All we need is to change how we think and feel

Some of us have accepted the challenges we face, having moved through the grieving process, most are still in denial. It is too late for most of the people on the planet, the only question is which species will survive and who will we save.

James Hansen's Call to Arms

Top climate scientist James Hansen tells the story of his involvement in the science of and debate over global climate change. In doing so he outlines the overwhelming evidence that change is happening and why that makes him deeply worried about the future.James Hansen has made key insights into our global climate -- and inspired a generation of activists and scientists. Full bio »

We need a neutral carbon tax to offset subsidies on carbon-fuels. NOW! There is a giant cataclysm coming and the costs keep rising. It is immoral to leave our children the world we've created.

Sustainable Hedonism

Our leadership is failing to imagine a sustainable future. They are focused upon finding a way to survive through austerity, rather than thrive via sustainable hedonism. This Protestant theory that sustainable living must hurt is a symptom of the parasitical nature of corporate bureaucracy in government. We can do better.


Democratic Para-scope - combines political overview with public insight - the architectural alchemy of radical transparency.

A power-plant that becomes a ski slope. A land fill that turns into a waste plant. Trash that turns into electricity and heat. Waste water that becomes a thermal pool you can swim in. All the same architecture of an ecosystem.

Bjarke Ingels' architecture is luxurious, sustainable and community-driven. At TEDxEast he shows us his playful designs, from a factory chimney that blows smoke rings to a ski slope built atop a waste processing plant. Why can't we have this in San Diego, CA?

CCSE GetUP House

For the next few months the GetUP Program, which trains Home Performance workers in conjunction with EnergyUPGRADE California, will be showing their Showcase Home at 590 Fig Ave. in Chula Vista. The Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting is January 24th, 2012, from 1-2pm.

Thanks to the California Center for Sustainable Energy and the City of Chula Vista, which offers matching funds to the $4000/home EnergyUPGRADE program, a group of students (including me) got the opportunity to fully retrofit an existing home for energy efficiency and renewable energy ( <--- see pictures <--- ).

Also, thanks to Dan Ignosci, Home Performance Advisor with Comfort Advisors Heating and Air Conditioning, we have nice videos of the class at work (see below) with our instructors:
Dan Perunko, Judy Rachel, Rick Powell, and Scott Nyborg, and contractor Jesse Fulton.

The house will be open for tours over the next three months if you wish to see how an energy upgrade works.

Protest against SDGE's solar fee 1/18/12

When SEMPRA uses rate-payer fees (i.e. taxes) to open their NEW SDG&E 'Energy Innovation Center' (i.e. propaganda center), they were met with protesters. Planning to charge people with Solar Panels a 'fee' for using the public electric grid. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) rejected the SDG&E "Network Usage" fee.Funny how people only protest when the money can be easily shown to come from them, but when it is hidden in their utility bills they don't even notice?

Recycled Waste Energy- a 400 Billion Dollar Secret

Someone explain to me why we need to use FRACKING to get fuel, when we already have all we need?

Hydrogen Fuel Cells

From 60 Minutes - a story about the Bloom Box, a $700,000 electricity generator that EBAY, Google, and others use to backup their server farms. Cheap to make, easy to install, and you get tax-credits and incentives that pay for half of it!