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How do You Make an Ice Cube from the Sun?
“Solar power, of course,” said Neil Johannsen, retired Director of Alaska State Parks, answering his own question. He asked me that question as I looked at his solar-powered van, Plover, named after a bird. I love that question. That is … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Ideas, My CO2 Footprint, Travel
Tagged charge controller, effcient, MPPT, Neil Johannsen, power, power innovation, small-scale solar, solar, solar garden fountain, solar lights, solar power, solar van, voltages
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Good News: Solar Recharging Stations
Sometimes the whole sustainability/climate change/we’re-plunging-into-darkness news gets me down. From movies like Chasing Ice showing glacial retreat to fracking polluting water systems, killing plants, animals and making people sick to our honey bee colonies collapsing due to pesticides; some days … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, Green Ideas
Tagged device charging, Hampshire, Hampshire College, off the grid, Sol Design Lab, solar charging station, solar power, solar pump, SolarPump
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What About a Composting Toilet?
Last week I ran into a colleague on the ferry and we spent the half an hour trip talking about how he has gone OFF THE GRID. Yes, that’s right. Armageddon could hit tomorrow and he and his wife would … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, At Home, Green Friends, Green Ideas
Tagged AC power, appliances, Bullitt Foundation, cartoon book on climate change, climate change apathy, climate change confusion, clivus multrum, compost toilet, composting toilet, convert AC, DC power, Energy Star, filtering water, German steca refrigerator, giardia, green steve, LG washer, net-zero office building, off the grid, park toilet, pit toilet, seattle, solar power, Steca refrigerator, store electricity, trailhead version, water rights, YES! Magazine
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Win a Solar Power System
I don’t know about you, but when I get my electric bill, or any bill for that matter, if it is in paper form, I dump all the inserts into recycle and just focus on the bill itself. And, even … Continue reading
Posted in Alternative Energy, At Home, Green Ideas
Tagged City of Bainbridge Island, green power, green power challenge, green power program, PSE, Puget Sound Energy, renewable energy, solar power, sustainable bainbridge, win solar power
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