Happy Tuesday,

While Don mentioned this already in last week’s issue of Kibbles & Bytes, I thought I’d mention it here, too, as a good number of Tech Tails readers don’t subscribe to Don’s newsletter. Small Dog partnered with All Earth Renewables to install a ten-panel photovoltaic array behind the warehouse in Waitsfield that will supply enough power to completely power our flagship South Burlington store—with enough left over to help with Waitsfield’s power consumption as well.

The panels are popping up all over the place in the Mad River Valley, and the installations in flood plains survived the massive spring floods and the even-more-violent Irene flooding in late August. The field behind the warehouse certainly is in a flood plain, and it seems every year the river jumps its banks at least once. Here’s hoping giant chunks of ice steer well clear.

Other planet-friendly projects are in progress, and perhaps the most visible is the switch from fluorescent and incandescent lighting in many offices to LED lighting. I’m hoping to see the energy-hogging streetlight at the entrance switch to LED, too!

There are two specials at the end of this newsletter that aren’t really specials. You’ve always been able to make donations to various charities in the smalldog.com shopping cart, but with many new readers and customers I wanted to highlight this in a newsletter. Not only can you make donations through our website, but Small Dog will match individual donations, up to $200, all year long. I selected Planned Parenthood and Doctors Without Borders for the newsletter, but you can see all the charities we support at smalldog.com/charity.

Here’s to some snow, and soon!

As always, thanks for reading, and keep in touch.

Matt
matt@smalldog.com