Such an honor to sit down with Drew Simon on the Crypto Altruists podcast to discuss our work on Solar Saving Circles in Tanzania. Be sure to follow @cryptoaltruists.bsky.social for more valuable episodes & resources around the intersection of Web3 for good ☀️⬇️
"This is the OpEX trap: every gas boiler, every fuel import is a recurring invoice payable to geopolitical instability. Renewables & renovation are CapEx—you pay once, the exposure disappears."☀️⬇️ Read more in @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest & always super-relevant substack:
I love multifaceted solutions. Check out this remediated golf course that has been transformed into a beautiful local park which absorbs water while providing numerous benefits for the local community and ecology.💚
Finally a way to circumvent Citizens United, thank you, Montana! Every state needs to look at doing this as soon as possible (including my own, beautiful WA State: @alexramel.bsky.social)
Don't miss this informative substack from @billmckibben.bsky.social on the exciting pace of battery innovation providing much-needed hope for "liberating ourselves from that old energy storage medium, the barrel of oil, before more people die in the ugly wars being fought over its ownership."☀️ ⬇️
Super excited to dive into this incredible resource, especially interested in the part about how Library of Things contribute to community resilience: 🌱
Looking forward to this discussion on Wednesday, Mar 18th, on our Solar Saving Circles project, empowering women's savings circles with solar power + productive appliances for energy independence, financial sovereignty & community resilience ☀️
"Instead of a New Deal, we have a Great Society for white-collar crime, a New Frontier of executive lawbreaking, a No Rich Crook Left Behind..." ⬇️ Yes, so proud that we have the best democracy that fossil fuel & tech billionaires can buy. 🔥🙃
Really looking forward to this Bread Cooperative webinar this week: 💚🌱
Besides the fact that they are super fun and safe to drive, healthier for people & the planet than polluting gas cars, and have insanely low maintenance costs, here is more good news about EVs: 💚
Photo of an orange thermometer with text above the icon that states, “New Research Shows Rapid Global Temperature Acceleration.”
Scientists warn that Earth is warming faster than at any time in the past millions of years. 47% say they have personally experienced its effects, underscoring how climate change is increasingly being felt.
(Sources: Inside Climate News & YPCCC)
"Right now...we need to create. We need the plays & the songs & the murals & the prophetic words that help us imagine a place better than this one. We need beauty & melody & drama & dissonance." 🎶🔥
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The latest from Bill McKibben: How the GOP became the party of lies + actions to take: 1. Keep telling the truth (& record it); 2. Support independent media; 3. Remind yourself that the truth has intrinsic value ⬇️🔥
➡️Truth: ICE is killing good people; the past 3 yrs ARE the hottest on record...
We're hiring a development director! Come help us take our nonprofit, clean energy-covering newsroom to the next level by building on our strong base of foundation and donor support.
www.canarymedia.com/careers
A vision: "The suite of policy and technology shifts I like to call “solarpunk urbanism,” a mix of public transport and electric vehicles and green spaces and urban wetlands and walkability…it just works. It’s a civilizational best-practice." 🌱 ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/sammatey...
"Imperfect people doing imperfect work." 💚
Love this focus on Community Resiliency Hubs which is what we are doing with The Solar Foundation in Africa, and I'd like to do this in my own community as well ☀️💚🌱
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It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰
Thank you for your response. I can't wait to read this!💚
Totally agree: "I think renewables & EVs are the power of peace, & fossil fuels are the power of war, & we need to choose peace. Not just in the way we conduct our politics, but in the way we conduct our energy systems." ☀️ ⬇️ www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ven...
💚: @outrageoptimism.bsky.social
ooops, probably should have tagged @share-able.bsky.social
Love your new site! I am looking for a resource mentioned on a podcast recently: How to start a community mesh network for internet access. Can you pls share the link?
"a rare positive vision for the nation’s energy future: The companies that stand to make boatloads of $ on data centers could fund grid upgrades that benefit everyone, as opposed to the general public subsidizing those upgrades to pad the profits of AI ventures" www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Important Reminder: "A solar panel is a valuable tool, a valuable symbol & a peace sign for our age. Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict & tyranny." - @billmckibben.bsky.social ☀️
Join TODAY! ☀️👈
Greenlight Action’s Solar Power Hour at 5pm to learn more about how solar works, what reliable and affordable solar energy means for our region, and what a new county solar ordinance could mean for local jobs, tax revenue, and energy independence.
✨️https://bit.ly/4qCJtBK
Even today's White House would have a hard time fighting a war over sunshine: "A solar panel is the new peace symbol...Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict and tyranny." - @billmckibben.bsky.social
The climate crisis affects everyone in increasingly tangible ways: "Drought in the UK led to poor grass growth, hitting butter and beef production, while extreme heat and rain in west Africa pushed up cocoa prices and droughts in Brazil and Vietnam led to a surge in coffee prices." 🌱⬇️
Amazing @outrageoptimism.bsky.social with the author of one of my all-time favorite climate books: Ministry for the Future. KSR mentions "balcony solar going up everywhere" as a solution to help avoid the worst effects of wet bulb events: www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/kim...
"BlackRock has scaled back “climate engagement in ways that put our investments at risk needlessly...Climate risk is financial risk. You can see it all around you in increased number of flash floods and wildfires.” 💚⬇️
