Monthly Archives: October 2008

Cohousing pioneers coming to Northfield!

Buffalo Commons Cohousing is thrilled to be bringing nationally renowned cohousing pioneers Kathryn McCamant and Charles Durrett (of CoHousing Partners and McCamant & Durrett Architects) to Northfield for two cohousing educational events.
The Cohousing Association of the United States describes cohousing as

“a type of collaborative housing in which residents actively participate in the design and [...]

13th Annual MN Solar Tour has three local stops

I’ll be hosting visitors at my home (501 St. Olaf Avenue) this Saturday, October 4th from 10 am to 5 pm for the 13th Annual Minnesota Solar Tour. The Tour is sponsored by the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society, and features about 55 residential, commercial and institutional renewable energy installations statewide.
My home, with a 3.04-kilowatt photovoltaic [...]

Recharging in the Boundary Waters

One of my favorite places in the world is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness of northeastern Minnesota. Since my first trip to the BWCA with my family as a 13-year-old in 1971, I’ve returned time and again: three times with my Northfield United Methodist Church high school youth group the summers of 1974, 1975 [...]