Sustainability – Page 14 – Creative Greenius

Carbon Free L.A. Greensters Brilliant New Video of The Big Haul for South Bay/L.A. 350 Climate Action

October 28, 2009campaign, citizen volunteer, climate change, Sustainability, Yes We Can!1 Comment

These people are simply incredible. Watch this video then get on your bike and start pedaling.

I salute the L.A. Greensters and the equally awe inspiring Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition for being the ultimate biking gods of the Southern California universe.

Thanks for being a tremendous role model for the rest of us and thanks for operating our great Bike Valet last Saturday. Because of partners like you, we were the largest climate action ever staged in the history of Southern California.

My Gorgeous Wife Debra Doing The Amazing Waving Human Tide Line Saturday

October 27, 2009October 27, 2009campaign, citizen volunteer, climate change, energy efficiency, environment, environmental legislation, Environmental Politics, Ocean, renewable energy, Saving Energy, sea-level rise, Sustainability, Yes We Can!2 Comments

I’ve been married to Debra Bushweit Galliani since August 2, 1981. There may have been beauty queens and bikini babes galore on the beach with us for our International Day of Climate Action but I only have eyes for this girl starting the wave from the front of the line!

4042760024_7b73451daa_o — That's Debra in the red 350 shirt she hand painted. She's the VP of the Southern California Horticultural Society and a long term board member of the South Coast Botanic Gardens.

Bill McKibben, Creative Greenius Talking About Saturday’s International Day of Climate Action on KPFK FM’s The Insighers Today

October 22, 2009climate change, environment, environmental legislation, Environmental Politics, Ocean, politics, sea-level rise, Sustainability, Yes We Can!Leave a Comment

Bill McKibben’s Comment

October 22, 2009citizen volunteer, climate change, environment, sea-level rise, SustainabilityLeave a Comment

Bill McKibben says:
October 22, 2009 at 8:48 am

“Can I just say–Joe’s amazing work is a prime example of what’s going on in every corner of the world. Not everyone is as sophisticated, but in 171 nations and across (currently) 4,400 events people are coming together around a scientific data point. We’re driving the debate, for once, and I wish you could all be in our temporary HQ in NYC just to watch the pictures pour in from every direction. It’s frenetic but joyful–if you’ve ever worried (as I have) that there would never be a popular outpouring around global warming, it’s a sight for sore eyes.”

Read the Creative Greenius guest post on Climate Progress today:

http://climateprogress.org/2009/10/22/350-ppm-in-south-bay-los-angele/

The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

October 15, 2009October 15, 2009campaign, carbon producers, citizen volunteer, climate change, environment, Environmental Politics, fossil fuels, Killer Coal, News Media, politics, renewable energy, Saving Energy, sea-level rise, solar power, Sustainability, Yes We Can!1 Comment

I originally wrote and published this piece in June of 2008 under the title “The Cat Is On The Roof – This Joke is at YOUR Expense…”

Today, on this very special Blog Action Day Creative Greenius, I take you back to June of 2008 and ask you: What the hell have YOU been doing for the past 15 months? Worried about your finances and the crash of the economy? That ain’t nothing compared to what’s on tap for you next.

You woke up to a house on fire, and you best stop thinking that smell is coffee.

Continue reading ➞ The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

350 Climate Action – South Bay Style! The Whole World is Watching…

September 30, 2009October 1, 2009citizen volunteer, climate change, energy efficiency, environment, environmental legislation, Environmental Politics, fossil fuels, green jobs, Ocean, renewable energy, Saving Energy, sea-level rise, solar power, Sustainability1 Comment

That’s the banner that will be strung across Manhattan Ave in downtown Manhattan Beach next week to herald our South Bay 350 Climate Action Group event on the beach as our part of the International Day of Climate Action. It’s thanks to our host city of Manhattan Beach and our wonderful partners at the South Bay Environmental Services Center.

And here’s the banner that will be stretching across Highway 1 at Marine Avenue courtesy of our great allies at Surfrider Foundation

We’ve got the entire South Bay fired up, ready to go! And we’re reaching out to all 10 million citizens of the County of Los Angeles. These are YOUR beaches, this is YOUR time, this is the issue of YOUR generation. Join us and lets stand shoulder to shoulder to take action for our children and their children!

That’s why the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted yesterday to pass a resolution declaring October 24, 2009 “International Day of Climate Action” for L.A. County. Check it out after the jump.

Continue reading ➞ 350 Climate Action – South Bay Style! The Whole World is Watching…

Cisco DeVries’ AB 811 Baby Goes Nationwide: President Clinton Backs USA PACE Bond Program

September 24, 2009September 24, 2009climate change, energy efficiency, environment, green buildings, renewable energy, Saving Energy, solar power, Sustainability, Yes We Can!1 Comment

Sept 24, 2009, New York City (Sourced from prnewswire) – The Clinton Global Initiative announced this afternoon a breakthrough for the long overdue clean energy retrofitting of America’s homes, commercial and apartment buildings.

President Clinton himself made the announcement of a national PACE finance program as part of the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York. PACE stands for Property Assessed Clean Energy.

It’s exactly the same kind of land secured financing we’ve been reporting on here at Creative Greenius for over a year now in our coverage of AB 811. And it all began as the brainchild of Cisco DeVries, AB 811’s undisputed Godfather and its most effective champion.

Read the press release here.

Continue reading ➞ Cisco DeVries’ AB 811 Baby Goes Nationwide: President Clinton Backs USA PACE Bond Program

The Summit On Clean Tech Law & The New Energy Policy

September 12, 2009September 19, 2009carbon producers, climate change, environment, environmental legislation, Environmental Politics, fossil fuels, green education, renewable energy, solar power, Sustainability1 Comment

My friend, attorney Leslie Williams, of Shaub and Williams, has been busy for the past few months putting together a big Renewable Energy Law Summit at the Southwestern Law School in L.A. and it takes place next week, on Sept 18.

If it wasn’t my 52nd birthday and I wasn’t already volunteering for the South Bay Environmental Services Center that day in Lawndale, I’d be there – because the lineup Leslie’s put together is pretty terrific:

Continue reading ➞ The Summit On Clean Tech Law & The New Energy Policy

Wakeup! The Sea Level is Rising & Another Island Nation’s People Are About To Become Climate Change Refugees

September 5, 2009September 6, 2009citizen volunteer, climate change, environment, fossil fuels, sea-level rise, Sustainability1 Comment

Here is why I spend all of my time working on climate change issues and why we are gathering on the beach here in Southern California on October 24 in Manhattan Beach for 350.org International Day of Climate Action to demonstrate what sea level rise will do to us here on the West Coast:

Please watch this BBC video and learn what’s going on right now in your own world. You will be amazed and you will wonder why you never saw anything about this in the mainstream media.

Continue reading ➞ Wakeup! The Sea Level is Rising & Another Island Nation’s People Are About To Become Climate Change Refugees

The View From Here Today

August 31, 2009August 31, 2009citizen volunteer, climate change, energy efficiency, environment, fossil fuels, renewable energy, Saving Energy, sea-level rise, solar power, Sustainability, water conservationLeave a Comment

I contributed the following to the World Wildlife Climate Witness site last week and it was published this morning. I took the photos that now illustrate it here on my blog within the last hour:

My name is Joe Galliani, I’m 52 years old and I’ve lived in Southern California for 33 years.

(c) 2009 by Joe Galliani - This afternoon's view from my studio's patio

Since 1993 my wife and I have lived in Torrance California, just a half mile from the beautiful beach and the Pacific Ocean. We feel very fortunate to live here at the base of the gorgeous Palos Verdes Peninsula, but today we’re breathing a big sigh of relief learning that the Palos Verdes Wildfire was 100% contained this morning. What we’re not breathing is clean air, because the smoke from the La Canada-Flintridge fire, about 38 miles from here, is still making air quality hazardous and people in the L.A. basin are being advised not to spend too much time outdoors and to keep their doors and windows closed and their air conditioners running.

Continue reading ➞ The View From Here Today