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BREAKING NEWS: Exxon/Mobil Ordered Out of Torrance, Guilty of Greenhouse Gas Pollution

May 3, 2009June 13, 2009campaign, carbon producers, citizen volunteer, climate change, electric cars, environment, Environmental Politics, fossil fuels, greenwashing, politics, renewable energy, solar power, Sustainability, Yes We Can!8 Comments

“Pack Up Your Toxic, Fossil Fuel Factory With Its Climate-Changing Products & Get Out of Town By 2020!” Greenius Rules

It’s true, I have declared it thus this very day, marking this date as the beginning of the end of the Exxon/Mobil era.

Consider this fair and legal warning, world’s largest and most polluting oil company – I’m giving you 10 years to pack up and hit the road. Otherwise I will have you evicted and we will seize your assets. Mark your calendar and let’s start collecting empty moving boxes for our poison pals in petroleum.

pack-your-bags-boys

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Greenius & Obama Celebrate Our First 100 Days!

April 30, 2009May 1, 2009citizen volunteer, environment, green building, renewable energy, solar power, Yes We Can!Leave a Comment

Answering the President’s Call To Serve A Higher Purpose

hfh-intsall-4_14-080 — April 14, 2009 GRID Alternative solar install for Habitat for Humanity

That’s your Creative Greenius in the orange hardhat, and my buddy the Reverend Ron giving the Hang Loose salute, atop the roof of a Habitat for Humanity home we successfully installed a Solar PV system on. And when I say “we” I mean GRID Alternatives the non-profit whose mission is to empower communities in need by providing renewable energy and energy efficiency services, equipment and training.

That’s Steve from GRID on the far left. He’s a great guy, working for the modest Americorps paycheck he and the other GRID staff folks make. It was an honor to work with them and I can’t wait to do my next install with GRID.

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Greenius To Corporate Carbon Producers: You’ll Pay & You’ll Like It

April 23, 2009April 23, 2009carbon producers, climate change, environment, environmental legislation, Environmental Politics, fossil fuels, Killer Coal, plug-in cars, renewable energy, Saving Energy, solar power, Yes We Can!Leave a Comment

cammonopoly_wideweb__430x32507 Last month your Creative Greenius weighed into the issue of carbon cap and trade on the TerraPass Footprint website. I offered my take on an article entitled: “Hacks and Handout-Seekers Hate Obama’s Climate Plan”

If you’re not familiar with TerraPass Footprint this is a great opportunity to check them out. But even if you don’t, I’d like to share my take on carbon cap and trade vs carbon taxes with you after the jump…

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Meet Your Next Car At Plug-In 2009

April 22, 2009April 22, 2009climate change, electric cars, environment, fossil fuels, plug-in cars, renewable energy, Saving Energy, Sustainability, Yes We Can!Leave a Comment

Last year your Creative Greenius was on the scene in San Jose, California providing the most straight-forward, brutally frank and insightful coverage of anyone at the event.

This year Plug-In 2009 will be on my turf here in So. Cal. and once again I’ll be giving you the unvarnished Greenius straight from Iowa on the Beach

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Time for Earth Day Green Drinks

April 20, 2009May 9, 2009citizen volunteer, climate change, environment, Environmental Politics, green education, Yes We Can!Leave a Comment

FUEL now playing in Long Beach

April 20, 2009May 9, 2009carbon producers, climate change, electric cars, environment, fossil fuels, greenwashing, plug-in cars, renewable energy, Saving Energy, solar power, Sustainability, Yes We Can!Leave a Comment

The Solangelist Up On The Roof

April 19, 2009April 20, 2009citizen volunteer, climate change, environment, green building, renewable energy, solar power, Yes We Can!Leave a Comment

p4120098 — Solangelist in yellow hardhat with fellow GRID Alt volunteers

On Monday and Tuesday of last week the Reverend Ron and I were in El Cajon, California working on our first volunteer solar install with our new friends from GRID Alternatives. It was even more fun and more enriching than I imagined it would be. And I learned more than I thought I could in just 48 hours. That’s thanks to the truly expert advice I got from our GRID team leaders.

I’m looking forward to writing all about it and some of what I learned. But until I get the time later this week to give you all the Greenius details and flavor of the gig, here’s the report from Miguel Reza of GRID Alt from their web site. That’s Miguel there on the roof wearing the red shirt and the orange hard hat – a daring fashion choice, but he makes it work.

GRID Alternatives San Diego Accomplishes First “Complete” Install

By Miguel Reza – 04/16/2009 – 3:15pm

It was a first for many staff and volunteers in San Diego. But, it sure won’t be the last. On April 13 and 14, GRID Alternatives took a crack at their first full install in the City of El Cajon about 20 minutes east of downtown San Diego.

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The Greenius Goes Into Overdrive

April 12, 2009April 12, 2009carbon producers, citizen volunteer, climate change, environment, environmental legislation, Environmental Politics, fossil fuels, green building, green education, renewable energy, Saving Energy, solar power5 Comments

img_5854-copy1 — The Greenius in Yosemite

As the climate change crisis goes from bad to worse (while the deniers get nuttier and more cult-like with each passing day) and Australia gives Californians an advanced sneak preview at what is without a doubt headed our way sooner than you expect, your Creative Greenius has only gotten more Fired Up, Ready to Go!

That’s right my friends, while others are cutting back, downsizing, slowing down and pulling back, your Creative Greenius is not only Ready to Go, I’m already going, baby, and I’m moving at Obama speed.

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…

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The Solangelist Learns To Install Solar & Loves It

March 31, 2009September 15, 2012citizen volunteer, climate change, environment, renewable energy, Saving Energy, solar power, Sustainability, Yes We Can!6 Comments

I have to admit that for the first few hours of day one in PV101: Introduction to Photovoltaics I was dazed and confused by all the foreign concepts I was trying to grasp at once. I wasn’t feeling very Creative or very Greenius. I was feeling mostly dumb ass.

Understanding Ohm’s Law of resistance, the basics of current, amps and volts, not to mention the concepts of alternating current, Kirchhoff’s Circuit laws and the many fun equations that spell it all out – if you happen to read and understand those hieroglyphics – had me feeling pretty damn ignorant and out of my element.

The extent of my electrical background heretofore consisted of installing lighting fixtures and new wall switches – so long as they were replacements for existing items that got wired the same way.

Now my head was swimming with concepts of Joules, Coulombs and electrons all dancing about in the mysterious ways they create electricity.

And I was quite certain that of the 25 or so other guys in the room, every single one of them knew a hell of a lot more about the electrical basics than I did.

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The Solangelist’s Vision Shines Brighter

March 22, 2009March 23, 2009environment, environmental legislation, politics, renewable energy, solar power2 Comments

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 – an even more serious lack of the do-ray-mi.