February 2010

Wondering how to help in Haiti?

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Many people have been how they can help in Haiti. Haiti will need a lot of help in the rebuilding process, and there are many organizations looking for skilled people to lend their expertise. Thanks to SEI for providing this list:Natural Building Network is helping to coordinate skilled natural builders with relief organizations. NBN does...

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Join us at NESEA's Building Energy 10 Conference

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Free for all friends of Yestermorrow- a day pass to the trade show at the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's annual Building Energy conference coming up March 9-11, 2010 in Boston, MA. We'll be hanging out at Booth #1052 with our friends from Stone Soup Concrete. Hope to see you there!To get your free pass, register online before...

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February E-Newsletter

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Our February e-newsletter is now online.This month's features include:30th AnniversaryYestermorrow Goes SolarWoodshop ImprovementsThank You ForboFeatured Class: RenovationUVM Summer CoursesConnect With YestermorrowCheck it out!

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Alumni Featured in Deep Energy Retrofit Case Study

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
This great case study features two Yestermorrow alumni in a Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources- RESIDENTIAL CASE STUDY(online at Deep Energy Retrofit, Westborough, Mass. with photos)The deep energy retrofit of a house in Westborough stands out as an example of how an owner’s individual motivation and the historic nature of a...

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Many Thanks to Forbo!

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
We'd like to offer our sincere thanks to Forbo for their donation of Marmoleum flooring for our new kitchen floor. We chose Marmoleum for our kitchen floor because it is one of the few flooring materials available today which is 100% all-natural, meaning that all its ingredients are derived from natural raw materials. Ingredients include:...

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30th Anniversary Logo Competition Winner

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Yestermorrow is excited to announce the winner of our 30th Anniversary logo competition. Peter M. James of Silver Spring, Maryland was the designer of the winning entry. Peter is a graduate of the 2008 Community Design/Build class and is an architecture student at the University of Maryland. Peter will receive a free one-week Yestermorrow...

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Concrete Decor features Fabric Forming Instructors

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
This month's issue of Concrete Decor magazine includes a feature article on the topic of Fabric Forming, with references to Yestermorrow instructors Sandy Lawton and Kyle Bergman. The story also includes images of the class project from the 2008 Dominican Republic Design/Build project which also featured the use of fabric forming. This...

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YM alum featured in Yale Daily News

By Kate Stephenson, Executive Director
Yestermorrow Home Design/Build alum Elizabeth Turnbull's "tiny house" project was featured in this week's Yale Daily News: http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/scitech-news/2010/01/27/tiny-house/

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