way week. Pierre’s leading organic and sus-tainable clothing line, WISB (Way it ShouldBe) was an ideal match for Vapour, Keheleysays. Inspired by the intoxicating scent ofHaitian vetivert grass, formulator/inventorKeheley created a vetivert-based scent forVapour that honors the people of Haiti.Essential oil from the plant offers many otherbenefits, too, she notes. “Vetivert grass is asuperhero with the ultimate in sustainableproperties,” Keheley says. “It is beneficial inerosion control, pollution mitigation, andwater treatment.”

Fifty percent of proceeds from the resultingfragrance, which Keheley considers a labor oflove, are donated to the Red Cross HaitianRelief fund. The company also supportsbreast cancer research: All of the proceedsfrom Vapour’s popular Honor Elixir Plump-ing Lip Gloss go to the Cleveland ClinicLerner Research Institute to support its workin creating a breast cancer vaccine.

Despite their success, Boinis and Keheleyare not content to rest on their laurels.“Young girls today should be starting out withorganic cosmetics, Keheley says. “Our mottois: luxury, purity, performance. We will con-tinue to create new products that don’t sacri-fice health or the environment for beauty.”vapourbeauty.com

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