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Gardeners Team Up to Grow 60,000 Pounds of Produce for New Mexico Food Pantries

In 2008 Leslie Davis suggested to her mother, a Master Gardener in New Mexico, that in addition to cultivating flowers for worthy causes, she might try growing fresh produce for the community, especially since the recent recession had left so many people unemployed who were visiting overburdened food pantries. That discussion five years ago grew like a seed into a thriving bounty of volunteers who harvest thousands of pounds of produce, sometimes in a singe weekend, for people in need.

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World's First Zero-Emissions Hydrogen Power Plant Coming to New Mexico

Energy technology company Jetstream Wind recently announced plans that it will develop the world's first sustainable zero-emissions power plant. The plant will use power from renewable resources such as wind and solar power, which will then be converted into hydrogen and transferred back to the grid as available power, according to the New Mexico-based company.

First Ted Turner Backed Solar Project Slated For New Mexico

Media mogul and long-time environmentalist Ted Turner is making good on his intentions to invest in a large-scale solar utility project in the Southwest – in this case, a 30 megawatt AC solar power station slated for northern New Mexico. The facility to be completed by the end of 2010 under contract to Turner Renewable […]

Man Digs Incredible Underground Rooms in Sandstone Hills of New Mexico

For the past 25 years, Ra Paulette has been carving into the sandstone hills of New Mexico, sculpting his own exquisite caves, making them into works of art that he calls wilderness shrines. These intricate caves are created with manual tools only, like shovels and picks, and are illuminated by the sun through multiple tunneled windows.