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The Dunbarton Dryer lives on!

david — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:08:36 +0000

Hi David,

My name is Derek Roach. My wife Carla and I met you at the farmers market this past fall and we bought a copy of your “Living Lightly” video Be the Change. I’m writing to say that we enjoyed the video. My favourite part was the stairwell drying rack that was shown in the film. I liked it so much that I built my own. I thought I’d send you a picture to show how it turned out. Thanks very much for the inspiration. Could you please pass on our thanks to the original designer of the drying rack, we think it’s really a great idea.

All the best,

Derek

Hello Derek,

Thanks for the feedback and the great photo! Mark Sunderland, the inventor/designer of the Dunbarton Dryer has been thanked on your behalf, and is pleased to see his idea spreading. I wonder who will be next?

Cheers,

David Chernushenko

No Junk Mail sign

anouk — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:11:15 +0000

I created the No Junk Mail sign because well, I’m too cheap to pay $2 to the City of Ottawa to have one of their signs – plus I wanted to be able to specify what we felt was to us junk mail.

Robin Berry, Ottawa

Click here to download the No Junk Mail sign.

Images – Be the Change

anouk — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:52:43 +0000

Click on thumbnail to see and then save full image

David Chernushenko lives lightly — with his bike, solar panels and composter[high-res]

Urban farmer Fran Doy[high-res]

Fran Doy in her Alta Vista neighbourhood garden[high-res]

The Otesha Project’s Genevieve LeGal-Leblanc, Katie Allan, Jennifer Valberg, Mike Kozlowski[high-res]

Be the Change[web quality]

Hugh Robertson, Glenviro Circle member and Ottawa eco-legend[web quality]

Thomas Levy’s off-grid house[web quality]

David Chernushenko with Randi Cherry and Robert D’Aoust[web quality]

Samso, island of renewable energy dreams

david — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:53:53 +0000

Photos © David Chernushenko

Arriving on Samso, and already wishing we were staying longer.

The off-shore Samso wind farm.

David at work interviewing Jesper Krems at the Samso Energy Institute.

Solar water heating panels combine with a biomass plant to provide district heating.

The all-natural lawnmower at work.

A number of wind turbines are owned by farmer’s and citizen cooperatives.

Wind energy can be a real bonus!

The Brundby Rock Hotel, our oasis of serenity.

Christiana is full of surprises

david — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:42:31 +0000

Photos © David Chernushenko

The “parking lot” at the Christiania’s general store.

A growing number of Christiania homes and buildings are heated or powered by the sun.

Homes in Christiana come in all sorts of whimsical shapes.

A green daycare in the heart of Copenhagen.

Food, glorious food, at Aarstiderne

anouk — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:26:50 +0000

Photos © David Chernushenko

Aarstiderne’s headquarters on the farm at Humlebaek.

Open Gates weekend on the farm, connecting people with their food.

Giving children a hands-on farm experience.

Produce of all colours.

Cycling in Copenhagen

david — Mon, 26 May 2008 15:22:07 +0000

Copenhagen’s golden bicycle girl. She no longer turns, but the city is fully of thousands of cycle girls with their own “cycle chic” manifesto.

Grandma’s bike perhaps, but not grandma’s fashions.

Rush hour on the bike lanes.

Copenhagen, Denmark

david — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:15:46 +0000

Where Copenhagen’s bicycles go to rest.

It is common to see hundreds of bicycles parked outside every Copenhagen office, shopping centre and train station.

Many cyclists can be spotted talking on their cellphones while they ride. Some put safety first.

Vaxjo, Sweden

david — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:12:40 +0000

Yep, an amazing bike lane system here too! What’s with those pedalling Swedes?

Vaxjo is a leader in using pre-fabricated modules to build all-wood framed apartment buildings. Highly energy-efficient ones at that.

Linkoping, Sweden

david — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:09:40 +0000

Tekniska Verken operates a biogas production plant in Linkoping that has helped to shift more than a hundred municipal, commercial and private vehicles to biogas.

Tekniska Verken’s main energy-from-waste plant takes in the remainder of the non-recyclable waste from throughout the region, and incinerates them using an efficient and high-tech process that generates heat for the town and electricity for local and national consumption.

Refuelling with biogas.