What Are The Top Obstacles To Climate Progress?
2023-10-09
Climate solutions and decarbonization face many obstacles. For starters, people don’t like change, and our global economy is powered byKeep Reading
Capitalism And Activism Are Both Necessary
2023-10-09
Capitalism produces the technologies we need; activism is needed to get them deployed. The following is a short talk I’veKeep Reading
Can Japan Decarbonize?
2023-08-17
We went to Japan this summer, and it’s an amazing place (see my Japan In 20 photos post). On climateKeep Reading
Starter List Of Climate Philanthropy Resources
2022-12-12
Thinking about giving money to climate-related causes? Here’s a list that may be a useful starting point. Note: this postKeep Reading
Is Your Law Firm Part Of The Climate Problem?
2022-12-10
Does your law firm represent fossil fuel companies, or otherwise fight to prolong the use of fossil fuels? Now there’sKeep Reading
Find Your Climate Superpowers
2022-05-15
What can you do? A lot. Feeling powerless on climate? Think the problem’s too big for individuals to make aKeep Reading
Electric Rate Plans We’d Like To See
2022-01-18
California’s electric rate plans should be more creative and fun. California’s CPUC is re-doing our electric rate plans, and it’sKeep Reading
How We Electrified Our Very Old House
2021-12-30
Heat pumps are a great upgrade. This year, we did the best upgrade ever. We ripped out the fossil fuelKeep Reading
Why Gas Heat Is Worse For Your Home Than Coal
2021-08-29
Even a coal furnace would be better for the planet – and for you – than a gas one. ThinkingKeep Reading
How To Support Climate Legal Action
2021-08-24
Even if you’re not a lawyer, you can support the organizations fighting the climate battle in court. After decades ofKeep Reading
Food And Greenhouse Gases
2021-02-27
Check out the two charts below for a great visual presentation of the carbon and methane emissions footprints of differentKeep Reading
Jay Inslee’s “G.I. Bill” For Fossil Energy Workers
2021-01-27
We need to help people who lose jobs in the transition away from fossil fuels. As a reference point forKeep Reading
Before Bailing Corporations Out, Make Them Stop Destroying The Planet
2020-03-19
Make corporate America stop profiting off carbon emissions, and start creating sustainable jobs, as a condition of the bailout. CorporateKeep Reading
How Design Made Extinction Rebellion A Global Movement
2020-03-11
Most protest posters are one-offs. And so are most climate protests. But Extinction Rebellion broke that mold, becoming the firstKeep Reading
Make Your Own CO2 Learning Game
2019-10-14
Last week at the Getting To Zero (carbon) conference I played an excellent group game that showed how with aKeep Reading
Why Berkeley Should Ban Natural Gas Hookups, Now
2019-07-15
Update: On July 16, 2019, Berkeley became the first California city to ban natural gas in new buildings. I’m a businessperson.Keep Reading
Songs About Pollution, 50 Years Later
2017-03-21
Most songs about political issues aren’t very good songs. But check out these tunes written in the 60s and 70s,Keep Reading
Songs From The War on Coal
2017-03-04
Every good fight needs some fight songs, but the climate battle doesn’t have many. People don’t sing much about car emissions,Keep Reading
Marketing Ideas For Electric Cars
2017-01-25
Electric cars in 2017 are selling at a snail’s pace – in the tens of thousands per year. At thisKeep Reading