Breathing Easy: Privilege or Right?

by | Jun 8, 2023 | Uncategorized

I start off today with this beautiful collage of compassionate and courageous young human beings.  They are 13 of the 14 youth of Hawai’i who, on June 1, 2022, filed a constitutional climate lawsuit against the Hawai’i Department of Transportation, the HDOT...
Born in a Barn?

Born in a Barn?

by | Feb 28, 2023 | Uncategorized

Far back as I can remember, leaving the front door open was a sin.  Coming or going, if you didn’t close the door of our farm house behind you, someone was sure to shout, “Were you born in a barn?”  As a kid I heard it so often, I finally decided I was.  Later, when I...
Walls: How We Build Them and Why It Matters

Walls: How We Build Them and Why It Matters

by | Aug 27, 2022 | Uncategorized

It’s pretty basic: wall building—a fundamental of human occupancy for awhile now.  In our two net zero home-builds, I have come to ponder walls.  In fact, as we began to add studded uprights to accomplish 11-inch-thick walls for our Bend Passive House, I was...

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