Author: baldwin

The Why & How of Solar Blogging

Originally published on Let the Sunshine In: A Solar Power Blog. To blog or not to blog, that is the question… but is it really, for any viable solar organization? Perhaps a more pertinent question would be: “How can one not blog?” According to statistics published on the Internet, 6.7 … [continued]

The Joy of Solar… Infographics

Originally published on Let the Sunshine In: A Solar Power Blog. In 2002 the Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp released their fourth single, “Remind Me.” To promote it, a French motion graphics studio named H5 was hired to produce a computer-animated music video, depicting a typical morning and workday of a … [continued]

The Case For A Solar Race

Originally published in Let the Sunshine In: A Solar Power Blog. Once upon a time, at the height of the so-called Cold War in the 1950s, the United States first became involved in something called the “Space Race” with its arch-rival, the now-defunct Soviet Union. Rocket technology had evolved dramatically … [continued]

Nonprofits: a New Frontier for Solar

Originally published on Let the Sunshine In: A Solar Power Blog. The nonprofit sector would seem to represent a natural fit for the solar revolution. Nonprofits exist primarily to do good. A community center, a food bank, a nationwide health-related charity: all these try to give a helping hand to … [continued]

The Solar Right & The Arizona Test Case

Originally published in Let the Sunshine In: A Solar Power Blog. Barry Goldwater, Jr., the son of the late conservative Republican Presidential candidate – and Arizona native – Barry Goldwater (who was defeated by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 election), has always been very much a man after … [continued]