Fairmount barnraising report

image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Last year, the Neighborhood Leaders Council Committee on Sustainability (NLCCS) began a pilot project of cooperating on “barnraising” projects. Like the barnraisings of an earlier time, our barnraisings happen when people come together to work on a sustainability-themed project at a neighbor’s home or a community spot. Each member of the [...] [...]

Barnraising

Finished! Barnraising in the Crest Neighborhood: the Laurel Hedge Party Members of the NLCCS decided that doing “barnraising” projects for each other would serve a couple of good, green purposes. First of all, increasing connections between people is one of the basic tenets of sustainability, because you are more likely to survive and thrive if you [...] [...]