Pat Southwood on tue 16 may 06
Hi
Sorry for being particularly verbose tonight,
I have searched the archives for refences to "green" or enviornmentally =
friendly aspects of our profession.
One of my ex students has to do a survey of how green potters are in =
their business lives. She has asked for my experiences because I recycle =
50+ yr old thatching reed from roofs.
Other than using recycled packaging, i cant think of much else that =
might be virtous ? I guess getting dust from granite mines, but we dont =
get many of those to the pound in Norfolk......
Even firing with scrap wood must surely leave a negative imprint ?
Has this been discussed anywhere, does anyone know ?
If so, I cant find it !
Many thanks
Pat Southwood
pat@southwood4.fsnet.co.uk
Jeanette Zeis on wed 17 may 06
Pat,
There is a group of potters in North Carolina that fires their kilns with landfill methane gas....www.energyxchange.org
Seems pretty environmentally friendly.
Jeanette Zeis
Cabbagetown Clay and Glass Works
Atlanta, GA
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lyla_kaplan on thu 18 may 06
hi Pat,
i think about this topic A LOT. ...i think propane is made from
byproducts of oil production and burns pretty darn clean...a lot of
times folks build kilns from salvaged brick from old factories or
other kilns...
some folks are starting to use waste vegetable oil...sam clarkson i
think and some others...and there is a community in nc where kilns,
glass blowers' glory holes and green houses are fired on waste
landfill methane!!! www.energyxchange.org/gallery_cs.html
please share what else you find
best
lyla
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Pat Southwood wrote:
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> Hi
>
> Sorry for being particularly verbose tonight,
>
> I have searched the archives for refences to "green" or
enviornmentally friendly aspects of our profession.
> One of my ex students has to do a survey of how green potters are in
their business lives. She has asked for my experiences because I
recycle 50+ yr old thatching reed from roofs.
>
> Other than using recycled packaging, i cant think of much else that
might be virtous ? I guess getting dust from granite mines, but we
dont get many of those to the pound in Norfolk......
> Even firing with scrap wood must surely leave a negative imprint ?
> Has this been discussed anywhere, does anyone know ?
> If so, I cant find it !
> Many thanks
> Pat Southwood
> pat@...
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May Luk on sun 21 may 06
Hello Pat;
Find out what is carbon offsetting and use the CO2
calculator:
http://www.climatecare.org/index.cfm
Regards
May
P.S. Porridge - excellent suggestion for food thing!
Keep the body warm in the cold studio.
David Hendley on sun 21 may 06
Oh yeah, I for got to mention, in my description of my
environmental friendly pottery business, that I also
do my own "carbon offsetting" program by planting
trees. I have planted 1000 trees several times, and
my son and I planted 3500 trees 2 years ago (quite a
job).
Growing a garden is a great activity just about anyone
can do - saves fuel and also offsets carbon emissions
(huge amounts of oil are used to produce and bring
food to market).
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
david(at)farmpots(dot)com
"EXTRUDE IT! Getting the Most From
Your Clay Extruder" available at
http://www.farmpots.com
----- Original Message -----
> Hello Pat;
>
> Find out what is carbon offsetting and use the CO2
> calculator:
>
> http://www.climatecare.org/index.cfm
>
> Regards
> May
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