Recently, I took a trip out to the PSE Wild Horse Wind and Solar Facility in Kittitas County, Washington, and learned firsthand where my green power comes from. An added bonus was the drive east on Highway 2 over the Cascades where I experienced an abundant feast of fall colors and blue skies above. My
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http://youtu.be/1-g73ty9v04 Let’s talk about Energy Efficiency: In a nutshell, energy efficiency – is about doing more with less – reducing the amount of energy used, reducing the amount of money spent on purchasing energy, and reducing the harmful effects of energy production that contributes to pollution and global warming. • Residential In your home, improve
Wanting to make your home healthier, more comfortable, increase its energy efficiency and improve its marketability? Then join us on April 16 -17th, at the NW Ecobuilding Guild Green Home Tour in the North and South Sound. Homes at this free event are open to the public from 10am – 4pm on Saturday and Sunday,
The Society of Marketing Professional Services, SMPS Seattle Chapter hosted an interesting panel on energy, Power Your Position: Plug-In To New Energy Opportunities, on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. The overall goal was to learn from industry thought leaders about the state of energy sourcing and development options beyond traditional coal and petroleum. With these insights
Looking for a deep green resource that can help you to locate, research or assess the latest and greatest in energy-related programs, then check out Washington State Extension Energy Program. This group of academics, researchers and industry practitioners and partners operates like a consulting firm and is a self-supported department within the University. According to
Catherine Mohr, offers us an interesting perspective on the energy hog or, in this case, elephant-in-the-room when it comes to making greener choices as a consumer. Mohr walks us through her personal green home building project looking at trade-offs in embodied energy and water. Her perspective includes looking at the life cycle impact of not
Majora Carter shares some wonderful stories of people who are “taking limes and making limeade” (a green version of lemonade). They are not waiting for national or global solutions to trickle down to their communities. They are hometown heroes finding ways to solve unemployment, to give people new beginnings and to use entrepreneurship at the
No this is not a post about engagements or rings on third fingers (though it could be) but it is about getting involved in your community. Want to get involved in a community project that helps promote your values around environmental responsibility? Maybe your goals are to network, to give back, or to set a
Building an emerald city doesn’t take a Wizard but it does take a few vital cues from the Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow, as I learned from our dynamic panelists, at our July ELUG*, not the least of which are courage, passion and knowledge. Lucia Athens, Sustainable Futures Strategist at CollinsWoerman Architects, nationally recognized speaker,
In the Pacific NW, at this time of year, I begin to think about promises from Valentine’s Day to Spring that is just beginning to appear as the welcome of fresh buds on the trees. In business, promises are typically articulated through an enterprise’s brand identity. What can I expect – quality, reliability, integrity, and