Site Menu:
An interesting question arises in regards to sustainability combined with outreach and education. How much effort does one devote to one's personal life, and how much to changing the world? Like any relationship, it's a fine balance that rests atop a razor's edge.
For some reason I had piled up the firewood on some cinder blocks. When I realized I needed them a few days back I started unstacking the firewood piece by piece, until in a fit of laziness I just yanked the main block out, fully expecting the whole wood pile to come tumbling down. Lo and behold, nothing moved.
Watch us talk about A Solar Buyer's Guide (4 min)!
Jetson Green is giving away a copy, but you have to comment by Friday, October 22nd.
Most solar books out there just focus on introductions to solar electricity. Ours provides a comprehensive overview of the three main solar technologies (photovoltaics, hot water, and heating), understanding financing, dealing with installers, and much more. Here's the Table of Contents to give you a better understanding:
Heading out to Los Angeles for Solar Power International this evening to nerd out on all things solar. With over 24,000 attendees last year and more expected this year, it should be one hell of a party. Hope to run into some of you there!
Cheers,
Rebekah
We'll be at Common Ground Green Building Center from 6-8pm tonight, selling ($15) and signing copies of our new book, A Solar Buyer's Guide for the Home and Office: Navigating the Maze of Solar Options, Incentives, and Installers. Hope to see you there!
Just two weeks ago we were whining and moaning over at Scientific American that Obama had refused free solar for the White House. In the pantheon of cool presidents, this put him beneath Jimmy Carter, and probably lower than old codgers like the two Roosevelts. Well we're happy to report he had a change of heart! We like to think Michelle got wind of this lemon of a decision and gave her beau a nice good boot to the rump. Solar for Everyone!
Here's some news that we would hesitate to call "good" but is certainly ironic! The military, already hip to the reality of peak oil, is ordering less dependence on fossil fuels. They better be careful, because if we succeed as a nation to wean ourselves from those bad boys, we just might not need a military anymore.
A Solar Buyer's Guide for the Home and Office explains the options so that property owners can make the right choices both for their energy needs and their financial security. Understanding how solar power systems work...(read more)
Signed copies available! Makes a great gift!
Want to live in an ecologically mindful home, but don't have the time or money to buy a chunk of land and start digging? Look around your home...
(read more)
Stephen and Rebekah Hren live in Durham, North Carolina, where they are both actively involved with renewable energy, natural building, and edible urban gardening. Rebekah is a NABCEP-certified solar photovoltaic installer, licensed electrical contractor, and ISPQ-certified solar instructor for Solar Energy International. Stephen is a builder and teacher with experience in sustainable design and passive and active solar heating technologies.