Recycling
Plastic shopping bags can be recycled at the AC Value Center Supermarket. Bring back your used bags instead of throwing them away. Call 907.852.6711.
The City of Barrow Summer Clean-Up helps residents dispose of unwanted and junk vehicles. For more information about this program, call the City office at 907.852.5211.
All communities in Alaska that are off the road and can connect to Anchorage via Northern Air Cargo are eligible to participate in the Flying Cans backhaul program. The program is sponsored by Alaskans for Litter Prevention and Recycling (ALPAR), Smurfit-Stone Recycling, Northern Air Cargo and numerous other members of the Alaska Air Carriers Association. ALPAR currently pays 35 cents a pound for aluminum cans, and there is no cargo charge! For more information contact ALPAR at 907.644.7968 or
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Energy Efficiency
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation (AHFC) offers financial assistance to help Alaskans reduce their energy bills and make their homes more energy efficient. For more information on current programs statewide, visit the AHFC website or call The Home Energy Rebate & Weatherization Hotline at 1.877.325.2508.
Renewable Energy
Produce your own, clean energy and live off the grid!
Alaska Energy Authority's "Renewable Energy Atlas of Alaska" shows potential renewable energy resources all over the state. Order a free copy by contacting Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) at 907.929.7770 or download a version here.
Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) has also prepared a Wind Resource Summary specifically for Barrow.
If you are thinking about solar power, check out this table showing the average hours of daylight by month in Barrow.
A UAF project is exploring natural methane seeps near Barrow as a potential new, local energy source.
Alaska Sun is a coalition of solar businesses, academics, and interested individuals working toward a renewable energy future for Alaska. Established in May 2001, its funding originally came through the National Million Solar Roofs Coalition monies from the U.S. Department of Energy. Its site is now maintained by UAF's Cooperative Extension Service and is dedicated to promoting renewable energy for Alaska.
ABS Alaskan, Inc. maintains a site that discusses renewable energy options, remote power products, tax credits and intertie incentives throughout Alaska.
More Information
Climate, global warming, and daylight charts and data for 2007 in Barrow are available here and here.
Climate Change Project Jukebox was developed as a collaborative effort between the Oral History Program and the Observing Locally, Connecting Globally (OLCG) teacher education project. OLCG invited Martha Stackhouse of Barrow to share her knowledge and observations. Click here to read or to listen to her story.
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