At her concert last week, Award-winning singer songwriter Ani DiFranco became a big-time supporter of Community Energy’s efforts to grow our residential program!  Because Ani is very green (her Righteous Babe production office in a church in Buffalo uses geothermal power) and because she has chosen wind power on her electricity bills for her home, Community Energy decided to donate 1 MWh of wind energy to power Ani’s performance at The...

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...

Environmental Advocates of New York is celebrating forty years of environmental protection work in New York State.  This non-profit organization is headquartered in the state capital of Albany, where they monitor the state government’s movement on issues of environmental importance.  Environmental Advocates of New York evaluates proposed legislation and champions beneficial policies.  It makes this information available to the...

Have you ever had an idea for an invention, a kitchen gadget for example, only to see it being sold a few weeks later on a TV infomercial?

Well this sort of thing happens to me more than I’d like.  Maybe it’s a sign of some kind of collective consciousness where my brain receptors have picked up these “ideas” from others out there in the cosmos. Maybe others are pillaging my original ideas by the same method. Maybe I’m just lazy. I guess...

My birthday is today, but this is no ordinary birthday. Its on 09/09/09! I’ve been tossing around birthday activity ideas varying from playing 9’s in roulette in Atlantic City to visiting Hoboken and indulging myself with tapas at Nine.

But since it’s a Wednesday, I’m a little limited.

So instead, I’m going to reflect, focus and commit to 9 new resolutions:

1. Unplug my appliances -  According to the government's ENERGY STAR...