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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...
My Grandparents Got Slaves As A Wedding Gift—How Could I Not Have Known?
John Pitney, my grandfather and founder of the Pitney Century Farm, was married to Elizabeth S. Wayland in Licking County, Ohio, Mar. 24, 1834. They were given negro slaves as a wedding gift and I was told a few years ago by Warren Hammonds (relatives in Fayette, Mo.)...
Oh Yum! Oh Yum!—We Know Where Our Food Comes From!
Several years ago, we were living in Eugene, Oregon and I was on the Board of the Willamette Farm and Food Coalition. Under the direction of Megan Kemple (A bonafide Local Food Genius!) we started the Farm to School project for the schools and farms of Lane County. ...
A Trilogy of Hope +1: Searching for Meaning in the Aftermath (Pt 1)
With at least half our nation (well I guess half + 1, 569,824), I watched the election in stunned...
A Vote for All the Children
We just received these photos from good friends in a former congregation. They just swapped their...
Sun Power: Why Haven’t You Already Invested In Solar?
Sun Power: Why Haven’t You Already Invested In Solar? This sixth segment of Passive House Movie is...
Pitney Passive House Movie — Windows
The 5th segment of Pitney Passive House: The Movie is titled Windows, or, as I like to call it:...
HRV: The House of Rogue Visionaries
Air The gaseous realm, The atmosphere, the planet’s membrane. The inhale and the exhale. Breathing...
VIDEO: Insulating Our Net Zero House
This is the third segment or our premiere Pitney Passive House film titled Insulation, or, as I...
Video: Sealing Our Net Zero House
This is the second segment of our premiere Pitney Passive House film called Air Sealing, or as I...
Pitney Passive House: The Movie – take one
Don’t miss this short documentary about the Pitney Passive House Beyond Net Zero Project, built in...
Net Zero Living = Zero Hate
Once again, I would rather be blogging about the latest updates we've made to our Net Zero home,...
Climate Heroes—Grandmothers Rule!
This is the 3rd installment of a 3-part series on "Fighting For Clean Energy at Anacortes." You...
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