It makes a lot of sense for a company that gets its money from campers and hikers to protect the environment in which those campers camp and those hikers hike. But of course it's not just a financial investment for many of those companies. A lot of people have started companies in the outdoor industry because they...
“A very important part of my work has to do with materials,” says David Lamb, New Hampshire's fifth Artist Laureate. Although many artists are inspired by the state's forested landscape, Lamb is one of the handful who make art from pieces of the landscape itself.
“There are many woods that I think are exemplary that we...
It's approaching harvest time for a great variety of fruits and vegetables across the state. With that in mind, Governor John Lynch declared August New Hampshire Eat Local Month. Activities are scheduled throughout the month to enjoy the bounty of the state's farms and gardens.
The month long celebration is being put together by the Read More »
Portsmouth artist Tim Gaudreau became an eco-artist and activist when he learned that the picturesque fog he was taking a picture of in a California valley was really smog drifting in from L.A. “I had been hoping that people would be moved by my images to enjoy, respect and even protect the landscape that was...
If you’ve ever happened to wander outside in New Hampshire, you will have noticed that we reside in a state with a vast amount of natural beauty, at all times rugged and scenic. A perfect example of this is Crawford Notch State Park.
The day my younger...
Months after our conversation about how many songs were inspired by our respective states, my Californian friend still sends them to me. All I've been able to reply with is "Granite State of Mind".
This got me wondering: why haven't New Hampshire's mountains and forests, rivers and snow and granite, inspired any well-known art since... uhh......
You don't know who grew the food you buy in a supermarket, or notice when they have a good or a bad season. Even at farmers' markets, most people don't know how well or how badly a crop did. But as a CSA member, you notice because it's your harvest.
A CSA (Community Sponsored Agriculture) is a farm where...
A new website was launched today by the New England Rail Coalition (NERC). The group is a broad-based alliance of over 40 organizations- including Conservation New Hampshire and several other state based organizations - that recognize the importance of substantially reinvesting in passenger and freight rail in order to enhance New England’s economy,...
If any of you Granite Staters have been out and about in New Hampshire during the last few weeks, you would be hard pressed not to notice that garden season is well upon us—assuming that your allergies have not already indicated as much. One particular type of gardening that is rapidly gaining traction for its environmentally sound...
Conservation NH will host briefings on NH Coal Dependency and NH Voter Polling on Climate Legislation in its offices on May 20th at 2:00 PM.
We all know that NH produces no oil and that every dollar we import to heat our homes and run our cars flows out of state and out of the US, draining...
