by Eric Henry and Eric Michel
I recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of running my 2000 Volkswagen TDI on locally-made biodiesel. That’s over 100,000 miles on a fuel that was made from waste vegetable oil, collected from restaurants right here in Alamance County. People frequently ask me why I drive a foreign-made car when [...]

Mebtec is a computer and electronics collection and dismantling center located in Mebane, NC. Their facility handles the dismantling and sorting of donated computers and other electronics into their base components (e.g. plastic casings, circuit boards, metal pieces, etc.), then ships those components off to various companies, many located in NC, to be recycled. [...]

On Halloween, Tom and Eric were pleasantly surprised to receive the Business of the Year award from the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association.  CFSA promotes local and organic agriculture in the Carolinas by inspiring, educating, and organizing farmers and consumers.

Monday afternoon TS was graced with the presence of Judy Wicks and Lyle Estill.
Judy is the founder of BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) and Lyle is the founder of Piedmont Biofuels.

Eric Henry has been invited to be the keynote speaker at UNCG’s Consumer, Apparel, and Retail Studies‘ Fall Symposium.
The focus of the symposium will be Sustainability, making Eric’s and TS Designs’ stories the perfect discussion-starter.
The event will be held from 2:00pm to 4:00pm on October 9th and is free to all visitors, so if you’re [...]

After a lengthy review and testing process, TS Designs is now Oeko-Tex 100 Certified!  The Hohenstein Institute, creators of the Oeko-Tex 100 Standard, reviewed and verified our supply chain, printing and dyeing processes, and final product to ensure that our shirts are in 100% compliance with their criteria.
Below is a copy of our Oeko-Tex 100 [...]

TS Designs is proud to invite you to the 1st Annual Piedmont Green Gala, an event organized to promote sustainable communities.  It will be held on October 4th from 8am to 6pm.
The focus of the event is to display methods and products that offer a low environmental footprint, including demonstrations of biofuels and wind and [...]

Doing the Math
Decrypting the Tax Law Lingo
Our numbers estimate that our new solar array will pay for 96% of its purchase, installation, and operating costs over a 6 year period. This document answers a few FAQ’s about the numbers behind the payback.
The rest of this page references a spreadsheet with all the summary calculations [...]

Our new solar array is officially installed!  Honey Electric Solar finished laying down the panels yesterday.  The only thing left is for Duke Energy to hook us up to the grid.
Here are a few images of the install:
Stay tuned for the financial payback analysis of our shiny new array, coming soon!
[update 9/15: the payback analysis [...]

It’s Time to End the Addiction
Eric Henry writes about our addiction to oil and how we can work to stop it.
This article originally appeared in The Burlington Times News, the local newspaper here in Burlington, NC.  The full article can be found here.