Sarah Hetznecker - a solar star

emily — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:32:26 -0700

"Follow Your Passion."

Sounds good, but what does this statement have to do with solar energy and climate change? In the case of Pennsylvania entrepreneur and business owner Sarah Hetznecker, everything.

Linking us together

emily — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:20:57 -0700

The Alliance for Climate Protection website offers many ways to explore, click, and begin to make a difference. We've started by offering resources that are applicable in many parts of the world but are mainly written for people in the US since America is one of the two top emitters of global warming gases in the world. Even if you're not in America, we hope you'll still find some solutions and resources that make sense in your home, in your community, on the job, and on the go, and tools to help you demand that your leaders take action as well.

Climate Messengers: Educating and Inspiring the World

emily — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:42:20 -0700

No one could have anticipated the impact of An Inconvenient Truth - the Oscar-winning documentary film whose focus was Al Gore and the climate crisis slideshow he created. Not even Gore himself foresaw the film’s widespread popularity or the cultural and political effects it would have. Seizing the opportunity its success created, in June 2006 Gore founded The Climate Project (TCP), an organization that, with Al Gore, trained select groups of committed volunteers to spread the word about climate change using his now famous slide show.

Gary Dunham: The Slide Show Rocks

emily — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:36:56 -0700

Gary Dunham went to Iraq twice last year and it changed his perspective on life. But it wasn't the war that led to the change -- it was talking to the young servicemen and servicewomen about the climate crisis. He'd always assumed that most people had a pretty good understanding of the climate crisis and its causes. But one day he started to give an impromptu presentation to a small gathering of soldiers and saw the shock on their faces when they realized that this problem was caused by people .

Debbie and Barry Russell

emily — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:44:08 -0700

Ceramic tile: a handcrafted art form becomes a growing business that's driving an eco-revolution.

Barry and Debbie Russell founded Encore Ceramics, a ceramic tile business in southern Oregon, with a passion for two things: the artform of handcrafted ceramic tiles and a belief in building a sustainable, innovative and green-friendly business that didn't harm the environment.

Trucking Goes Green

emily — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:40:27 -0700

"For me, running this biodiesel trucking company is like coming home..."

For owner Charles Whitwam, Blue Sky Shipping represents a return to his Midwestern roots and heartland values. Growing up in Michigan, Whitman's family grew all their own fruits and vegetables, composted, and were resource-conscious. Each day's problems were challenges to solve through innovation, creativity, and a little elbow grease.

Whitwam's now in the business of operating a regional shipping and delivery company whose trucks are powered 100% by biodiesel, also made by his company.

Susan Pacheco: Work Leads Home

emily — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:36:35 -0700

Be careful what you say around Dr. Susan Pacheco. She's a black belt in Tae Kwan Do, along with her husband and three teenage children. Four years ago they took up the martial art as one, and now train together three or four times a week.

Patricia McArdle: On a Mission

emily — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:30:18 -0700

Patricia Mcardle is a firm believer in the power of the sun.

She recently retired from 27 years at the State Department, often overseas. During her last posting in Afghanistan she realized that simple solar powered stoves could solve the problem of cooking with scarce supplies of wood. When she first arrived the landscape was barren. There were no trees anywhere. She learned from the locals that it hadn't always been that way. Until a few decades ago green forests had covered much of the land. The trees had been cut down cut down for firewood, leaving just brush for cooking fuel.