Front Page

This is where Aquidneck Islanders develop and track our community efforts to promote energy conservation and renewables. If you'd like to help save the planet - starting with our island - you've come to the right place.

• They've done it again. The second annual Energy Independence Day was celebrated on Sunday July 11th, 1 - 4 pm, under the wind turbine by Easton's Pond in Middletown. Over 70 exhibitors helped local families learn about the methods and importance of saving energy. There were lots of demonstrations, quizzes, games and other attractions for children. Check out the Photos page.

• A major project, a Neighborhood Energy Challenge, is underway to encourage (and help) households save money on energy. AI residents sign up and get assistance on conserving energy - not to mention parties, prizes, and publicity - and can expect significant energy savings in their pockets at the end of the year-long Challenge. Go to the Challenge website for more information.
  

• A $500,000 two-year effort to plan a new transportation mix for Aquidneck Island is underway. Will the planners recommend real climate-friendly changes - or just more auto-friendly "improvements?" We're telling the planners what comfortable, convenient, low-emission transportation we'd like to be using 10 and 20 years from now. Come help Cool Aquidneck Island, The Sierra Club, and other environmentalists reach a consensus on what will constitute planning success, and how to let our views be known to the study's Steering Committee.

• We've added Categories (Kids, Business, and Government). Suggest others.
  

• Lots of project ideas are waiting for imaginative leadership. Is that YOU? Or someone you know?

• Last year's Energy Independence Day was July 5th, 2009. Cool Aquidneck Island and other organizations held an energy fair to highlight how Rhode Islanders can reduce oil imports and greenhouse gases at the same time. Hundreds of visitors came to see the Portsmouth wind turbine and the exhibits of 25 local companies and organizations.

Go to the Projects page. . . . Find something you'd like to do. . . . Join in . . . . Or start your own project.

Want to be alerted to energy related actions and events? Subscribe to our weekly newsletter.

Visitors may read everything here. People active in Middletown, Newport or Portsmouth, RI are invited to register and edit or create pages. Don't be bashful. Here's how you can

Register	Learn about a wiki
View our projects	Add comments
Join a project	Add a new project
Meet others	Create a page for yourself
Receive alerts

If you're not a local resident, we ask you not to edit or make pages, but you can speak up in the Comments section of any page or e-mail us. We'd love to have your suggestions and encouragement, and we hope you'll be inspired to create a similar wiki in your community.

Confused about something? Check the FAQ. If your question isn't on the FAQ, please add it there yourself, with or without an answer. And you can always click the Help tab at the top of the page for how-to stuff.

Comments:

Note: You must be logged in to add comments

2009-05-11 17:05:08   Hi All,

Looks like a great initiative with a lot of passion behind it. I really look forward to working with you all to make Aquidneck Island a model of energy efficiency!

Ellen Pfeiffer
National Grid —Ellen.Pfeiffer