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Breathing Easy: Privilege or Right?
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...

Passive House the Sequel: Here We Go Again!
In September 2015, we sat on a pile of gravel, announcing the build of our forever house—a certified Passive House—in McMinnville, Oregon. If you’ve been following our story you know nothing is forever. We did the house. We lived in it 4 years. ...

Things I Should’ve Known, Especially Today
How will/did you spend Martin Luther King Jr. Day?!? Last blog I was just learning my ancestors owned slaves. For MLK 2022 I’m sharing some facts of Black History I’ve learned way too recently, things this Old White Guy should’ve known way before now, but I just...
Net Zero Intolerance: This was supossted to be Land of the Free
I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to...
The King of Compost Challenges the Rat
Straight to the point: something was missing in the depths of my soul on this new place, until we...
C-O-M-P-O-S-T: My Latest (De)Composition
I’d like you to hear my new compost song. But it needs an intro. Erin’s wife, Amy, our newest...
There’s Always A Second Parade
The murders of 17 students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has fully occupied...
Swords To Plowshares & Pipelines To Panels (4 of 4)
The time is coming soon when they will beat their swords into plowshares and spears...
How To Become A Climate Hero (3 of 4)
This is Part 3 in a series of articles on the Clean Energy Jobs Bill being considered...
Pricing Pollution: Building A New World (2 of 4)
This is Part 2 in a series of articles on the Clean Energy Jobs Bill being considered in the...
Making The Powerful Blush (1 of 4)
From the greatest to the least of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain. They heal the wound of...
We Are Better Than This! Or We’re Not!
Yesterday morning I promised to follow up my blogpost about the February 14 trifecta of...
The Trifecta of Loves
Today is February 14, a day of love in popular culture, of little flying Cupids and heart-shaped...
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