Tag: Hilde Maingay
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Pick your “ick”
The following letter to the editor by Hilde Maingay was written in response to an editorial in The Falmouth Enterprise criticizing the “ick” factor of eco-toilets. The same paper published the letter on March 13, 2015. The alarm bells of the climate (and environmental) crisis have been ringing in our ears for years and…
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“Proven” doesn’t equal “good”
The following was written by Hilde Maingay and published as a letter to the editor in the Falmouth Enterprise, May 2, 2014. Have you heard it over and over? “We have to sewer the densely populated areas. We can only rely on “proven” sewer technology to clean Little Pond.” But just because sewers are a…
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Environmental Justice Missing in Falmouth CWMP
The following comments were written by Hilde Maingay, read in the Cape Cod Commission’s public hearing on the Falmouth Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan on 12/4/13 and submitted to MEPA in December. Hilde is a board member of The Green Center and the Falmouth Climate Action Team and Citizens for Economic and Ecological Sustainability. Since September 2013 she has also…
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“Village Green” Special on Eco-Toilets
We were honored to be featured in Falmouth Community Television’s special program, Village Green, in December! The 15-minute segment focuses on Falmouth’s eco-toilet incentive program and how to find out more about alternative toilets. Hilde Maingay gives a tour of the eco-toilet center and her own home composting system, and Sia Karplus, the town’s eco-toilet…
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