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Environmental Demonstrations Ideas from 1970s Science Fiction

November 18, 2022 By gmoke

John Brunner was a UK science fiction writer active from the 1950s through the 1990s. Some of his work was truly prescient, mostly the four novels Stand on Zanzibar (1968), The Jagged Orbit (1969), The Sheep Look Up (1972) and The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: demonstrations, direct action, ecology, energy, environment, Insulate Britain, Just Stop Oil, preparedness, solar, sustainability

Studying 100% Renewable Energy Studies

August 23, 2022 By gmoke

the war that matters is the war against the imagination all other wars are subsumed in it. Diane di Prima, “Rant" On the History and Future of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837910) is a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecology, electricity, energy, environment, futures, renewables, solar, sustainability, windpower

Mr Franklin’s Folks

April 21, 2022 By gmoke

Preface: I originally wrote this a couple of decades ago, based upon my experiences working with a traveling energy show in the 1970s and 1980s and my own experiments with public displays of renewable energy at farmers’ markets … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, climate resiliency, ecology, emergency preparedness, environment, farmers'markets, positive protest, renewables, solar, sustainability

Zero Net Energy – March 31, 2022

March 31, 2022 By gmoke

Treehouse with "green walls, facades and rooftops, plus water features, natural light, and ventilation strategies to green the traditional office building,” winning an award from the World Green Building … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: climate, ecology, energy, environment, housing, net zero, net zero emissions, net zero energy, real-estate, renewables, solar, sustainability

Old Solar: Equal Rights to the Sun

December 23, 2021 By gmoke

“Produced by Bonnie Symansky, this video, Equal Rights to the Sun (1979) documents citizen [led] solar energy projects organized in the Boston area by the Urban Solar Energy Association (USEA - founded by Barbara Brandt [Susan Baldwin, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: community-activism, do it yourself, energy, environment, history, renewables, solar, solar-energy, sustainability

To Catch the Sun: DIY Solar Handbook

August 2, 2021 By gmoke

To Catch the Sun (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lonnyg/to-catch-the-sun) is a book of inspiring stories of communities coming together to harness their own solar energy, with the nitty-gritty details so you can do it too! Learn … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: DIY, ecology, energy, environment, renewables, solar, sustainability

Solar Public Service Announcements

April 22, 2021 By gmoke

The first solar video I produced was for the Urban Solar Energy Association [USEA] back in the early 1980s. One of the 10 second public service announcements was “A south-facing window is already a solar collector. Learn how to use it.” … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ecology, economics, education, energy, environment, media, reslience, solar, sustainability

Zero Net Energy – March 24, 2021

March 24, 2021 By gmoke

Making a wooden solar insolation visualization https://youtu.be/PvcvY4ToFaQ https://www.makingdatatangible.com/solar/ - program to help you make your own https://pysolar.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ - a collection of Python libraries for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: building codes, buildings, construction, ecology, efficiency, energy, environment, housing, renewables, solar, sustainability

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs or How to Talk about Climate

January 22, 2021 By gmoke

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (https://www.bls.gov/ooh/fastest-growing.htm) says wind turbine service technician jobs should grow 61% over the next decade, the #1 fastest growing job for the next decade. Solar photovoltaic [PV] installer* … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: climate, ecology, economics, energy, environment, jobs, renewables, solar, sustainability, wind

Solar Decathlon Webinars

January 15, 2021 By gmoke

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is a collegiate competition, comprising 10 contests, that challenges student teams to design and build highly efficient and innovative buildings powered by renewable energy. It’s been going on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: buildings, climate, DIY, doe, ecology, education, energy, environment, renewables, solar, sustainability, technology, webinars

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