What You Can Do Right Now To Defeat Trump
(Updated 9/29/20) Act now: this election will be scarily close. Another four years of Donald Trump is unthinkable; but I
Category: Climate
Before Bailing Corporations Out From Coronavirus, Make Them Stop Destroying The Planet
Make corporate America stop profiting off carbon emissions, and start creating sustainable jobs, as a condition of the bailout. Corporate
Imagine If Climate Threat Education Was As Good (And Global) As These Coronavirus Posters?
The world’s governments are moving quickly to educate people about the Covid-19 coronavirus; specifically: 1) how to tell the symptoms;
How Great Posters And Distributed Design Made Extinction Rebellion A Global Movement
Most climate posters are one-offs. And so are most climate protests. But Extinction Rebellion broke that mold, becoming the first
Berkeley Wants To Buy Nine More Fossil-Fueled, 15-mpg Pickup Trucks… Just Say No!
There’s still time to stop this purchase. Let’s avoid buying nine new vehicles that will keep emitting carbon for decades.
Climate Escape Room: Make Your Own Fun Group CO2 Learning Game
Last week at the Getting To Zero (carbon) conference I played an excellent group game that showed how with a
(Updated With More Ideas) How Berkeley Can Lead The World In Bold, Aggressive Climate Action
Let’s act now with radical policies that can change the global trajectory. August 2020: Note that this post is already
Let’s Fix This: Berkeley’s Sidewalk-Cleaning Trucks Are Spewing Noxious Emissions
Update: On September 26th I received this email from the Downtown Business Association, which owns the truck: “Dave, Thanks for
Why Berkeley Should Ban Natural Gas Hookups, Now
Update: On July 16, 2019, Berkeley became the first California city to ban natural gas in new buildings. I’m a businessperson.
Electric Cars’ Low Operating Costs, Confirmed
Finally some research is coming out about the real cost of owning electric cars – confirming that while they cost
Hour By Hour, See the Excess Solar Power
California already has more mid-day solar power than it knows what to do with. The above graph, published yesterday in
Songs About Pollution, 50 Years Later
Most songs about political issues aren’t very good songs. But check out these tunes written in the 60s and 70s,
Songs From The War on Coal
Every good fight needs some fight songs, but the climate change battle doesn’t have many. People don’t sing much about car
Marketing Ideas For Electric Cars
Electric cars in 2017 are selling at a snail’s pace – in the tens of thousands per year. At this
BART’s Launch Marketing, 1972
When the sun rose on BART in 1972, it was a joyous, miraculous thing – the future had arrived. At
Divesting From Fossil Fuels
Update: Three years after writing this post, with the climate crisis deepening, I’ve changed my view and think anything people
Berkeley Salmon Drowns in Packaging, and Andronicos Doesn’t Care
A quick interaction tonight convinced me that either Andronicos market doesn’t really care about the environment, they don’t give their
The Power of Staying Power: Pete Seeger Never Stopped Teaching
[The following is an email I sent out to my team a few days after Pete Seeger’s death on January
Will Electric Cars Swamp the California Grid?
Tuesday night I attended an energy geek fest, and was shocked. The email had made the event sound like a snoozer: