Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend the Pennsylvania Powershift Summit at Penn State organized by the Energy Action Coalition. Powershift 09 is a movement of young motivated people and students looking to repower America with 100% clean energy and create millions of jobs that put American’s back to work. Cool right?

This youthful group shared ideas and presentations at classroom style workshops varying from Renewable Energy to...

Product placement runs rampant in the TV and Movie Industry.  Companies pay millions of dollars to have their products showcased with the stars.  Whether it’s Samuel L. Jackson sipping on a “tasty beverage” of Sprite in Pulp Fiction or ET munching on Reese’s Pieces, product placement is everywhere.

Last week it was brought to my attention (due to a friend’s very keen observation) that Community Energy has, in fact, broken into the...

My 3-year-old daughter is really into Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax lately. This isn’t her parents trying to indoctrinate her as an environmentalist. She just picked it off her shelf the other day and I’ve read it to her at least ten times in three days. I don’t mind as I happen to be a big fan of Dr. Seuss’s musical qualities and the reminder that if you can’t find a rhyming word, just make one up. The book also gives me the chills every time…even...

There is no doubt that the development of renewable energy has made great strides in recent years. But even with advances in the industry, the idea of a community being able to meet all of its energy needs through its own renewable generation can still seem like a dream of only the purist idealist. For one island community in Denmark, however, this dream has become a reality. The island of Samso is located off the Eastern coast of the...

I attended a recent lecture on solar projects in the developing world, one of many impressive discussions that were part of Climate Week NYC.  Solar One, a local organization that promotes education about green energy and the potential for solar energy in NYC, hosted the event.  Panelists included a representative from Arc Finance, which micro-finances  various projects, Buksh Group, a Pakistani retailer involved in financing...