by John Pitney | Nov 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is Part 2 of a Trilogy +1. Click here to read Part 1. We had already planned to go to the cranberry bogs on the south Washington coast the day after the Election. We thought about staying in bed for the rest of the year. The fog that morning lay thick and heavy...
by John Pitney | Nov 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
With at least half our nation (well I guess half + 1, 569,824), I watched the election in stunned disbelief. Now I’m watching the aftermath for what it is asks of us. President-Elect Donald J. is everything we see, hear and feel. I won’t use even the most descriptive...
by John Pitney | Nov 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
We just received these photos from good friends in a former congregation. They just swapped their minivan for a Chevy Volt. Debbie looked at the pic and said, “This is soooooo cool! Those kids are going to grow up with a car they can plug into the wall.” These parents...
by John Pitney | Oct 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sun Power: Why Haven’t You Already Invested In Solar? This sixth segment of Passive House Movie is focused on the photovoltaic solar generation system. It is sized to produce enough electricity, over a year’s time, to power our home and charge our electric car. In...
by John Pitney | Oct 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
The 5th segment of Pitney Passive House: The Movie is titled Windows, or, as I like to call it: Windows On A New World or Why In The Hell Do We Have To Ship Windows From Lithuania? As I was preparing to teach a course on Climate Justice this summer, I ran across a...
by John Pitney | Oct 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Air The gaseous realm, The atmosphere, the planet’s membrane. The inhale and the exhale. Breathing out carbon dioxide to the trees And breathing in their fresh exudations. Oxygen kissing each cell awake, Atoms dancing in orderly metabolism, interpenetrating. That...
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