by John Pitney | Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
Don’t miss this short documentary about the Pitney Passive House Beyond Net Zero Project, built in McMinnville, Oregon by Cellar Ridge Construction (cellarridge.com). Home Owners: John and Debbie Pitney Contractors: Cellar Ridge Builders, McMinnville, Oregon John...
by John Pitney | Jun 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Once again, I would rather be blogging about the latest updates we’ve made to our Net Zero home, which this week are the new grape vines we just planted behind our new retaining wall. The vines will eventually shade the south windows to keep us cooler on the 100...
by John Pitney | Jun 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is the 3rd installment of a 3-part series on “Fighting For Clean Energy at Anacortes.” You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. I believe that we all need heroes, especially climate heroes. Mine are Patty and Debby. They are old friends and part of...
by John Pitney | May 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is the 2nd installment of a 3-part series on “Fighting For Clean Energy at Anacortes.” You can read Part 1 here. The Moral Responsibility of Disobedience Martin Luther King sent this message from a Birmingham jail: “One has not only a legal but a...
by John Pitney | May 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
It has become very clear we can’t have it both ways. It’s a holy truth. What we witnessed this weekend with Break Free PNW on a peninsula in Fidalgo Bay proves it once again. This is old wisdom the Lummi nation, Lhaq ’temish, People of The Sea, know well and live...
by John Pitney | May 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
The great Pacific Northwest is not a global coal depot, a pusher for fossil fuel addiction, a logistics hub for climate devastation. We’re the last place on Earth that should settle for a tired old retread of the false choice between jobs and the environment. Coal...
Recent Comments