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Serving My Country – My Patriotic Duty

Creative Greenius

I’m talking about people like Al Gore , Bill McKibben , James Hansen , Michael Brune , Michael Mann , Joe Romm , former president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed and the others around the world whose names are unknown, whose stories are yet untold, whose work is the most sincere and meaningful form of patriotism our nation knows.

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The Greenius Goes Into Overdrive

Creative Greenius

So buckle up and hang on while I take you for a little trip with the Greenius to the places I’ve been and the places I’m going… My First Solar PV Install. As regular Creative Greenius readers have learned, GRID Alternatives is a nonprofit organization that installs solar panels on low-income housing in California.

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Conference confirms plug-in fever

Plugs and Cars

One week earlier, former Vice President Al Gore issued his well-received challenge to make the American grid 100% renewable in ten years. Grove made it clear one thing was glaringly missing from Gore’s plea: dealing with our national petroleum addiction. Put the bumper sticker and your car and let everyone know.).

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Driving on sunshine

Plug in America

My ex and I got solar at home on his birthday in 2002, then our first EV, the RAV4, a couple months later, on the winter solstice. And with the solar panels, I was driving on sunshine. . I charge at night, when rates are lowest, so there’s a speck of non-renewable energy in my battery. Hello hope. Well, almost none.

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

Creative Greenius

The Greenius Plan To Spread Rooftop Solar Faster Then The Common Cold. If you’ve followed The Adventures of the Solagnelist thus far you know that I am seriously jonesing to generate all my electricity from my own rooftop solar power. The only thing stopping me - a even more serious lack of the do-ray-mi.

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Creative Greenius and the Marine Exchange Transformation

Creative Greenius

For those of you wondering what your friendly neighborhood Greenius does when he’s not blogging or hanging out with 999 other climate activists at Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps training , the answer is he works for a living.

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Creative Greenius and the Marine Exchange Transformation

Creative Greenius

For those of you wondering what your friendly neighborhood Greenius does when he’s not blogging or hanging out with 999 other climate activists at Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps training , the answer is he works for a living.

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