As we’re growing up, we all wonder how we will “make our mark on the world,” and many of us decide to do so by trying to make this Earth a better place to live. Here’s a video that tells a beautiful story—one that you probably haven’t heard.
Enjoy.
A friend provides this video and notes: Marvin Gaye’s Classic still rings true today “… only Love can conquer Hate”. “Well done!” to these special artists (from all over the world) for recreating this beautiful song which spreads the message of Love and Peace and to help bring us all together as “One to overcome the negative voices that want to pit us against each other and bring us down. We are all connected…
You are so right, and thanks for this incredibly beautiful reminder.
It will be interesting to see how they fare with an electorate that includes women, Hispanics and all people of color, LGBTs, Muslims, true Christians, economists and trade policy professionals, military people who understand the realities of war, constitutional lawyers, kind and decent people, anyone who believes in science, young people, and essentially everyone else with a college education. (more…)
At least 99% everything one sees at the huge renewable energy trade shows like Intersolar is product and service offerings intended to be completely serious and practical, i.e., a more cost-effective approach to solving a certain problem that has ever existed before. The remaining 1%, however, can get pretty zany. (more…)
I light up whenever I come across a new article by Dr. Michael T. Klare, a professor at Hampshire College and the author, most recently, of The Race for What’s Left. (A documentary movie version of his book Blood and Oil is available from the Media Education Foundation.) (more…)
I had a cute little encounter yesterday at the Intersolar show in San Francisco that I thought I’d relate.
I dropped by the Pennwell booth, the huge B2B publishing concern that owns Renewable Energy World, and introduced myself to the publisher herself, Stephanie Kolodziej. She said, “Great to meet you. I’ve heard your name a lot, I presume because you’ve been at this for some time.”
“Yes,” I replied; “I’m in my eighth year. I started, I believe, the same year Stephen Lacey became the editor of Renewable Energy World. He and I are still friends, btw; he’s one of my favorite people in the world.”
She smiled. “To express what I think of him, let me tell you this: He was at my wedding.”
One of those awwwww moments.
Question: What do you suppose these screws are, pictured left? Hint: though they come in different sizes and shapes, these are approximately six feet long.
Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Relevance: There are three main methods of anchoring solar PV to the ground: pilings driven into the earth, extruded concrete rail, and these guys.
Trying to learn about everything at Intersolar in the day-and-half I spent there is like trying to see everything at the Metropolitan Art Museum or the Louvre in that brief period of time: a really bad idea. The three enormous floors of San Francisco’s Moscone Center are packed with great concepts, presented by some extremely bright and passionate people, all trying to make their mark on a world that is starting to perceive the value of energizing human activities from the sun. (more…)
I’m in one of my (and everybody’s) favorite cities, San Francisco, for the Intersolar show. It’s hard to overstate how robust and impressive this event has become over the years, as human civilization continues to recognize the value of powering its activities with the energy from its nearest star. (more…)
It’s the birthday of Pablo Neruda, poet, diplomat, and Nobel laureate, who gave us this:
Words / as slippery as smooth grapes / words exploding in the light / like dormant seeds waiting / in the vaults of vocabulary / alive again, and giving life: / once again the heart distills them. (more…)
