I want to give a big shout out to my friend, Jeffrey Brownson, who’s started an excellent website and blog, Heliotactic. He has put up an excellent post titled “Bye-Bye BIPV. Hello, Co-creation of Knowledge.” Excellent community-minded thoughts on solar ecology, solar design, and the fact that all solar is local. “Pay more attention to … More Solar Ecology at Heliotactic

Below are my words given at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County. The service was titled “Patriotism and Interdependence.” Prior to my speaking, Rev. Donna King and State College Borough Council member Jesse Barlow spoke on their own calls to service. — Good morning everyone. Thank you for being with me today. Hope lives … More Hope is a revelation. Hope lives in action.

This is very troubling news. For those of us who follow climate change policy and science, it’s not startling, but it’s arresting nonetheless. Indeed, it appears that The Window for Avoiding a Dangerous Climate Change Has Closed. All of our sunk costs into fossil fuels, carbon intensive agriculture, deforestation, and their linkage to a consumer society … More Climate change might make you feel like Sisyphus. But unlike him, you aren’t alone.