Connecticut Green Living

As I write, I'm in a cool room in Windsor Locks, Connecticut , enjoying the way my skin feels after walking to the hotel from the restaurant next door. Just a few minutes in this weather made me dizzy, and tomorrow and Wednesday will be worse. For those of us who take public transportation, extreme heat and humidity is dangerous. I spoke to Dr. Kenneth Gillingham , Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Yale School of the Environment, about why this "heat spell" is threatening. We also spoke last April about our state's "green" rating (#9). "My primary concern about the heat is for low-income people who don't have access to adequate cooling. This will be exacerbated in the upcoming years," he wrote in an e-mail. I had asked him if our current presidential administration is having an adverse bearing on climate change. He said, "A presidential administration can affect your carbon footprint by influencing the carbon intensity of ele...

For years, I was a fan of Elm City Market, conveniently located for the train commuter (i.e. me) on State and Elm in New Haven across from the Metro station. When I found out it was closing but moving after Christmas (January originally, but now finally set on the day after tomorrow) I was thrilled but worried. For when one has their favorite places, they include not only products but sense memories - the first coffee on a cold morning, the taste tests before holidays, learning to pronounce 'quinoa' correctly (this really happened, but I cannot remember whether I taught myself or just heard a fellow shopper pronounce it.) Elm City Market reopens 7-11 at 275 S. Orange in New Haven, with a PR blitz - giveaways, 'meet the vendors', New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker and might I add air conditioning. I spoke to the CEO, Kurt Luttecke yesterday about the new digs. "So it's been really hot, I'm not embarrassed to say I'll be coming for the AC." (chuckles) ...