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N EWS & V IEWS FRO M THE S USTAI N AB L E S OUTHWEST STORIES OF ROUTE 66 ALBUQUERQUE’S INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT GREEN BUIldING: LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE July 2014 NORTHERN NEW MEXICO’S LARGEST CIRCULATION NEWSPAPER Vol. 6 No. 7 2 Green Fire Times • July 2014 www.GreenFireTimes.com www.GreenFireTimes.com Green Fire Times • July 2014 3 Do Your Part! • Ride the RTD! Last year* more than 2,161 tons (4,322,000 lbs.) of carbon emissions were reduced by people riding the RTD. 4.35 million vehicle miles were removed from our streets resulting in fewer cars and less wear and tear on our roads. Support a greener New Mexico! PubLic TRaNSiT iS SuSTaiNabiLiTY! Free service Monday through Friday in the counties of Santa Fe, Taos, Los alamos and Rio arriba. For information visit www.RideThebluebus.com or call toll free 1-866-206-0754 *FY2013 July 2012 – June 2013 4 Green Fire Times • July 2014 www.GreenFireTimes.com Vol. 6, No. 7 • July 2014 Issue No. 63 PUBLISHER Green Fire Publishing, LLC Skip Whitson NEWS & VIEWS FROM THE SUSTAINABLE SOUTHWEST ASSoCIAte Publisher Winner of the Sustainable Santa Fe Award for Outstanding Educational Project barbara e. brown edItor-IN-ChIeF CONTENTS Seth roffman STORIES OF ROUTE 66: ALBUQUERQUE’S INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT .. .. .. .. .. .. ..7 Art dIreCtor A CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROJECT Anna C. hansen, dakini design ART & COMMUNITY CHANGE .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..8 CoPy edItorS Stephen Klinger ARTIST TEAM AND COMMUNITY PARTICIpaNTS .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..9 Susan Clair ID LIVE! EVENT SCHEDULE . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..9 WebmASter: Karen Shepherd HISTORY OF ALBUQUERQUE’S INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 CoNtrIbutING WrIterS THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT: A PORTRAIT . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 Nancy bearce, tammy Feibelkorn, rodney Fox, STABLISHING THE NTERNATIONAL ISTRICT Steve hale, Amanda hatherly, Jeff hood, Sen. E “I D ”.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 tim Keller, devon Ludlow, Valerie martínez, REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT WOMEN MAKING THEIR WAY .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 Katherine mortimer, Craig o’hare, doug Pushard, Seth roffman, Kim Shanahan, Nkazi WHEN DID BUILDINGS BECOME “GREEN?” . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 Sinandile, Susan Waterman, Chris Webster TRAINING THE NEXT GENERATION OF GREEN BUILDERS . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 CoNtrIbutING 50 SHadES OF GREEN: LEadERSHIP BY EXAMPLE . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 PhotoGrAPherS SAVE ENERGY, SAVE WATER: WHAT TO DO? .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 Anna C. hansen, Seth roffman RAINwaTER: GOOD WATER WITH GOOD USES . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 PubLISher’S ASSIStANtS Lisa Allocco, Cisco Whitson-brown, Susan BUILD TIGHT AND VENTILATE RIGHT.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 Clair, Kelley mcdaniel, robyn montoya LEAKY DUCTS: HOW MUCH ENERGY ($) DO THEY WasTE? .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 oFFICe ASSIStANtS GREEN-BUILT HOMES ARE AFFORdaBLE HOMES . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28 Camille Franchette, Claire Ayraud TIMES ARE CHANGING FOR SUSTAINABLY BUILT HOMES .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 AdVertISING SALeS Skip Whitson 505.471.5177 OP-ED: IT’S TIME FOR NEW MEXICO TO ADOPT MODERN BUILDING ENERGY CODES . .. .. 31 [email protected] CITY AND COUNTY LAUNCH “SOLARIZE SANTA FE!”.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 Anna C. hansen 505.982.0155 SUSTAINABLE SANTA FE MONTHLY UpdaTE . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 [email protected] BOOK REVIEW – FARMS AND FOOds: NEW MEXICO’S AGRICULTURAL LEGACY .. .. .. .. 35 robyn montoya 505-692-4477 NEwsBITES . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14, 16, 29, 33, 37 [email protected] WHAT’S GOING ON . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 Lloyd Santiago Covens 505.236.8348 [email protected] dIStrIbutIoN PRIVILEGE, POWER AND POSITION Lisa Allocco, barbara brown, Susan Clair, Co-op dist. Services, Nick García, Andy otterstrom IN THE INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT (Creative Couriers), tony rapatz, Wuilmer rivera, Andrew tafoya, Skip Whitson, John Woodie ENRIQUE CARDIEL CIrCuLAtIoN: 27,000 copies Printed locally with 100% soy ink on ery few people think about privilege, power and position in their daily lives. Doing so can ansen 100% recycled, chlorine-free paper h Vbe difficult and painful, requiring self-reflection, at the least, and a change of behavior GreeN FIre tImeS for the most sincere. The dynamics of power play out in all aspects of our lives, including c/o the Sun Companies our neighborhoods. I think a lot about how the International District (ID) is “represented.” P.o. box 5588, SF, Nm 87502-5588 Because of its deep diversity, how do we ensure that its “voice,” or range of voices, gets heard? © Anna C. 505.471.5177 • [email protected] © 2014 Green Fire Publishing, LLC We know that one’s social position often determines access to information, decision-makers and resources. An easy approach is for those with privilege and power to speak for others or be treated as though they represent the entire community. Another simplistic approach is to get a friendly member of a marginalized community to participate in a Green Fire Times provides useful information for community members, business people, students and tokenized way. This happens with me as a Chicano-Cahuilla member of the community. Inviting a dark-skinned person visitors—anyone interested in discovering the wealth from the neighborhood to meetings is often used to show “community participation.” But using an individual as a proxy of opportunities and resources in the Southwest. In for an entire community meets very minimal requirements for participation. support of a more sustainable planet, topics covered Most people who get involved in improving their neighborhoods feel threatened when you start asking about their range from green businesses, jobs, products, services, position in our social hierarchy. Anger or guilt are often the primary responses. “Community” approaches often stick to entrepreneurship, investing, design, building and energy—to native perspectives on history, arts & the “this-is-how-we’ve-always-done-it” perspective and keep leaving the same people out of conversations and positions. culture, ecotourism, education, sustainable agriculture, Including those in different positions of privilege, power and position is not easy. The best approach is to encourage and regional cuisine, water issues and the healing arts. To enable those who are normally left out of community conversations and decisions, so they can have meaningful participation. our publisher, a more sustainable planet also means The Littleglobe arts engagement process is a step in that direction; seldom have I seen such a diverse group of residents maximizing environmental as well as personal health (from so many ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic and other backgrounds) meet and work together week after week, month by minimizing consumption of meat and alcohol. after month. This isn’t easy to do, but it’s worth the effort. GFT is widely distributed throughout north-central Enrique Cardiel and his family live in the ID and are actively involved in a wide range of efforts toward community change. New Mexico. Feedback, announcements, event listings, advertising and article submissions to be considered COVER: HAHN NGUYN, A VIETNAMESE IMMIGRANT AND reSIDENT OF ALBUQUerQUE’S INTerNATIONAL DISTRICT, for publication are welcome. IS ONE OF THE “STORIES OF roUTE 66” ProJECT PARTICIPANTS. PHOTO © Littleglobe Green Fire Times is not to be confused with the Green Fire Report, an in-house quarterly publication of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. The NMELC can be accessed online at: www.nmelc.org www.GreenFireTimes.com Green Fire Times • July 2014 5 6 Green Fire Times • July 2014 www.GreenFireTimes.com ID LIVE! July 26–27 Weekend of Art & Community Events A CREATIVE PLACEMAKING AND COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROJECT VALerIE MARTÍNEZ n exciting new project has been taking an unusual Aapproach to community revitalization. The Stories of Route 66 project has brought Albuquerque residents together in a collaborative process of storytelling, art and design. The project is transforming outdoor spaces along the Route 66/Central Avenue corridor in the International District. This project was developed as a result of several organizations that were working or wanted to work toward transformational change in New Mexico’s most diverse legislative district, which locals refer to as the “ID.” The organizations—Littleglobe, Story of Place Institute (SoPI), UNM School of Architecture and Planning, and the Albuquerque Metropolitan Arroyo Flood Control Authority (AMAFCA)— © Littleglobe each wanted to apply for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts “Our The ID is a four-square-mile southeast range of place-based projects. All of these Town” program, a community-engagement heights neighborhood bordered by collaborations will result in ID LIVE!, a and creative-placemaking initiative. Lomas and Gibson and San Mateo weekend of art and community events NEA “Our Town” grants are very selective and Wyoming boulvevards. The first on July 26-27. phase of the project (October, 2013 to and awarded to just a few metropolitan During the second phase of the project, September, 2015) is based on two-plus areas in the United States. Usually, the UNM School of Architecture and years of relationship building that began organizations present their projects to a Planning, working with the AMAFCA in 2011. It emphasizes arts engagement city mayor and he or she chooses one to at a water reclamation site, will utilize with more than