July 26, 2010
 

Get Around

Get Around Green Tips

Fill up that tank the right way

• Use regular gasoline unless your owner’s manual says otherwise. Unless your car requires premium, high-octane fuels improve neither fuel economy nor performance and will just waste your money.
• Don’t overfill the tank or try to top it off beyond where the automatic nozzle clicks off. Spilled gas evaporates to aggravate smog formation and can leak into groundwater.

Be good to your car, get better mileage

Here are some tips we've come across. Feel free to add your own:

• Keep your tires properly inflated. Tires should be inflated to the pressure recommended for your vehicle; usually you can find this number inside the door frame or in your owner’s manual. For every three pounds below recommended pressure, fuel economy goes down by about 1 percent. Tires can lose a pound of pressure a month, so check pressure regularly, and especially before going on a long trip or carrying heavy loads. Also: Don’t buy “aggressive” tread tires if you don’t need them.

Drive smarter

For those times when you've just gotta drive your own car, here are some tips to help keep you fuel-efficient.
From the website greenercars.org:
• Avoid “jack rabbit” starts and aggressive driving. Flooring the gas pedal wastes gas and creates more pollution. According to the site, one second of high-powered driving can produce nearly the same volume of carbon monoxide emissions as a half-hour of normal driving.

Carpooling is for winners

If you live or work in Concord, take advantage of PATH. The Program for Alternative Transportation and Health is a service offered by the Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission. The goal: to reduce the number of single-occupancy vehicle trips in and around the Concord area by promoting alternatives to driving alone.

Biking is better

We all need to get around, and in much of New Hampshire, there aren’t as many public transportation options as you’d find in a big city.
But there are lots of ways to reduce your impact on the environment, however you get around.

Get Around Green Community

Rain Barrel Workshop in Exeter, NH

Exeter, NH – The New Hampshire Coastal Protection Partnership and ReVision Energy are teaming up to offer a low cost rain barrel workshop to seacoast residents on May 7th. Come “Make your own rain barrel” for just $50 and enjoy free water all spring and summer long! The fun kicks off at 10 AM at ReVision Energy’s new store on Commercial Drive in Exeter.

Hands Across the Sand - Portsmouth NH

New Hampshire Citizens To Participate in Largest Gathering Against Offshore Drilling in History

Citizens Join Hands at Prescott Park in Portsmouth

WHAT: Local "Hands Across the Sand" gathering in solidarity with over 400 events around the country to raise awareness about the dangers of offshore drilling and call on leaders to end our oil dependence and move America into a clean energy future.
SIGN UP HERE:
http://handsacrossthesand.org/organize.php?state=New%20Hampshire

WHO: People from all over New Hampshire and Maine

WHEN: Saturday, June 26 at 9:30 AM

Writer John Harrigan speaks at Merrimack County Conservation District's Annual Meeting on June 29th at Musterfield Farm

Join us for dinner with one of the North Country's favorite sons, second generation journalist John Harrigan. Mr. Harrigan will regale us with "rambling remarks from above the notches."

A well known writer, raconteur and passionate lover of New Hampshire's wild places, Harrigan promises to cover a wide range of subjects "from geology to Indians to accents to strange takes from the world of woods and water---cougars, wolves, caribou, you name it."

Fundraiser for community rain garden projects in New Castle & Portsmouth

On Saturday, June 19 the NH Coastal Protection Partnership (NH Coast) will be hosting its annual benefit party. Join us for a fun filled evening of music, dancing drinks, and awesome raffle prizes - including a free rain barrel!

Event: NH Coast's Summer Solstice Benefit Party

When: Saturday, June 19 at 8 PM

Where: Portsmouth Kayak Adventures, located at 185 Wentworth Rd. in Portsmouth.

Suggested donation of $10 will be collected at the door. Tickets can be purchased in advance of the event by visiting: www.nhcoast.org

$1 Rain Barrel Raffle!

Portsmouth, NH – The NH Coastal Protection Partnership (NH Coast) will be raffling off a 55 gallon rain barrel at the 3rd Annual Portsmouth Sustainability Fair on Saturday, May 8. Raffle tickets can be purchased for $1 at our table on the day of the event or in advance online at www.nhcoast.org. The fair is being held at the Portsmouth Middle School - 155 Parrot Ave in Portsmouth, NH - from 10 AM to 3 PM.

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