About Carter Lavin
Carter is in Spain and the surrounding area studying environmental resource management at the Universidad de Salamanca. He has been blogging since March 2008 and maintains the energy and environmental blog Energy Matters. He is also writing about his travels at To Iberia and Beyond
Posts by Carter Lavin
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Fertilizer Plants, Soccer Fields, Elementary Schools, Air Pollution and the Economic Crisis in Salamanca
04 Mar 2009 in Travel & NatureI play soccer in a large park in the eastern part of Salamanca. West of the park are the train tracks and on the other side of the tracks is a large elementary school, immediately east of the park is …
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Soccer, good energy PR, Representing the Stars and Bars and PETA’s Banned Super Bowl Ad
03 Feb 2009 in Travel & NatureSoccer in Spain is kind of a big deal. Rivalries here are pretty huge, Real Madrid vs. Barcelona is like Yankees vs. Red Sox but with more Catalunyan separatist pride, so it’s a much more political statement here. As I’ve …
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Amazing Spanish Energy Saving Innovation
23 Jan 2009 in Travel & NatureIt’s called a clothes line. What you do is you connect a piece of string between two points so that it is taught and then you put wet clothing on it. This can be done inside or outside and it …
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From Madrid to Salamanca, Eco-Friendly Pest Control and Ideas I Thought I had left Behind in the US
12 Jan 2009 in Travel & NatureFrom Madrid to Salamanca The trip has been pretty uneventful, nothing too eco/energy related to remark on except the usual thing about how trains are amazing ways to get around. But I did notice this as an East Coaster. The …
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Is It Easy Being Verde?
07 Jan 2009 in Travel & NaturePhoto credit: Mossaiq Where you live determines many things about who you are. Whether it is your quality of education, cultural awareness or general health, it’s all about location location location. Being green is no exception. Currently I am visiting …

