Do One Thing
This has been building for a while, but this week’s call to action from 15,000 world scientists pushed me up the final step that led to this article.
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Planned Community On Boston South Shore Will Be Laboratory For Sustainable Cities
A planned community on the Boston’s South Shore will be a laboratory for sustainable cities worldwide, marrying internet of things technology with renewable energy to create a healthy environment for living and working.
Trump Or Not, Electricity Customers Want Renewable Energy
Big business nails down most of the attention for buying huge megawatts of renewable energy, but practically anyone who gets an electricity bill can order up renewables on a more modest scale. In effect, the consumer choice option lets people substitute 100% wind and/or solar power for their utility company’s normal grid mix.
sonnen Restores Power To Puerto Rican Communities With Microgrid Donations
Tesla (and FEMA) have garnered most of the press for relief efforts aimed at restoring power to Puerto Rico. Certainly, Tesla and FEMA have been involved in relief action (and inaction), but they are far from the only players in the game. Others have also launched efforts to restore power to the island nation.
Sonnen launched its Puerto Rico Energy Security Initiative (PRESI) with the specific aim to restore power to a number of communities around the island nation with microgrid technology.
5th Iceland President Ólafur Grímsson on Historic Cleantech Shift (CleanTechnica Exclusive)
The 2018 ZFEP finalists in the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME), Nonprofit categories, and Global High Schools categories have just been announced.
Empowered by Light, Sunrun & Givepower Partner With Firefighters To Deliver Solar & Water Systems…
Aid and recovery efforts continue for Puerto Rico. Disheartening news is that more than 50% of Puerto Rico is without clean water in mid-October. Puerto Rico is storm battered from Hurricane Maria, a more extensive human crisis than even Hurricane Katrina created. Stepping in to hasten recovery is a Bay Area–based nonprofit in collaboration with other helping arms.
Empowered by Light, Sunrun, and Givepower are responding to the need by focusing on compassionate, long-term response and environmentally friendly solutions.
Earthbag Dome, Battery Storage From E-Waste, & Solar Power (#ZFEP Winner Bali Green School)
The finalists in the Global High Schools category shock me every year. They offer so much creativity, passion, and goodwill. This year, I was particularly surprised that the teacher from one of the winning schools is a long-time CleanTechnica reader!
Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello Tweets To Elon Musk For Help, Elon Sends Troops (#ElonTweets)
The upside of Twitter showed in an exchange between Ricardo Rossello, the governor of Puerto Rico, and real-world Tony Stark Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Governor Rossello was seemingly sending a desperate plea of help to someone who gets turned to for that more and more. He was reaching out specifically about support rebuilding the collapsed grid in Puerto Rico. Ever so swiftly, Elon Musk responded positively.
Join The Local Clean Energy Alliance’s Clean Power, Healthy Communities Gathering
The Local Clean Energy Alliance is the California’s Bay Area’s membership-based organization working at the local, state, and national level to promote a clean energy future through the development and democratization of local renewable energy resources. The organization is putting on an event next month you won’t want to miss — the Clean Power, Healthy Communities Gathering.
A Call For Help For Puerto Rico
I was delighted to discover, shortly after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on September 20, that Donald Trump understood that the island commonwealth is part of the United States. Perhaps he knew that all along, or perhaps someone told him. Either way, the island is entirely without grid power and has the prospect of remaining without grid power for months. It is appalling that citizens of the United States are so exposed to hardship.
