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Quantum Quote: “What if someone told you that we have everything we need to decarbonize most of the economy, we could just start electrifying every new car furnace, water heater, dryer, and cookstove and industrial process starting right now." - Stephen Lacy, paraphrasing Saul Griffith.

As we stand at the edge of a clean energy revolution, the urgency for a skilled workforce in this sector has never been more critical. With the United States experiencing a surge in clean energy jobs growing at twice the rate of other industries, the demand for qualified technicians is staggering. Unfortunately, a significant gap remains in our labor force, preventing the full potential of clean energy technologies from being realized.

Consider this: while we have the solutions at our fingertips—like heat pumps and electric vehicle charging stations—what's truly needed is the manpower to deploy these innovations across the nation. Many are eager to take part in this movement, but without a clear path into these jobs, we're at risk of stalling progress.

Steve Engler from Emerald Energy recognizes the need for a collaborative approach to build a community of clean energy installers. Through initiatives like Cleantechs, he aims to educate and inspire individuals from diverse backgrounds to step into these roles, ultimately bridging the workforce gap and addressing environmental justice along the way.

In this episode,Ron Kamen interviews Steve Engler, founder and CEO of Emerald Energy, a recruiting and training platform for clean energy technicians. Based in New York City, Steve discusses his project supported by an E2 fellowship, aimed at addressing the critical shortage of clean energy installers.

He highlights the importance of this initiative in the context of transitioning to a sustainable energy future and provides insights into the various clean energy jobs that are emerging in the industry.

Listeners will learn about the collaboration between environmental entrepreneurs and the role of organizations like E2 in promoting policies that benefit both the economy and the environment. Tune in to explore the future of clean energy workforce development and the entrepreneurial spirit driving change.

Join us as we delve into the transformative potential of clean energy jobs, highlighting the intersection of community engagement and technology, and learn how we can collectively forge a sustainable future for our planet.

Steve Engler is the Founder and CEO of Emerald Energy, which is solving the critical shortage of clean energy technicians. This year he is an E2 Fellow building Cleantechs, a community and newsletter for prospective clean energy installers from nontraditional backgrounds. He previously worked as a product manager and in energy policy and is based in NYC.

What You’ll Learn from this Episode:

Understand the role of clean energy technicians and the growing demand for these jobs in the context of the energy transition.
Discover the significance of heat pumps in decarbonizing buildings and how they work, including the differences between air-source and ground-source heat pumps.
Explore the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act on job creation in the clean energy sector and the financial incentives available for clean energy technologies.
Learn about the importance of bipartisan support for clean energy initiatives and how these efforts are being implemented across the country.
And more…

The Challenge: What I'm working to solve is this looming shortage of clean energy installers. According to the Blue-Green Alliance, we need to hire 1 million climate jobs that will have been created by the Inflation Reduction Act. Rewiring America just came out with a 2024 workforce report that says that home electrification, electrifying billings and homes will create 3 million jobs. We need to find the people to fill these jobs, and it can be a difficult pathway now to get into clean energy jobs, even just really defining what a clean energy job is.

Social Proof: Spotlight in this newsletter, we focused on a technician named Manny, who comes from New York. He worked his way up the ranks doing an HVAC program, which led to some coursework at City Tech here in New York City. And led to a job initially as an installer in an HVAC company, and then landed a job at Dandelion Energy, which does geothermal heat pumps. He was promoted four times in two years. Sometimes we have a problem explaining what these jobs are and who does these jobs. It would be great to sort of personify and a person Manny, who I've met, has spoken a lot about his journey really shows that it's tangible that it's possible to do this job.

SuperNova #1. During the pandemic, a number of resources started like Work on Climate, which is the Slack community new Energy Nexus. New York Climate Tech is another great resource here in New York City that helps more office workers navigate into climate jobs, either to start their own companies or find companies to work for or other work like that.

SuperNova #2. I launched a Substack, which is a newsletter called Cleantechs. You can subscribe at cleantechs.substack.com. It's focused on getting folks into installer and technician jobs and solar, wind, HVAC, and EVs, and batteries, while helping to demystify climate jobs. And each newsletter, we have a spotlight on some aspects of the clean energy journey. So we've had two newsletters so far sent one out in September and in October, and we'll send a new one out in early November.

SuperNova #3.There's obviously a huge need for policy types and the financing side of clean energy. But the bulk of the work that has to be done to decarbonize this country is kind of boots on the ground work, installing heat pumps, installing EV charging stations, installing batteries, putting more solar on roofs, setting up more offshore wind turbines. Some jobs require you to go to community college. Some jobs don't. There are jobs like you could become an HVAC apprentice level helper without going to a community college. And you can get into a great career that way. If you're working in a job as an HVAC technician and you've been there for five years or so, you could start making six figure salaries without a college degree, without college debt, which is extraordinary. And I think we have to get out the word on these jobs.

What the future looks like for clean energy jobs: We can supplement some of the work being done by the federal government whether it's through some of these incentive programs, whether it's through the white House effort to get around 20,000 technicians into clean energy jobs. One thing people focus on is how much do you get paid to start? And I think if you look at maybe a job in the fast food industry or a job as a HVAC apprentice, you might even have similar starting hourly wages. But I think what you have to argue is, what does your trajectory look like after five years if you stay in this industry, how much work could you be making in this space? What does your job potential look like? You could start your own company, you could work at a bigger company, you could work in sales. The sky's the limit.

Partnerships / alliances to carry out the goal: Our hope is that with this newsletter, we could help kickstart a community to get folks into these jobs. And part of what we're doing too, is we partnered with local workforce development organizations like here in New York City, just wanna give a shout out to Youth Action Youth Build, WE ACT for Environmental Justice with whom I've worked and got the word out about this effort.

Resources Mentioned: * Cleantechs Newsletter: cleantechs.substack.com * E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs): e2.org * Rewiring America: rewiringamerica.org

Connect with Steve Engler:

Emerald Energy: emeraldenergy.co
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sengler

http://www.linkedin.com/company/tryemerald

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/sengler4

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We just had an amazing conversation on the Earth Kind podcast with Paige Ruane and Vanessa Bertozzi from Partners for Climate Action, Hudson Valley.

They shared insights on their work supporting local communities in addressing the climate crisis and improving ecosystems in the Hudson River Valley watershed.

Did you know they've given out over $3 million in grants since starting? Their impact is truly inspiring!

Paige and Vanessa believe that the overlapping ecological crises are best addressed by the communities that are closest to them by using approaches that honor the uniqueness of each place.

Partners for Climate Action (PCA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2019 with a mission to catalyze bioregional climate action. They believe in addressing ecological crises at the local level, honoring the uniqueness of each community. PCA focuses on moving various forms of capital to where they can have the most impact, aiming to catalyze local action effectively. Their core work involves providing funding, knowledge, tools, and connections to support grantees in achieving success.

PCA's priority areas include ecological restoration, emphasizing the establishment of community forests and native habitat cultivation, as well as the decarbonization of existing building stock in underserved communities within the region. By prioritizing these initiatives, PCA aims to empower communities to take action on climate change at the local level, recognizing the importance of grassroots efforts in creating meaningful change.

About the Founders:

Paige Ruane is a co-founder of Partners for Climate Action, where she co-developed the Local Champions program and the Building DecarbonizationGrants program. She is a member of her Climate Smart Communities Task Forcein Austerlitz, NY where she contributed to the achievement of bronze certification. Paige has worked as a psychotherapist and documentary film and radio writer/producer.

Vanessa Bertozzi works as a consultant for Partners for Climate Action, where she co-developed the Local Champions program and the Building Decarbonization Grants program. Vanessa is an elected official on the Board of Trustees for the Village of Rhinebeck, NY, where she led her Climate Smart Community Task Force to bronze certification. As a consultant, Vanessa has worked for The New York Times and clean energy companies. Previously, she worked at Etsy.com for over a decade.

If you're looking for ways to get involved in climate action, this episode is a must-listen.

What You’ll Learn From This Episode

Funding and Support for Local Communities: Partners for Climate Action provides funding and support to local communities addressing the climate crisis and improving ecosystems in the Hudson Valley watershed.
Programs Overview: The podcast discusses the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) and the Climate Smart Communities program, highlighting their goals and actions.
Grant Programs: Details about the building decarbonization grant program and ecological restoration grants are shared, emphasizing the impact on reducing carbon emissions and restoring ecosystems.
Community Engagement: The importance of community involvement, volunteerism, and collaboration in addressing climate change is highlighted, along with the role of local champions and organizations.
Upcoming Events and Initiatives: Information about upcoming webinars, field trips, and grant opportunities, such as the pollinator action guide and forest health projects, is provided for listeners to engage with.
…and many more

“Think locally. Act locally.” - Vanessa and Paige, PCA Founders

Resources:

PCA Awards Twenty Building Decarbonization Grants https://www.climateactionhv.org/decarb-grant

Connect with Climate Action HV

https://www.climateactionhv.org
Instagram @climateactionhv
Be a Climate Action HV Supporter/ Donate: https://www.climateactionhv.org/checkout/donate?donatePageId=64b822edbd30a73b5c77c3ca

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From plastic medicine bottles to sustainable healthcare products, learn how Cabinet Health is making a difference.

In this episode, we chat with Russell Gong, co-founder of Cabinet Health, about their mission to eliminate single-use plastic medicine bottles in the healthcare industry. Tune in for an inspiring conversation!

Russ shares his journey from recognizing the plastic medicine problem to founding a sustainable healthcare company.

Learn how Cabinet Health is innovating to make a positive impact on the environment and healthcare industry.

From appearing on Shark Tank to envisioning a future with circularity and refillability in healthcare packaging, Russ discusses the exciting possibilities ahead.

Discover more about Russ's impactful story and the future of sustainable healthcare in this episode.

Russ's story is a compelling reminder of the power of innovation and entrepreneurship in tackling some of the world's most pressing issues. His work with Cabinet Health not only addresses environmental concerns but also paves the way for a healthier planet. It's inspiring to see how businesses can lead change and make a significant impact on both industry standards and global sustainability.

Today’s awesome Earth Podcast is sponsored by Earth Energy Consulting. Earthkind Energy brings over 30 years of expertise in creating clean energy projects that reduce energy costs, provide outstanding returns on investments, lower carbon footprints, and leave a proud legacy for our children and all future generations. www.earthkindenergy.com.

Topics Covered:

Journey of Russell Gong: Learn about Russ Gong, co-founder and President of Cabinet Health, and how the company is tackling the issue of plastic waste in healthcare.
Problem of Plastic in Healthcare: Delve into the environmental impact of single-use plastic in the healthcare industry.
Impact of Microplastics: Discover the effects of microplastics on human health and the environment.
Experience on Shark Tank: Learn about the behind-the-scenes experience of appearing on the TV show Shark Tank and the lessons learned.
Vision for Sustainable Healthcare Packaging: Understand the future vision for sustainable healthcare packaging and the potential transformation of the healthcare industry towards circularity and refillability.
And many more…

"The best packaging is no packaging, right? - Russell Gong

Resources Mentioned:

Beyond Zero: Directed by Nathan Havey
Kellie Gillespie

Connect with Russell Gong

Website: https://cabinethealth.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/russell-gong-b9528346

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The entire world is transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy sources for our electricity, heating, cooling and transportation. Technologies such as energy efficient light bulbs and appliances, solar and wind powered electricity, air and ground source heat pumps, and electric vehicles are transforming our lives.

Communities, schools, and workplaces are adopting zero-carbon technologies that will also reduce costs and improve our health and safety. But did you know that the industrial sector is responsible for one third of global greenhouse gas emissions and that industry is projected to become America's biggest emission source by 2035.

For climate action to succeed, we need to develop sustainable industrial practices.

How can we revolutionize America's biggest emitters, the iron, steel, chemicals, and cement industries?

In today's episode, we meet Jeffrey Rissman. The Senior Director of Industry at Energy Innovation, Jeffrey focuses on technologies and policies that combat the rise in greenhouse gas emissions in the industrial sector.

Jeffrey has a new book, Zero-Carbon Industry: Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity, and it's now on sale worldwide.

In Zero-Carbon Industry, Jeffrey unpacks the complex challenges presented by climate change and offers clear actionable insights on how we can revamp the industrial world's heaviest emitters using cutting edge technologies and intelligent policies.

Cited in the Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Fast Company, Forbes, and elsewhere, his work shows how we can reshape our entire industrial landscape.

Today's awesome Earth Podcast is sponsored by Earth Energy Consulting. Earthkind Energy brings over 30 years of expertise in creating clean energy projects that reduce energy costs, provide outstanding returns on investments, lower carbon footprints, and leave a proud legacy for our children and all future generations. www.earthkindenergy.com.

Now let's hear Jeffrey Rissman tell us how Zero-Carbon Industry provides a roadmap to how smart investments in technology, people, and the planet can lead our transformative journey to a carbon-neutral industrial sector.

Topics Covered in this episode:

Learn about the importance of decarbonizing the industrial sector.
Find out about technologies and policies for achieving sustainable prosperity in the industrial sector.
Learn about the concept of zero-carbon industry and how it can be achieved.
Find out about the role of heat pumps in decarbonizing industrial heating processes.
Learn about the various technologies available for delivering heat in industrial processes.
And more…

“One thing I realized is that the industrial sector is very important. It's producing a lot of the emissions that humans are adding to the atmosphere, but it gets a lot less attention than the other sectors. “ - Jeffrey Rissman

Connect with Jeffrey Rissman:

Zero-Carbon Industry: Transformative Technologies and Policies to Achieve Sustainable Prosperity (Center on Global Energy Policy Series) book: https://zerocarbonindustry.com/
20% Off the Book when you sign-up through this mailing list sign-up: https://energyinnovation.us13.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=0faf0f29db5d15d8b0c1411ad&id=b3d85e52c9
https://www.jeffreyrissman.com/

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Quantum Quote: "We build too many walls, and not enough bridges." - Isaac Newton

We live in an incredibly polarized world. Every day, we witness the widespread, massive distrust of almost everything and everyone.

How can we overcome the escalating anger and mistrust that pervades close to every aspect of our society? Well, in today's episode, we meet Erik Wohlgemuth of Future 500 (www.future500.org) with over two decades of experience in stakeholder engagement and corporate sustainability.

Erik is trusted by diverse leaders across industries, sectors, and political persuasions. Erik is an expert in humanizing opponents through compassionate diplomacy. He is adept at depolarizing relations between businesses, activists, philanthropists, and investment leaders, so that they can find common ground and explore solutions to the social and environmental challenges that threaten our very civilization.

Erik earned his MBA from the Yale School of Management and his Master's in Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment. Beyond Future 500, Erik serves as a board member for Pacific Forest Trust, and as a West Coast Advisory Board member for the Yale School of Management.

Erik is also a fellow chapter director for Environmental Entrepreneurs or E2, the national, nonpartisan nonprofit organization of over 10,000 business people who are advocating for policies that are good for the economy and the environment.

Now let's hear Erik tell us how future 500 is depolarizing relations to effect durable change that happens at the speed of trust.

Today's AWESome Earth Kind podcast is sponsored by EarthKind Energy Consulting.

EarthKind Energy brings over 30 years of expertise in creating clean energy projects that reduce energy costs, provide outstanding returns on investment, lower carbon footprints, and leave a proud legacy for our children and all future generations. You can visit EarthKindEnergy.com to discover how EarthKind Energy Consulting partners with developers, builders, communities, government entities, and nonprofit organizations to create new revenue sources, reduce energy and operation costs, and lower carbon footprints with energy efficiency, solar, air and ground source (geothermal) heat pumps, electric vehicles, and EV charging stations.

Challenges:

Erik faced challenges related to building trust between corporations and civil society leaders.

● He struggled with finding the courage to follow a less beaten path in his career.

● Erik works to navigate the polarization in plaguing this country and the world.

● He encountered challenges related to corporate political responsibility and bridging the gap between different perspectives on issues like clean energy.

● Erik also faced difficulties dealing with the slow pace of change and the frustration of idealistic younger generations.

● He experienced setbacks in projects where trust and collaboration were not established effectively.

● Erik is dealing with the complexities of permit reform and regulatory systems hindering progress in various projects and the hard work of operationalizing environmental justice principles within a big oil and gas company.

Lessons: Building trust and collaboration between different stakeholders is essential for effecting positive change. Humanization and finding common ground, even with polarized opposites, can lead to collaboration and progress. Permit reform and operationalizing environmental justice are two key areas for addressing current challenges in the energy and environmental sectors.

Supernova 1: "Humanization leads to trust. Trust leads to collaboration." - Erik Wohlgemuth

Supernova 2: “Humanize, think about people that may be your polarized opposite, and figure out a way to find common ground with them." - Erik Wohlgemuth

Aha Moment:

"A critical moment was walking into a business school admissions office and picking up a flier that changed my life." - Erik Wohlgemuth

Most Energized About:

“One area we're focusing on as a team is permit reform in the United States. You're seeing our regulatory system right now being used by both the right and the left to block all sorts of potential projects to help us decarbonize the energy system. I think at some point we have to figure out a way through this so we can start to get some stuff done." - Erik Wohlgemuth

Parting Advice:

"I encourage everybody when they're out in their day, going to events, going to a corporate meeting or whatever organization they work in to figure out ways to bring in different ideas. Who's not in the room who you should speak up for so you get those ideas out into the ether? And that can change people's minds." - Erik Wohlgemuth

Connect with Our Guest:

● Website: https://www.future500.org/ideas

https://www.future500.org/

● X: @future500

● LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-500

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Quantum Quote:

“It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred with sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who, if he wins, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” - Theodore Roosevelt

To make the transition to a sustainable civilization, we need new business models. The future belongs to clean tech startups AND traditional energy companies who evolve and lead the transition.

The Robison family business was founded over 100 years ago to deliver coal. Then Robison moved to deliver oil, then natural gas and electricity. Now - under this generation’s leadership, the traditional fossil fuel company is transitioning to clean biofuels, heat pumps, and geothermal energy.

Robison aims to provide the most affordable and clean products and services to help their customers make the choice that fits their unique situation. With a 100 year commitment to their customers, Robison aims to deliver the best service, better health, and a greener future now - and for the generations to come!

Dan Singer is the CEO and President of Robison. Since his arrival in 1996, Robison has expanded its services to include natural gas supply and service, electricity supply, air conditioning, plumbing, duct cleaning, heat pumps, geothermal installations, and servicing, as well as indoor air quality solutions.

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SuperNova #1. Make sure that you're working with a company that not only knows how to install the equipment, but knows how to service and maintain it.

SuperNova #2. The pro of doing it now is the amount of incentive and assistance that is available to people to do. This is a train that's moving. Eventually, everyone is going to have to make the transition. So why not do it now, when there are a lot of incentives available.

SuperNova #3. The technology we're talking about, even geothermal, isn't new technology. This isn't experimental. So it's not like you got to wait and see what's going to happen-- it works! It's here. While there will always be improvements, the technology is proven, reliable, and affordable TODAY.

Dan’s AHA! Moment came when he started to become curious about ways that we can help our customers lower their carbon footprint and be more efficient, especially at times when fuel oil and gas prices are so volatile.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: Don't stop taking risks.

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: I try as hard as I can, at least once a week, to have a genuine conversation with somebody I've never spoken to before, and just learn from them. Who are they? What makes them tick?

Internet Resource: www.robison.com

Book Recommendation: The Winner Within: A Life Plan for Team Players by Pat Riley

Magic Wand: If everybody would take a little bit more time to understand others, rather than trying to convince others. I think that will make us a little bit better. Just listen a little bit. Listen instead of talk.

Most Energized About Today: I think the pace of change is fascinating. We're doing things now leading to keeping people comfortable in their homes.

Connect:

Website: http://www.robison.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robisonenergy/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobisonEnergy1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/robison/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobisonEnergy/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/robisonenergy

The Winner Within: A Life Plan for Team Players

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Quantum Quote:

"The peacemaker taught us about the seven generations. He said, when you sit in Council for the welfare of the people, you must not think of yourself or your family, not even of your generation. He said, make your decisions on behalf of the seven generations coming, so that they may enjoy what you have today." - Oren Lyons

"It's not the critic who counts; nor the man or woman who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes up short again and again. Because there is no effort without error, and shortcoming." - Theodore Roosevelt

The world can feel very overwhelming– from fast-paced modernization to the constant production of greenhouse gases.

However, hope is still within our reach as we try to change our habits, influence future generations, and save our environment.

Changing habits, switching to organic foods, and saving the earth one initiative at a time can lower the damages of our consumption. However, these aren’t enough. To achieve sustainable change, we need a constant effort to educate and empower every individual - especially at educational institutions…

Learn with us today about the changes that the State University of New York at Buffalo (University at Buffalo, or UB) are making to lead by example, empower our youth, and create a greener future for everyone!

As UB’s inaugural chief sustainability officer since 2011, Ryan McPherson works to create a culture of innovative and collaborative sustainability at UB and implement strategies to help position the university as a sustainability leader in the community, state, and nation, as well as across all institutions of higher education. As part of the university’s climate action plan, Ryan has been setting 10 key strategies to implement within the next decade.

Ryan has also worked to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals across campus and New York as part of the broader effort to create the next generation of change agents that can build the future we seek.

SuperNova #1. We all have to be in the arena. Whether you are currently succeeding or failing is not necessarily the point - you need to be in the game. We have a lot of things to do right now, and we need everyone in the arena working to really advance things.

SuperNova #2. Realize that sustainability is not the goal. Sustainability is a strategy to achieve existing goals.

SuperNova #3. We can talk as much as we want about hope and all the possibilities that are out there, etc. But there is a ticking clock that is in front of us. And every day, every hour that we delay, is a consequence that happens on the backside of that timebomb.

Worst Career Moment: The one that really stands out is that we went through a couple of years worth of really evaluating, working, putting out bids, analyzing, really reducing risk all for a lot of on-site and our off-site solar, and had a really great bid come in. The forecast savings was a couple million dollars a year, for 20 years, under a locked purchase power agreement, a long-term contract. One of the great things about New York is we have some awesome goals, and some really good investment and funding. But one of the big challenges is we have a lot of regulation in the state. And so, the procurement and regulatory framework to get approval of certain things works at a different speed than the market. And so, we lost that opportunity.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: I think sometimes in order to go fast, you need to go slow. Sometimes thinking through things a little bit more than just reacting actually gets you further ahead and has more impact.

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: I don't know if it contributes to my success, but it helps prepare me. I love trail running.. Sustainability work is about the long game. So pacing yourself, but also learning how to digest the pain on the trail, definitely helps in the professional world as well.

Internet Resource: Climate Optimist newsletters by the Harvard T.H. Chance School C-Change

Book Recommendation: Finding Purpose: Environmental Stewardship as a Personal Calling by Andrew Hoffman

Podcast Recommendation: Rich Roll Podcast

Magic Wand: I'd go back 30 years ago and have everyone's mind changed about the importance of acting on climate.

Most Energized About Today: I am most energized and really empowered by where I work, I get to see 30,000 students every day. Not all of them, but they are amazing! That inspiration they give me, the innovation and the creativity and you know, they're realistic. They're dealing with the same challenges. But the sense of urgency and determination that I see on an issue like climate and equity is nothing short of energizing, for me, to be around that.

Next Step: I really think our building electrification efforts are both energizing me and keeping me up at night because it is so big. But that work is one that we're really focused on. Our mobility work is also transitioning the entire fleet over. That is no small objective either.

Parting Advice: I do truly believe that at the end of the day, we all, within our self-interest, want to and need to get to this place. And so for me, at the core of that, is trying to speak in a language that is not your language, that is someone else's language. How can you then bring some of those different pieces of climate action, meet people where they are, and really try to have them see a different angle within their world?

Connect:

Website: http://www.buffalo.edu/sustainability
Website: http://www.buffalo.edu/climate-action
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ubsustainability/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/UBGreenOffice
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBGreen
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyMcPherson
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ubsustainability

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Quantum Quote: “Save the climate with profitable wave power.” – Jan G. Skjoldhammer Each and every year, uwe are burning more fossil fuels, ruining our children’s futures and all of our lives. What we’ve been missing is a more cost-effective and climate-saving solution that’s been around since the very beginning of time. Wave power—about three times more stable than wind—has the potential to provide energy equal to all the electric consumption of everyone in the world right now! Jan’s message is that wave power alone could provide most of our energy needs. Help propel the future of energy solutions and help save the climate with profitable wave power; It may be the missing link we’ve all been looking for. Jan G. Skjoldhammer is the Founder and CEO of Novige AB- or NoviWavi - a wave energy developer that uses ocean waves to generate electricity. Jan has been an officer, captain, instructor and display pilot with a well-developed technical side, having built a race car in his youth, among many other projects. He is a natural-born entrepreneur with a tireless ambition and an environmental awareness that has led him to make a significant positive impact on the world and mitigate climate change. Skjoldhammer's entrepreneurial endeavor in property development laid the monetary foundation of NoviOcean in 2016, with early retirement from his long-time career at SAS Airlines. Today, Jan leads a team of like-minded individuals who also strive towards saving the climate with profitable and renewable wave energy technology. Today’s podcast is sponsored by EarthKind Energy Consulting (www.EarthKindEnergy.com) Email info@EarthKindEnergy.com for a free 20 minute consultation to discuss your energy cost pains - and how solar, heat pumps, and electric vehicles may provide you with the means to save money while improving the environment and leaving a proud legacy for your children.

SuperNova #1. Wave power’s potential globally is estimated to be about the same as humanity’s current electrical consumption, about. 29,000 terawatt hours per year. For the US, about 66% of the total consumption in the US can be provided by wave power. SuperNova #2. Wave energy generators are low on the horizon, hardly visible, don't make any disturbing sounds, and do not harm any animal life, birds or sea life; SuperNova #3. Wave power is about three times more stable than wind power. But combining wave power with solar and/or wind energy can provide five times the power and meet all our energy needs, eliminating our dependence on fossil fuels.

Combining wave power with solar and wind provides the missing link for energy. Connect: ⦁ Website: https://noviocean.energy/ ⦁ Email: jan.skjoldhammer@noviocean.energy ⦁ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-g-skjoldhammer-8807996/

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Quantum Quote: “Save our soil in the hopes that the soil might just save us.” - Woody Harrelson

We all have to eat - but agriculture is something we often don’t think about And, even when we do, we don’t think much about how it affects our environment. But climate smart grants, carbon credits, and goals to become “net zero” have now made agriculture a hot topic in the mainstream media over recent years.

Sustainable agriculture provides a fast and direct path to the eco-friendly changes we want, and climate smart farming can create more resilient crops and healthier food.

But… did you know that smart farming practices can also play an important role in solving the climate crisis by taking carbon out of the air and sequestering it into the soil?

There are a plethora of contributions you can make, programs you can educate yourself on, and a change of lifestyle you can invest in. Switching to a climate-smart and organic agriculture provides benefits that have the ability to positively influence numerous environmental factors - and support the farmers who bring us our daily sustenance.

To be protected by Mother Earth, we must first love and take care of her through smart actions and eco-friendly changes. One of our first steps is in agriculture.

Dive in and learn more about climate-smart agriculture and the power, protection, and strength it brings - not only to the environment, but to you as well.

While Sara Waldner didn’t grow up on a farm, she’s been passionate about promoting the benefits of modern agriculture and educating others about the challenges that farmers face to feed our growing world for over a decade. Her advocacy began in high school with her involvement in FFA, the largest student-led organization in the country that prepares members for leadership and careers in the science, business, and technology of agriculture.

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SuperNova #1. The most successful stories of farmers implementing these types of climate-smart practices on their farm often came from having a peer-to-peer connection with someone, whether that was through a different mentorship group,a program, a one-on-one connection that they already had, or attending different events and seminars that some of the soil conservation or soil health advocacy groups put on.

SuperNova #2. Farmers are business people first and foremost. And they need to be able to have the flexibility to adjust and refine practices on their operation as needed throughout the transition.

SuperNova #3. Rather than just focusing on soil health or carbon sequestered, it's important also realize the many additional benefits that come with these practices, like improved biodiversity and soil nutrients, and improved water retention and quality. Erosion prevention increases yields over time because of the benefits of soil health. Because our soils are more resilient, you'll be better suited to face the extreme weather events that we are all too familiar with these days.

The upcoming US Farm Bill this year is our best opportunity to create climate smart policies and support sustainable agriculture. Tell the Federal Government how you feel about farm health and the upcoming Farm Bill: https://www.agriculture.senate.gov/farm-bill-input

Connect:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarawaldner/
ACT Now: Rural Investment to Protect our Environment (R1PE100)- Policy Platform: riperoadmap.org/take-action/

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Quantum Quote:

“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.” –Jules Hammond

“To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.” –Michael Jordan

Batteries may be just shrugged off as something small - but did you know that 15 billion batteries end up in landfill or are incinerated every year?

The power of science and technology is now creating a change in how we produce batteries - using only paper and enzymes.

Today’s podcast explains this new sustainable energy solution and how it will pave the way for a cleaner and brighter future, with a reduction in toxic waste - one sustainable battery at a time.

Marie Berthuel is a doctor in electrochemistry. She is the Product Manager and Co-Founder of BeFC.

Jules Hammond has a Ph.D. in electronics and has had two previous startups in the United Kingdom. After he returned to his birth city of Grenoble in the Alps, he Co-Founded and is the CEO of BeFC.

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How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why building owners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives, tax credits and grants to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

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SuperNova #1. BeFC technology uses paper & enzymes to produce a few milliwatts of electricity per square centimeter and power a microcontroller that can energize sensors. Then it can even send the data wirelessly.

SuperNova #2. Every year, around 15 billion primary batteries - 97% of miniature batteries - end up either in landfills or are burned in incinerators. These miniature batteries are intrinsically complicated, expensive and unecological to first collect, then process, then recycle. It takes large amounts of time, effort, and money to recover value from these miniature batteries, which is why they end up polluting our planet.

SuperNova #3. The BeFC solution is more than 96% recyclable, and it’s what we call "disposable." Further down the line, all BeFC products will be totally recyclable and degradable. The in-house studies have proven compostability, biodegradability in liquid, as well as, in solution, and non-fetal toxicity.

SuperNova #4. Most batteries store energy using reactive metals. Often these metals can be quite exotic, including cobalt in lithium batteries. BeFC's technology is based on enzymes that are industrialized now at the multi-ton scale in large, three-story fermenters. It means costs are decreasing and, because they’re bio-source materials, the costs will continue to go down.

SuperNova #5. Using multiple enzymes to strip or remove electrons from the glucose molecule can achieve higher energy densities. In 20 to 40 years time, there's a huge opportunity to extract all of the energy from the glucose molecule and fully oxidize it. At that point, organic batteries can power cell phones and other devices.

Connect:

Website: https://www.befc.global/
Email: info@befc.fr
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Geothermal heating and cooling systems are no longer new in the market. Contractors and homeowners are recognizing that cash and tax incentives reduce both upfront investments and monthly operating costs - while creating quiet, sustainable and & more comfortable indoor air environments.

Truth be told, some geothermal systems have a price tag that at first appears to be a lot more than a conventional system. But with a 30% federal tax credit, additional local tax credits and utility rebates, that number can make a geothermal HVAC system cost only slightly more than a conventional system to install - with 70% savings in monthly heating, cooling and hot water expenses for the homeowners, and larger profit margins for HVAC contractors.

To top that, geothermal systems also benefit the environment because of the reduced emissions from fossil fuels into the air!

Truly, geothermal heating and cooling systems are the most efficient system available in the market - not only for the immediate and long run financial savings, but also for the reduced maintenance costs and hassles.

Join us today as we discuss why both homeowners’ and contractors should make the switch from traditional HVAC to geothermal systems.

Emily Ostrander is Climate Master’s Northeastern regional sales manager. Climate Master has been in the geothermal heating and cooling industry since the 1950s, and for more than 50 years, they have been continually developing and producing the industry’s most innovative and energy efficient heating and cooling systems. Presently, they are operating a 510,000 square foot cutting-edge plant in Oklahoma City that sustains over 600 American jobs and supports more than 1,200 independent dealers.

“Geothermal heat pumps are the most efficient on the market…what that does for you is it first off eliminates your heating fuel source and instead runs on electricity. So, you might have some higher amounts of electrical costs where you didn't before, but it offsets the cost of the fuel by far. It makes it more efficient, reduces operating costs, gives you a great system that is more consistent and comfortable - and also reduces the carbon footprint.” – Emily Ostrander

Key Takeaways:

“Geothermal systems use the ground temperature underneath to heat and cool your home. So, how this makes it the most efficient system out there is the fact that – and let's just say for winter, you are trying to heat your home, and we're able to use that constant temperature of around 55 degrees to heat the home versus an air source.” – Emily Ostrander

“Geothermal systems, yes, they do require a little bit more time to install, but not as much time as everybody thinks it's going to be.” – Emily Ostrander

“HVAC Contractors - TheTrilogy System is $48,000 because that's what you're invoicing to the customer. That's not what the customer pays due to all the rebates and tax incentives, but that's what is being invoiced. And you can make a higher profit margin on a geothermal system than traditional systems. So, what does that do? For spending an extra day on a jobsite, you could walk away with $14 to $15,000. In my mind, I think an extra ten grand in your pocket is something that every contractor would love to see for a day's work.” – Emily Ostrander

Connect:

Website: https://www.climatemaster.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/climatemaster-inc-/
Email: eostrander@climatemaster.com
Phone: 330-414-5444

Resources Mentioned:

Climate Master: https://www.climatemaster.com/
NY Well Drillers: https://www.nywelldriller.org/

Topics Covered:

04:58 – Introducing this episode’s guest, Emily Ostrander

05:19 – What geothermal heating and cooling system is about and how it works

07:37 – The types of loops you can choose from depending on the type of your property

09:56 – The benefits of geothermal heating and cooling system compared to the traditional fossil fuel, oil, propane, and natural gas systems

11:55 – Why geothermal heating and cooling system is the most efficient in the market

13:40 – The things you need to do and look at if you want to be a contractor of geothermal systems

18:35 – Discussion about Climate Master’s Trilogy System

22:42 - Discussion about Climate Master’s GeoDesigner, a software that compares operating cost differences between different systems

25:34 – How and where homeowners could find drillers

27:08 – The incentives that help reduce upfront costs for the installation of geothermal systems

31:27 – The approximate out-of-pocket costs and net costs of installing Climate Master’s Trilogy System

33:23 – Why geothermal system is more cost-efficient than other heating and cooling systems in the long run

36:17 – Why you’d want to get into geothermal systems, as a contractor

39:41 – Geothermal systems benefit the homeowners, the contractors, and the environment as well

40:39 – Connect with Climate Master and Emily

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How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

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“Passion and commitment. You got to be passionate about what you do and committed to accomplish what you’re passionate about. That’s how I live my life.” – Donovan Gordon

How can we save money and help create a better future by transitioning from heating our buildings with fossil fuels to heating and cooling with clean and renewable resources?

When we say that we’re going to heat and cool our buildings from the earth, more often than not, people scratch their heads and question how it’s possible to get 72 degrees from dirt.

By running pipes into the ground and transferring the “heat beneath our feet” into our homes and other buildings, we can capture the constant temperature of the earth and use that ~50 degrees as the starting temperature to heat or cool. Then, using the same type of heat pump technologies as today’s refrigerators and air conditioners to cool or heat.

When we maximize the use of geothermal pipes, we improve comfort and reduce energy costs for almost seven generations. Imagine investing in a heating & cooling system that ensures that your kids and grandkids will have a safe, clean, efficient, and lost-cost heating, cooling and hot water system. Not only are you saving money, but you’re also being part of creating a sustainable world.

One-third of New York State’s carbon emissions come from the heating systems of our buildings. Join us as we bring all the levers that we have to reach our carbon reduction goals of 40% by 2030 and 85% by 2050.

Donovan Gordon is the Director of Renewable Heating & Cooling at New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA). He leads New York State’s efforts to develop markets that support clean, high-efficiency, renewable thermal systems, while conceptualizing, driving and implementing a portfolio of products to encourage and enable customers and partners to invest in low-carbon clean heating and cooling systems and with advancing New York’s progress toward self-sustained markets.

Donovan has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from St. Francis College, and a Master in Business Administration from NYU, Stern School of Business. He is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accredited Green Associate, and an International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) accredited Geothermal Installer.

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How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system and much more…

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SuperNova #1. It works; this thing works. In geothermal, it’s nothing new. Once you go down five to 10 feet, the temperature stays constant. It’s a technology that is not a technology per se in that we’re not inventing some gadget; we’re just tapping into a natural resource that’s there for the long haul and using it… We really need to do some education, but also, we need to reach a critical mass where it becomes common… We need to show the value to the homeowner of installing these types of technologies for their comfort, but also for the return and value that they can bring to their home.

SuperNova #2. Take a look at this because geothermal is going to be around. People need to heat their buildings. And again, with climate change, they're going to need to cool their buildings as well, too. Right now, it's separated. You heat with fossil fuels in furnaces; you cool it with air conditioning that uses electricity. Now, this is an all-in-one system that provides heating, cooling, and domestic hot water. Every home needs one. Be part of that shift. You’re helping your own future; this is for you.

SuperNova #3. For anyone looking to install it, if you can, I would highly recommend that you do home energy efficiency, maintain your envelope insulation to reduce your thermal load, thereby reducing the size of the system that you need to put in. And if your load is lower, you use less energy and carbon. Because electricity is still going to be a while before it is 100% renewable, that also reduces the carbon footprint. Less is more in this case. Efficiency is the name of the game. Efficient buildings and efficient appliances, meaning heat pumps.

Most Energized About Today: “That I'm the guy leading up for New York State. I'm humbled and honored that I'm in this position, and I'm going to give it my all. Again, I'm passionate and committed.” – Donovan Gordon

Connect:

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/donovangordon/

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Quantum Quote: “You can't climb a mountain if it's smooth." -Andre Iguodala

Investing is one of the primary ways to secure a better financial future for you and your family. But, did you know that where we bank and how our investments are managed can greatly impact our carbon footprints?

Our finances, including our retirement funds, are not charity. Ensuring that these are properly invested is a must.

Carbon Collective provides the opportunity to ensure that our investments not only build a better future for us, but also for our planet. As part of its mission, we have the power to create a zero-carbon society by forcing major corporations to transition and decarbonize faster through your investments.

Make the right choice. Invest with impact. Save our planet.

Zach Stein is the co-founder of Carbon Collective, the first investment advisory firm focused solely on solving climate change.

Zach’s entrepreneurial journey began with his hands on the ground, well, more accurately, in poop. He founded Urban Worm, a Bay Area worm composting farm that took free waste products– horse manure and apple pulp– and turned them into premium compost that sold for $20 a gallon.

This urban agriculture base led Zach into the world of indoor farming, raising leafy vegetables and fish in controlled environments. He teamed up with James Regulinski to launch Osmo Systems, an innovative sensor/monitoring platform that would enable first indoor farmers and then the broader world of fish and shrimp farming to detect key aspects of their water quality for 1/10th the cost. They raised over $4m from top-tier VCs to commercialise the tech.

Now, Zach and James are scaling Carbon Collective and rapidly expanding their offerings, team, and member base.

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SuperNova #1. So often, when it comes to climate change, individuals get stuck in a loop of "I'm terrified, emotionally. And I don't know what to do. I see these lists, and it's like you have to do everything." How should we prioritise that? What we found to be a really helpful framework is focusing on the big things, like the gears of your life that run in the background, focus where it's a weighty decision to make a change, but once you make it, you're done, and you just get to go on living your life. One simple example is where you keep your money.

SuperNova #2. Remove the really big rocks first. And then you can kind of take a breath and re-establish.

SuperNova #3. If you don't have effective teamwork, then you aren't going to be successful, or it's very hard to be successful. Invest in the team, and put that front and center.

AHA! Moment: I'll share like, from fairly early on, we ended up doing 120 interviews with folks to try and understand where their climate anxiety took them and where they got blocked. This was before we knew that Carbon Collective was going to be an investing company. We set up all these elaborate demos to try to walk people through a simulation of what it could be. In our first interview, this guy says, "Hey, this was fine, but you really should read this book called the "Mom Test". We're like, "What's the Mom Test?" It is the best book I've ever read for people who are looking to see if a particular product should exist. It teaches you how to interview, where you go, and how to dig for past behaviors. When you dig for the why of their behavior, you see where people got blocked.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Learn. So long as you're learning you're on the right path.” -Zach Stein

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Making sure I get good sleep, which has been really hard with a five-month-old.” -Zach Stein

Internet Resource: Loom

Magic Wand: “I think I would re-establish our deep human connection to nature and that we're a part of it. I think that if that happened across the world, so many of our environmental problems, in addition to climate change, we would just feel so much of the pain that is happening that we wouldn't need to do anything to solve it. It would just happen.” -Zach Stein

WTF Moment: “I lived through the orange day in San Francisco in the Bay Area. This was during fire season. I, at the time, was waking up with the sun at seven am. There was a skylight right above my bed. It was so dark- I woke up at 10 am. It was the weirdest day I've ever been in. My wife, and I had recently bought a home in the Bay Area and we looked at each other and were like, "Did we make a huge mistake?" -Zach Stein

Most Energized About Today: “Honestly, I'm really energized about my kid. He's in such a cute phase. Whenever I see him, he smiles at me. It's incredible!” -Zach Stein

Parting Advice: “So long as you're learning, you're on the right path. And just trust that that's going to take you there.” -Zach Stein

Connect:

Website: https://www.carboncollective.co/
Email: zach@carboncollective.co
Project Drawdown: http://www.projectdrawdown.org/
Project Drawdown’s Climate Solutions at Work: https://drawdown.org/publications/climate-solutions-at-work
As You Sow: https://www.asyousow.org/
International Energy Agency: https://www.iea.org/
Renewing America: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/

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Quantum Quotes: “Going solar saves a bunch of money. No matter what your politics and ideologies are - saving money is pretty universal.” - Bill Nussey

We’ve become so used to having fuel-powered sources get us through our day that most people find it hard to embrace solar’s potential to change not only our life, but also the planet’s. For years, we’ve depended on fuels that require taking something out of the ground, refining and burning it, which, with all the waste, then inevitably led to the current state of life on Earth.

But now that solar and batteries are here, we’ve found not only the cheapest, but also the most sustainable power source! As a product of technology - not a fuel - solar allows us to save money, energy, and our children’s future.

However, even when people are aware that the numbers show that solar is getting cheaper day by day, many are still choosing not to embrace the new reality. Join us today and be enlightened. Be fuel-free and become one of the heroes of free energy!

Bill Nussey is a career tech CEO with several exits, including an IPO. His companies have created thousands of jobs and billions in shareholder value. Along the way, he worked at Greylock as a venture capitalist, and - after selling his marketing tech company to IBM - was promoted to VP Corp Strategy to help lead IBM’s global strategy for their CEO and SVPs.

In 2017, he jumped into clean energy. It started with a TED talk which grew into 100+ articles, then became the top ranked renewable energy podcast and a book called Freeing Energy, which has hit Amazon’s #1 new release in three categories. The book targets investors and innovators and uncovers a trillion-dollar disruption in the renewable energy industry that few people see coming.

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SuperNova #1. Get educated. When you want to convince somebody who's not inclined to listen to the urgency of climate change, as a business person, I say fall back to the business side, because the numbers are much harder to debate. We can debate whether solar is going to offset some gigatons of carbon, and what that's going to do to the future of the health of the planet. But the fact is, solar is going to save a bunch of money. No matter what your politics and ideologies are, saving money is pretty universal. And the good news is that clean energy is now the cheapest source of energy.

SuperNova #2. As a newbie, the thing that I'm getting my head around is that for a century, energy, electricity, hydrocarbons, fossil fuels, everything - were all essentially fuel-based business models. What you had to do is take something out of the ground, refine it, ship it, burn it, then sometimes you had to clean up the waste. (Normally, you just threw it in a pond behind the power plant. But, there was waste. )

The thing that's so cool, that’s changing, is that solar and batteries are technologies; they're not fuels. And this is so profound in terms of the impact it's going to have on the transition. What people really don't get their head around is that in another ten years, solar is going to be so cheap. I think we'll see every home and every building have solar and batteries in it. Not because they're environmentalists, not because there are subsidies; it's going to be because it's the cheapest way to generate electricity and it's the most reliable, sustainable, and independent. I think it's just inevitable.

SuperNova #3. It’s really simple. If you have a roof and you have the good fortune to have a little bit of money, then go put solar on your roof. If you don't have those options, get community solar. The best thing you can do is power your life with solar. That has a much larger reduction in carbon footprint than, say, going vegan, which you should do too, if that's what you want to do. And the other thing is, if you have the means, drive an electric car instead of a petrol-powered car. That's a very large benefit, especially if you drive a lot.

Worst Career Moment: “I bet everything to get into clean energy. I had a really good career, had been successful in the traditional tech industry, and most people thought I was crazy to get out of that industry. It's a lucrative industry and people knew who I was in there. The question was, why in the world would you get into an industry where nobody knows who you are to write a book that nobody cares about, to make a business that may or may not work in the future? A couple of years into it, as I was trying to put my entrepreneurial lens towards what can I do in the clean energy space, I got pretty depressed, because everything I saw really ran into the need for policy change, which is very difficult and slow, and everything required us to work through electric utilities.

That was a pretty low moment for me, when I thought I had made the biggest mistake of my career. But then I said I'm going to give myself 90 days to see if there's some other angle here, some way where entrepreneurs can participate, where people want to innovate and move quickly. And that's when I stumbled into the notion of local energy.” – Bill Nussey

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Follow the road less traveled. I think it's incredibly easy to fall into the things you're supposed to do and be the person that everyone thinks you’re supposed to be. And every time in my life, in my career, when I was supposed to do X, Y or Z, not because I was a rebel, but because I just had a different vision for myself, I did something different.” – Bill Nussey

Most Energized About Today: “I have two - the first is that I take crazy big notes and I use digital tools to keep track of them and source every article. I find that that creates a continuity and ability to accomplish goals that very few things do. And then - always have three things. Every day of your life say - what are the three things I want to get done for the next year or the next six months, and always have those written down. I write them down on my wall. Having constant reminders at the beginning and end of the day - what are the three things I'm working towards that really matter? Always have three things; three goals” – Bill Nussey

Internet Resource: Notion

Book Recommendation: The Prize - The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power

by Daniel Yetgin

Magic Wand: “If I could have one thing that I would change in the world, I would help everybody be a little more wary of convenient answers. You just have to put your skeptic hat on and take a second look. For the industry, if I could wave a magic wand, I would wish that batteries costs in 2023 would be what they'll cost in 2030. If that's too much to ask, then I wish that people would have conviction in 2023 about what they'll actually cost in 2030, and they would make entirely different decisions.” – Bill Nussey

Most Energized About Today: “I think the most exciting thing that I look at in the industry is the Ford F150 Lightning, the EV-powered version of the most popular vehicle sold in the United States. Ford took the most popular car in the history of the world, and they made it incredibly attractive to everybody.” – Bill Nussey

Next Thing: “I've been working on a small startup. I spend a few hours a week on something called Solar Inventions - it's the work of one of the Soneva scientists. One of the guys that invented most of those products is a business partner of mine, and we've created and are now attempting to commercialize a new architecture for silicon solar that has some benefits that makes it better and cheaper.” – Bill Nussey

Parting Advice: “Look at the numbers. They're on your side now. They weren't on your side ten years ago. Ten years ago, it was sacrifice and green premium and all the kinds of things that required. Now, the numbers are on your side. You know it. I know it. But this is just not baked into the dialogs every single day about how we get to clean energy. Focus on the numbers. They’re there. Being cheaper is the biggest reason to get 100% of humanity on board with this transition.” – Bill Nussey

Connect:

Website: https://FreeingEnergy.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/billnussey/ or https://www.linkedin.com/company/freeingenergy/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FreeingEnergy
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freeingenergy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freeingenergy/
Email: Bill.nussey@freeingenergy.com or bnussey@gmail.com

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Quantum Quote: “Look at the numbers. Always look at the bottom line-- the numbers. Because that's the best way to back up what you say.” – Richard Perez

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever had.” – Margaret Mead

Saving Earth and attaining sustainability isn’t too late if we know where to rightly invest our time and money. Switching to solar is the most cost effective and impactful way to create the clean, sustainable future we all desire.

As technology advances create a more comfortable way of life, we often turn a blind eye to all things natural. But the Forces of Nature are orders of magnitude greater than any man-made power, and the greatest source of energy on the planet is The Sun.

The AWESome powers of the air, water, earth, and sun can provide all our energy needs. But - how do we get there?

Join us today to hear Dr. Richard Perez discuss his studies in how much power we can tap into from clean energy sources; how those resources are orders of magnitude greater than coal, oil, gas, and nuclear; and how the “out of the box” solution to our energy dilemma is to overbuild solar and waste a third of the solar output.

By building more solar than we need during peak times - and throwing out the extra - we can generate enough energy to carry us through the nights and winters.

Dr. Richard Perez leads solar energy research at U. Albany’s ASRC. He has served multiple terms on the board of the American Solar Energy Society and as associate editor of Solar Energy Journal. He has produced over 250 journal articles, conference papers, books & chapters. He holds patents on energy storage, and load management and leads an International Energy Agency Activity on renewable firm power generation.

Eva Hoskin started with the United Solar Energy Supporters (USES) in late 2020 as an intern which budded into a long-term role, eventually leading to her becoming the Executive Director. In addition to working for USES, she is actively organising communities in New York and Pennsylvania to educate them about utility-scale solar projects.

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How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

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SuperNova #1. The reason why we did the energy study initially - and still - is to dispel common misconceptions about solar energy being a small niche energy source, when, indeed, it's the largest resource by orders of magnitude.

SuperNova #2. We project there is more solar available for deployments than the finite resource by a factor of 100. Over the next 30 years, you could generate 100 times more solar energy than you could from any of the finite resources.

SuperNova #3. There are three ways to overcome the intermittency issue. The first is to use storage. Energy storage is getting cheaper. The second is to couple solar with other renewables that have another output, like the wind in New York. The wind tends to blow more when the sun doesn't, and vice versa. There is more wind in winter when there's less sun. There is more wind at night generally. So, there is a good balance between the two. And the third one is out of the box. The solution, in fact, entails wasting roughly a third of the solar outputs-- throwing it out.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: "Don't fight. If you have winds against you, don't go against it. Try to find a way where it blows your way. And you can make it happen that way. So go with the flow and shape the flow." – Richard Perez

"One of the things I've learned from Dr. Perez, since working with him, that really is one of the biggest takeaways for me is just how little of the land is needed to generate all the solar energy we need. Less than 2% of farmland would need to be used. And the efficiency of panels is getting so much better every year." – Eva Hoskin

Most Energized About Today: “It's looking at PV growth over time. Almost since I started in the business, solar has been growing at 20%, 25% every year. It’s been growing at a constant rate that, by definition, is an exponential. And one of the very important things about exponential is that you don't even notice they are there until you start noticing them. And when you start noticing them, then they blow up ‘exponentially’." – Richard Perez

“I'm most energized that USES' new solar film series is almost complete. We are very much looking forward to sharing that with the public. It's going to be three 60-second films, highlighting the economic benefits that communities can get through hosting a solar project. Super excited to get that out there and start creating more.” – Eva Hoskin

Parting Advice: “Follow the sun.” – Richard Perez

Connect:

Email: rperez@albany.edu
Email: eva@usesusa.org
Website: United Solar Energy Supporters: https://usesusa.org/
USES Solar Film Series: https://usesusa.org/solar-film-series/
Website: American Solar Energy Society: https://ases.org/
Website: International Solar Energy Society: https://www.ises.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UnitedSolarEnergySupporters/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/united-solar-energy-supporters
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/veryrich
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitedsolarenergysupporters/?utm_medium=copy_link

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Quantum Quote: “If it has been done, it must be possible.” – Kenneth Boulding

April 22, 2021 is the 51st Anniversary of Earth Day - the most widely-observed non-religious holiday in the world.

Over 1 BILLION people participate in Earth Day events in virtually every nation on Earth. Earth Day events educate and mobilize on local, state, national, and global environmental issues.

The 2020s HAS to be the turning point for humanity’s transition to clean energy and a sustainable future. 90% of our carbon emissions come from burning fossil fuels (oil, coal, natural gas) for our electricity, heating, cooling and transportation.

The Good News is that the Forces of Nature provide 1,000 times the energy we need. The Better News is that we have the technology to channel that clean energy and meet all our needs. And the BEST news is that we can save money doing it.

This week AWESome EarthKind will re-run our interview with Denis Hayes, the first Earth Day coordinator - who then led the way to make Earth Day an international event.

Denis also did the ground-breaking work that created the first 6 story Net Energy Positive building - despite developers saying it was an impossible dream.

Dive into the world of Earth Day’s Denis Hayes and realize that we can overcome the seemingly impossible challenges that confront humanity today.

Denis Hayes is a Stanford University graduate and has been a silicon-valley lawyer, a Stanford Professor of Engineering, and the director of the National Renewable Energy Lab. He currently works as the President of the Bullitt Foundation, where he developed the first 52,000 sq ft six-story building to be Net Energy Positive. The building creates more energy than it uses, and energy is not an expense - but a profit center! And the building was built in Seattle – the city with the least amount of sunlight in the United States.

Denis was named as The Newsmaker of the Day by the New York Times, The Hero of the Planet by Time Magazine, and was also listed as One of the 100 Most Influential Americans in the 20th century by Look Magazine.

Denis became the national coordinator of the first Earth Day in 1970 after he dropped out of Harvard. That Earth Day mobilized millions of Americans and generated the momentum that led to the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and the creation of The Environmental Protection Agency.

Listen to this episode as Denis shares insights into Earth Day, the “Sea of Energy” that surrounds us, the building that World Architecture Magazine called “The Greenest Office Building in the World”, the reality that we can overcome what seems impossible, and his hope for the future.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

If you tired of rising energy costs and want to save up to 70% on your energy bills, Go to www.AWESomeEarthKind.com and register now for this FREE special event that will show you exactly how to get geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home

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SuperNova #1. “If it has been done, it must be possible.” While everyone said it was impossible, Denis developed the first six-story 52,000 sq ft building to be Net Energy Positive – it creates more energy than it uses.

SuperNova #2. Most of the energy we need to do are simple – become super-efficient and let the forces of nature provide our power.

SuperNova #3. We live in a SEA OF ENERGY. If it wasn’t for the sun, it would be hundreds of degrees below zero. The furnace just tops it up.

SuperNova #4. Utility scale “Solar On Demand” (Solar with batteries) is now the lowest cost power in the US.

Worst Clean Energy Moment: During the Arab Oil Embargo, Denis promoted that we do for solar energy what NASA and the Defense Department did for computer chips – buy in bulk and drive down prices. There was good and bad news.

Aha! Moment: “Energy is the capacity to do work.” Drying clothes outside takes as much energy as in the dryer, but we don’t pay for the sun and air to dry our clothes.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: When you hit the wall with a complex problem – take a break. Go into nature, do something else. When you come back, you’ll have the answer.

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: Pessimism provides no survival advantage – it only leads to giving up. There is always hope – even in the face of incredible challenges (like Churchill in England during WWII).

Internet Resources: https://grist.org, The New Yorker cartoon page, and the Borowitz Report Satire.

WTF or F: Siberia in winter without a coat.

Most Energized About Today: The Green New Deal (now called “ called the American Jobs Plan”). The $3 Trillion Cares Act was passed with only a few weeks' debate to avoid economic catastrophe. We CAN come together and decide that we are going to make the transition to a super efficient, renewable energy powered civilization.

Parting Advice: Even when everything is stacked against you – never give up.

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Quantum Quote: "It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela

Using clean energy is 75% to 400% more efficient than fossil fuels to power our electricity, heating, cooling, transportation, and many more systems.

That's why state governments and utilities are doing their best to help and encourage everyone to switch to sustainable energy sources that are good for the environment and the consumer.

Where can we find programs and resources to help us use clean energy sources, especially for air and ground source heat pumps? How can we support using best practices and standards to install these sustainable technologies?

We will uncover all that and more with our guest in this next episode.

As a Conservation and Load Management Program Manager, Nicole manages the New York State (NYS) Clean Heat Program for NYSEG and RG&E, subsidiary companies of AVANGRID. Nicole is also a member of the NYS Clean Heat Joint Management Committee, composed of NYS utilities and NYSERDA.

With over 17 years of service in the energy industry, Nicole has held a variety of roles from Energy Specialist to Supervisor of Low-Income Programs and Customer Advocacy.

Outside of AVANGRID, Nicole enjoys spending time with her family, whether cooking a big meal or hosting a gathering at her home. She also enjoys shopping at farmers' markets all over NY and PA, volunteering, and supporting local businesses.

geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system
and much more…

If you are tired of rising energy costs and want to save up to 70% on your energy bills, Go to www.AWESomeEarthKind.com and register now for this FREE special web series that will show you exactly how to get geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home.

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Supernova#1: This past fall, NYSEG started injecting renewable natural gas derived from organic animal waste into our customers' natural gas delivery system in Western New York. The NYSEG appliance recycling program was recognized by the EPA for year over year program growth in 2021. NYSEG customers have recycled 2,615 Full-Size refrigerators, 556 standalone freezers, and 302 room air conditioners. Removing these inefficient appliances from the electric system is the equivalent of taking 687 gasoline-powered vehicles off the road.

Supernova#2: Often, consumers will believe that you have to have a large yard to fit a ground source heat pump. That's not always the case; there are vertical ground source heat pumps and there are also community geothermal units that can serve an entire development. So there are geothermal options out there for space-constrained units and various building types. Don't rule it out if you don't have that big yard to install your typical horizontal ground source heat pump. There are other technologies.

Supernova#3: Beneficial electrification is where we're converting from fossil fuel sources to electricity. It's 75% to 400% more efficient than fossil fuels.

Program Resources: https://www.nyseg.com/heatpumps, https://www.rge.com/heatpumps

Most Energized About Today: "It's not necessarily just today. It's today and beyond. I'm really excited to see the innovation that's out there how heat pumps are being used to overcome building challenges and technology challenges. It's removing greenhouse gasses and how we can incorporate the technology going forward." - Nicole Williams

Parting Advice: "We all love to research before we purchase anything, and there are so many valuable web pages out there and communications filled with tons of information regarding heat pumps and beneficial electrification; that's very important to do and compare your options. But when in doubt, consult with a professional in the industry. This program is here to develop best practices on how these installations occur and work with our industry partners in providing those practices throughout their installation." - Nicole Williams

Connect:

Website: https://www.nyseg.com/

https://www.rge.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nyseandg

https://twitter.com/rgande

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NYSEandG

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Quantum Quote: “There is but one true need, and that is human relations.” (translated to English) – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (author of “The Little Prince”)

An earth- and user-friendly water system is one of the major issues facing the world today. The water shortage and sewage concerns are getting more serious every day, with droughts plaguing the western U.S. while floods regularly overflow sewage systems in the east. Around the world, these issues are even more intense.

Did you know that even with the government and big water companies cleaning most of our water, 80% of all sewage in the world is not treated at all, and the problem of waste water is getting worse?

Lack of funds equates to lack of infrastructure. OriginClear (OCLN) and their Water on Demand™ strategies address wastewater infrastructure issues with disruptive technology and innovative financing.

Water purification for beer brewing can allow the reuse of 50% of their waste water for wash downs and other purposes. Treating our own water and making it reusable with “water as a service” is a win-win for everyone.

Take a step towards saving humanity’s future as we work towards an environment of smart energy, water, and everything else - and where we think about how even water can be reused!

Riggs Eckelberry is the CEO of OriginClear. A happy tech executive, in 2005, he helped take a security software company public as its president. He then became CEO of a small public company treating industrial water before deeply diving into the water crisis, devoting his time to sustainable water: a huge, but slow-moving trillion-dollar global market. Riggs is uniquely qualified to ride the wave of do-it-yourself water treatment that is transforming the water industry and combating the water crisis.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

Does your organization have a clean energy plan to move toward sustainability? Watch this video and discover how to create one: https://youtu.be/H0AQXaVLsgA

SuperNova #1. The real problem is the water that's made dirty. People don't realize that municipalities have been starved of funds ever since the 1970s. So when the Biden ministration did this multi-trillion dollar infrastructure bill, they only did $55 billion for the one industry, so we concluded that the centralized government infrastructure is not happening. One of the solutions is to reduce the load at the center, and do it at the margins where the water is made dirty. Let’s fix it at the edges. The solution is to take care of it yourself.

SuperNova #2. In third world countries’ cities, they have humans cleaning the sewers, and many of them are dying from the gasses. There's literally no infrastructure. The solution there is not to try and spend more billions on central systems. Incentivize people, industries, and large housing developments to have their own water treatment over time.

SuperNova #3. Before you jump into an entrepreneurial thing, do some apprenticing. Learn the space, get involved at some level with whatever's going on in a sector, and have a sense of what your capital is going to be – your capital roadmap – because you're never gonna have enough money. That's just the fact of it.

Riggs’/OriginClear’s Next Step: “What’s great about this capital fund is we’ve raised that symbolic million since November 1, and we are going to keep going with that, Assets are what’s needed to get you on the NASDAQ. We are done being a penny stock company. It’s become over-regulated. We intend to get on the NASDAQ. And now, we expect to have really good access to inexpensive capital. We’re going to be the big player on the block. We think we have a great future.” – Riggs Eckelberry

Parting Advice: “I believe that high tech is coming to everything. What I like is the integration of high tech lessons and disruptive lessons to even very conventional spaces, like water. We think that there's going to be so much high tech implementation for every day industries that you would be very mistaken to think that you could just bump along and use a paper Rolodex and do your thing. That's over. It's gonna be all about high tech.” – Riggs Eckelberry

Connect:

Website: https://www.originclear.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin/in/riggs
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OriginClear

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Quantum Quote: “I don't care that they stole my idea, I care that they don't have any of their own.” - Tesla

If you live in a single family home - you can do all of your electric vehicle charging with a regular electric socket in your garage.

But in urban areas, most people live in apartments and multifamily buildings. How do we create the opportunity to own - and charge - an electric car for everyone?

Across the country, ordinances and laws are being passed to promote EV charging. Today, we focus on the leadership of Illinois, where the state passed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act and the City of Chicago adopted the EV Readiness Ordinance.

Across the US and world, people are creating infrastructure that will provide easy access to charge EVs, and significant incentives are coming for people to shift, save more now, and invest for the future.

Let's learn more with these three EV advocates guests:

Neda Deylami is an EV advocate and attorney from Chicago. She has worked on clean energy legislative campaigns at the city, state, and regional levels, and she aims to make clean transportation accessible, affordable, and feasible for all.

Samantha Bingham is the Chicago Area Clean Cities Coalition coordinator, one of 75 US Department of Energy designated coalitions serving local communities across the country. Sam has coordinated numerous ride and drive events for both fleet professionals and the general public to learn more about electric vehicles. The goal of CACC is to reduce petroleum use in the transportation sector and to improve the health of our communities through improved air quality and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.

Vanessa Perkins founded the Chicago-focused Community Charging Initiative to help mitigate EV charging deserts, promote EV awareness and usage, and support community-owned EV charging installations. Through a research fellowship with Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2.org), Vanessa engaged Chicago neighborhoods to determine how to leverage existing infrastructure and the sharing economy to fill public EV charging gaps. A grant-funded pilot of Community Chargers was launched this year in Chicago's northwest, southwest, and south side neighborhoods, all of which are owned and operated by community host partners.

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Challenges: "In 2018 and 2019, Clean Cities, with the support of stakeholders, was able to hold an electric vehicle ride and drive at the Chicago Auto Show. And we thought we were going to have thousands of people test drive EVs, and found out that it was tough to pull people aside and engage them on electric vehicles and get them to test drive." - Samantha Bingham

Lessons: "Drill deeper into what preconceived perception do they have about electrification? Not just assume their gearheads and EVs are just not going to work out for them. With more infrastructure, over 90% of our trips are 40 miles or less, that's well within the range of even a lower mileage EV. The mission is never accomplished; we keep needing to engage more and more groups about the benefits of electric vehicles and why infrastructure is important, why they should host chargers, why individuals should purchase or look into converting to electric vehicles." - Samantha Bingham

Supernova#1: "I was at those auto show events volunteering. One of the best ways to get people to come was, I asked them if they liked paying for gas – that got their attention. When I do one-on-one presentations in different communities, one of my favorite tidbits is talking about the efficiency between gas engines and electric motors. Because gas engines are really not efficient. And I love telling people that when they buy $40 worth of gas, $8 of it is actually moving the car, and $32 it's just being set on fire." - Neda Deylami

Supernova#2: “There are a lot of really exciting policies t that are going to help solve some of those issues with charging deserts. Illinois just passed the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act, and Chicago adopted the EV Readiness Ordinance. Hopefully, we'll see that across other municipalities. And then I've been working on a small project where we are building privately owned level two charging stations that can be owned by the host on a small commercial site in the neighborhood and rented out to the general public. It's a way to almost Airbnb a charger.”

Supernova#3: I wrote a bill on the state level that is being considered right now. That would include new and renovated buildings that would recommend requirements for parking spaces dependent on the number of parking spaces and how many of those spaces are EV ready. There are different suggestions based on whether that parking space will be ready for a charger to be installed versus how much extra installation will be required, like having an outlet there or not. But basically, the circuits and the wiring capacity is there in the building such that later on, when more people have EVs and want to charge their vehicles at home or work; we're not going to be having to dig up concrete and spend 10s of 1000s of dollars, which is what the most expensive part of retrofitting right now is. We can save those costs and invest in it now and not have to spend more later.

Aha moment:

"If you've never ridden an electric car, go do it! They're really fun. The first time when we actually started test driving them was a 2016 Nissan Leaf. Boy, Is that easier to drive; more fun to drive! People were like, oh, Tesla's are so fun! But all EVs are fun! You accelerate in seconds. They're quiet." - Vanessa Perkins

"We had a project with some wheelchair accessible compressed natural gas taxis about a decade ago and actually heard from a gentleman who is confined to a wheelchair. He came into O'Hare with his wife, who was attending a conference. They were picked up in a wheelchair-accessible CNG vehicle, and they were both ecstatic about the green option for wheelchair vehicle mobility. The gentleman felt so great about having access to a green vehicle that while his wife was at the conference, he traveled all across the city in a clean vehicle that was able to transport him safely and cleanly." - Samantha Bingham

Most Energized About:

"I'm just excited about the fact that EVs are also mobile batteries. My family is always going through power shut-offs in California from the fires. My aunts are very into the idea and are looking into getting an EV that can also work as a backup battery for their house." - Vanessa Perkins

"A lot of the benefits we can get from EVs that we're noticing now, like… the grid becoming more renewable, stabilization of the grid, and lowering prices for everyone, regardless of if you own an EV or not. I think a lot about Texas during that ice storm. And also passing my bill." - Neda Deylami

"I am super energized about leadership here in Illinois on electric transportation; we have activities going on at the statewide level and the local level that are just all hands on deck supporting the electrification of everything from light-duty passenger vehicles, to mitigating diesel emissions through electric trucks and buses." - Samantha Bingham

Parting Advice:

“Get your butt in the seat of an EV. It'll change your life.” - Samantha Bingham

"Listen to the people who have frontline experiences with the environmental issues that you're trying to advocate for." - Neda Deylami

"Invest in Illinois for what we're doing with electric transportation and beneficial electrification in general." - Vanessa Perkins

Connect:

Neda Deylami: nedadeylami2@gmail.com

Website: http://chicagoevs.org

Samantha Birmingham: sam@chicagocleancities.org

Website: www.chicagocleancities.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chicago-area-clean-cities
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CACCCoalition/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChiCleanCities

Vanessa Perkins: vanessa.a.perkins@gmail.com

Website: https://chicagocleancities.org/evmatch-uses-prize-money-to-install-new-ev-chargers-in-chicago-neighborhoods/

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Quantum Quote: “An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” – Edward de Bono

There is exponential growth in new clean energy production, with numerous companies creating solar & wind power plants across the globe. Clean energy is now the least cost source of new electricity virtually everywhere on Earth, and renewable energy was 87% of all new electric power plants in the US in 2021.

Unfortunately, a lot of that energy doesn’t reach the grid due to a mismatch of consumer demand with nature’s power.

Clean energy growth is exponential - and so is the increase in the world’s information consumption and processing needs.

Enter Soluna Computing. Soluna was founded to bring flexible data centers that are powered by clean energy - maximizing the value of solar & wind plants when they aren’t being used for general electric capacity.

As Soluna CEO John Blizaire says “the renewable energy industry needs more flexibility; the computing industry needs more green power. It’s a perfect match”.

Join us today as we see how information technology and renewable energy can be combined and dive into the potential to make renewable energy the world’s superpower resource for the information age.

John Belizaire is the CEO of Soluna Computing Inc. He is on a mission to reimagine the renewable energy grid to make renewable energy more efficient and environmentally friendly. Soluna is currently focused on some of the biggest unsolved problems for the economics of renewable energy: sustainable computing, sustainable data center spaces, and wasted energy.

Since his days of selling floppy discs in high school, John has had an entrepreneurial spirit and interest in technology. He was a recipient of the Intel Scholarship Program and he went on to receive a computer science and engineering degree from Cornell University. When he was 28 years old, he sold his first start-up company for $150 million. He is a versatile CEO and serial entrepreneur who has successfully founded and scaled several more multi-million dollar technology companies.

Today, he is CEO of Soluna, a company helping to shape the future of renewable energy development. His expertise as both a highly effective business leader and technology strategist has led his new venture to operational success by steering complex initiatives from concept to funding, launch, and growth.

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SuperNova #1. Most people want more green power but they don’t understand the challenges with getting it. I don’t think people understand the challenge with renewables. The grid has this very structured way in which to build that infrastructure, and at the heart of it is this concept of dispatchability. With renewables, Mother Nature is deciding dispatchability, and most people don’t know that. This creates the wasted energy issue.

SuperNova #2. There’s a lot of renewable energy that’s being built, but what most people don’t realize is that up to one-third of that green energy never actually makes it to the grid. That’s because the grid here in the US - and just about everywhere - suffers from an architecture problem. It was originally designed to synchronize the production of the power to the consumption of the power. But as we start to change those power plants and replace them with intermittent green power resources that are really controlled by Mother Nature, that synchronization no longer exists.

SuperNova #3. Most people don’t know how powerful storytelling is, and they aren’t very good at storytelling. But stories are at the heart of how you get action, and how you turn ideas into execution. You have to get people to buy into a vision of the future that they can all believe. Then, they can see a path to creating that vision of the future.

Worst Career Moment: “We were developing a power plant. To develop a power plant, you have to be on the ground. You’ve got to be meeting with the government officials and you’ve got to have local interaction with the local communities. In March 2020, that was totally shut down. We had to sit down and really think about what our business is going to be. We hunkered down. We made time to really think broadly and laterally. One of the things we’re able to do was to get this big renewable energy agency to talk to us over the phone. In cracking that code to deliver them a firm set of power, firm price, firm delivery, the computing was actually the answer.” – John Belizaire

Most Energized About Today: “Today, I’m most energized about building our team. We’ve been attracting some fantastic people from different industries - from the renewable energy industry to financial expertise. We’re forming new partnerships with some of the largest infrastructure companies in the world.” – John Belizaire

Parting Advice: “Keep pushing. No matter what happens, just keep pushing. Never stop. That’s how you get to success.” – John Belizaire

Connect:

Website: www.solunacomputing.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/solunaholdings
Twitter: @solunaholdings; @jbelizaireCEO

We have a climate change problem, and if we don’t do something drastically different – bring some new ideas and put those ideas into action – we’re in big trouble.

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Happy New Year, Awesome People! Welcome to 2022!

The turning of the year provides the opportunity to stop, see where we are, remember the lessons of where we’ve come from, and determine our intentions and goals for the future.

In the first AWESome EarthKind episode over a year ago, we interviewed Denis Hayes, the original organizer of Earth Day who then led the movement that made Earth Day the most widely celebrated secular holiday in the world, involving over 1 Billion human beings.

In that interview, Denis spoke about how there is Always Hope. He recounts several turning points in history where the future was dark and bleak – and yet, despite the odds, people held onto hope and snatched victory out of the jaws of impending defeat.

While today there is much to be rightly concerned about – there are also brilliant starbursts of light that ignite hope and show us a path forward.

Here are some excerpts from the Good News Network (https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/) and various other sources:

Despite a few national governments continuing to keep their coal and oil projects afloat, market demand and private entrepreneurship is driving what can only be described as a revolution in renewable energy.

These latest achievements were basically unbelievable when global climate change was first being discussed as a serious threat. But today, each successive development of renewable energy generation, clean heating & cooling, and electric cars, makes new achievements cheaper and easier to scale.

Solar for the Developing World

A half-million people living in 3 of the Northern Congo cities are going to be supplied with reliable renewable energy by a trio of United Kingdom, French, and Spanish solar power companies.

Citizens from that region suffer from the lowest rates of reliable electricity in the world. The solar power plants with battery storage will now resolve this problem.

In West Africa, 2 Senegalese cities will find 60MW of solar power available to them in the coming months as a variety of institutions offer government financing for sustainable energy. Senegal is a heavy net energy-importer, placing enormous financial burdens on people for the importatino of coal and oil.

In Nigeria, one of Africa’s largest economies, the Solar Power Naija program will equip 500,000 homes with solar panels, generating electricity for 25 million Nigerians.

Solar on Demand – the least expensive energy source on the planet

The United States National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) reports that solar and storage costs have fallen dramatically over the past decade. The price of residential solar was reported down from $7.53/W in 2010 to $2.65/W in 2021,; utility-scale solar was $5.66/W a decade ago to $0.89/W today.

That was driven in large part by higher module efficiency and lower module cost.

The combination of low-cost solar farms and lithium-ion batteries has produced a dynamic new hybrid resource capable of providing energy from the sun after dark and reshaping America's power mix in the 2020s. The spread of these hybrid facilities has been fueled largely by plummeting solar-plus-storage prices, which have begun undercutting conventional fossil-fueled generation.

Levelized solar energy prices - Adjusted for inflation over the estimated 30-year lives of the projects - are in the 2 to 3 cents per kwh range, according to a recent report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Just a few years ago, solar-plus-storage prices were more than triple today's going rates.

Today, solar and battery storage provide the lowest cost energy on the planet. Last year, 3/4s of all new electric generation capacity in the world was built with solar.

The windiest on record

2021 was the single best year on record for wind turbine manufacturers with 93 new gigawatts (BILLION watts) being added—a 53% increase since 2020. The 2021 Global Wind Report summary states:

“Through technology innovations and economies of scale, the global wind power market has nearly quadrupled in size over the past decade and established itself as one of the most cost-competitive and resilient power sources across the world.”

“Today, there is now 743 GW of wind power capacity worldwide, helping to avoid over 1.1 billion tons of CO2 globally—equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of South America.”

HOT ELECTRIC CARS

Data assembled back in March from Germany’s largest automotive industry review produced a startling statistic - 1 in 5 cars made in Germany can be plugged in.

The Schmidt Automotive Research Center found that 74,000 of the 374,000 cars that left German assembly lines were either electric or hybrid electric vehicles.

On the demand side, things are just as rosy. Germany is the fourth largest auto market in the world, and electric car registrations grew from a 4% national market share in December 2019, to a whopping 26% market share just 12 months later.

This is just in the background of a global surge in EV purchasing that climbed 40% during 2020, when most markets were suffering from COVID-related issues.

Bloomberg New Energy Fund “expects that EVs will make up 20-30% of sales in the United States, European Union and China by 2025, based on "proposed and confirmed rules" in those markets. President Joe Biden has set a goal for half of new passenger vehicle sales in the United States to be electric vehicles by 2030. And New York and others have banned the sale of gas cars by 2035.

2021 is estimated to be "yet another record year for EV sales globally," with 5.6 million sold. That is 83% higher than 2020 and a 168% increase over 2019 sales.

And global momentum towards zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) has "accelerated significantly," Bloomberg said. EVs will "capture a higher share of passenger vehicle sales, sooner than previously expected."

The green new pension

Since its green shoots 50 years ago, acceptance of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) considerations in institutional investing – especially at pension funds – has evolved with distinct shifts in investor preferences.

As the holders of the largest state-controlled pension fund on Earth, the South Korean monetary authorities released a statement in May that the $771 billion National Pension Fund will cease all investments related to coal power both at home and abroad.

The fund also announced that they would revamp guidelines for investment strategies to ensure a more sustainable pattern emerges in the future.

Worldwide, ESG (Environmental Social & Governance) assets surpassed $35 trillion in 2020 - up from $30.6 trillion in 2018 and $22.8 trillion in 2016 reaching a third of current total global assets under management, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Association.

ExxonMobil – long known for its anti-climate change positions - used to have bragging rights as the world's most valuable public company with $500 Billion of market valuation. Now, America's largest oil company is in steady decline. It’s been kicked out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and has less than half of its peak market value.

Adios, coal: Spain hits 50% renewable milestone

Back in mid-May, the Spanish legislature announced it would be phasing out all oil, coal, and gas production by 2042, and that all carbon-emitting vehicle sales would be banned by 2040.

In the short term, the Spanish lawmakers want 74% of the national energy consumption to be entirely renewable by the end of the decade. They are quite close to that goal already, as the month of May saw 50% of the nation’s energy demand fulfilled by green energy.

Romania also joined the effort, alerting the EU that through its National Recovery and Resilience Plan the country would cease all coal production by 2032, at which time it plans to have installed 34% renewable electricity to take over the baton.

G7, the world’s seven largest developed economies, all agreed to stop coal financing by the end of the year. Now that Japan is also on board, that leaves the African, India, and China as the last remaining holdouts.

In the US, 22 states now have carbon-free energy goals:

| Arizona | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2070 | Adopted by order of the Arizona Commerce Commission in May 2021, extending and expanding the existing state RPS. Docket number RU-00000A-18-0284. | | California | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 | 2018 legislation (SB 100) extended and expanded the existing state RPS. State agencies are required to submit implementation plans by January 1, 2021. Also in 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown’s Executive Order B-55-18 set a goal of statewide carbon neutrality by no later than 2045, with net negative GHG emissions thereafter. | | Colorado | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050 for Xcel Energy | A 2019 law (SB 19-236) codified a pledge previously made by Xcel, whose service territory covers approximately 60% of the state’s load. It is mandatory “so long as it is technically and economically feasible.” | | Connecticut | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 | Governor Ned Lamont’s 2019 Executive Order (Number 3) set a 2040 goal for carbon-free electricity and asked the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to develop a decarbonization plan for the power sector, in line with previous legislation to cut economy-wide carbon emissions by 80% below 2001 levels by 2050. | | District of Columbia | 100% renewable energy by 2032 through the RPS | The Clean Energy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018 (DC Act 22-583) amended the existing RPS to mandate 100% renewable electricity by the year 2032. | | Hawaii | 100% renewable energy by 2045 through the RPS | 2015 legislation (HB623) made Hawaii the first state to set a 100% RPS for the electricity sector. | | Illinois | 100% clean energy by 2050 | 2021 legislation (SB2408) established a goal of 100% clean energy by 2050, with interim targets of 40% by 2030 and 50% by 2040. | | Louisiana | Net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 | Governor John Bel Edwards’ 2020 Executive Order (JBE 2020-18) established a Climate Initiatives Task Force to develop a roadmap and make recommendations. | | Maine | 100% clean energy by 2050 | 2019 legislation (LD 1494) increased Maine’s RPS to 80% by 2030, and set a goal of 100% by 2050. Also LD1679 sets an economy-wide goal of 80% cuts to greenhouse gases by 2050. | | Massachusetts | Net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 | In 2020, the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs set a 2050 net-zero GHG emissions goal under the authority of 2008 legislation. The same goal was then included in a March 2021 climate action law (Bill S.9). A decarbonization roadmap was released at the end of 2020. | | Michigan | Economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050 | Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s order in 2020 (Executive Directive 2020-10) set a goal “to achieve economy-wide carbon neutrality no later than 2050.” It directed the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to develop a plan by the end of 2021. | | Nebraska | Net-zero carbon emissions from generation resources by 2050 for Nebraska Public Power District and Omaha Public Power District; 2040 for Lincoln Electric System | Nebraska is the only state served solely by publicly owned utilities. As of December 2021, the three public utilities that serve the vast majority of customers have all adopted 100% clean energy goals. | | Nevada | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050 | 2019 legislation (SB 358) raised the RPS to 50% by 2030, and set a goal of a net-zero emission power sector by 2050. | | New Jersey | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050 | Governor Phil Murphy’s Executive Order 28 in 2018 set a carbon free goal for the power sector and directed the BPU to develop an Energy Master Plan, which was released in 2020. | | New Mexico | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 | 2019 legislation (SB 489) requires a zero-carbon power supply by 2050, with at least 80% from renewables. | | New York | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 | 2019 legislation (S6599) requires zero-emissions electricity by 2040 and sets a goal of cutting all state GHGs 85% by 2050. A Climate Action Council will develop a plan. | | North Carolina | Carbon neutrality in the electricity sector by 2050 | 2021 legislation (HB 951) requires the North Carolina Utilities Commission to “take all reasonable steps” to achieve a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions from electric generating facilities in the state by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050. | | Oregon | Greenhouse gas emissions reduced 100 percent below baseline emissions by 2040 | 2021 legislation (HB 2021) requires investor-owned utilities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the electricity they sell to 80 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2030, 90 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2035, and 100 percent below baseline emissions levels by 2040. | | Puerto Rico | 100% renewable energy for electricity by 2050 | 2019 legislation (SB1121), the Public Energy Policy Law of Puerto Rico, set a timeline for reaching 100% renewable electricity by the year 2050. | | Rhode Island | 100% renewable energy electricity by 2030 | Governor Gina Raimondo’s 2020 Executive Order (20-01) requires the Office of Energy Resources to “conduct economic and energy market analysis and develop viable policy and programmatic pathways” to meet 100% of statewide electricity deliveries with renewables by 2030. | | Virginia | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045 for Dominion Energy and 2050 for Appalachian Power Company | The 2020 Virginia Clean Economy Act (House Bill 1526 and Senate Bill 851) requires zero-carbon utilities by 2050 at the latest. | | Washington | 100% zero-emissions electricity by 2045 | 2019’s Clean Energy Transformation Act (SB5116) applies to all utilities. The state Commerce Department started a rulemaking process in August 2019. Utilities must file implementation plans by January 2022. | | Wisconsin | 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050 | Governor Tony Evers’ Executive Order (EO38) in 2019 directed a new Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy to “achieve a goal” of all carbon-free power by 2050. |

Natural Gas Moratoriums & Heat Pumps Dozens of cities, including San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose in California; Cambridge, Mass.; and Seattle, Oregon have moved to ban natural gas hook ups in new buildings as a way to combat climate change. In Westchester NY, there has been a moratorium on new natural gas hookups since 2018. And on December 15th, 2021 - New York City banned natural gas hookups for new buildings starting in 2027. Previously, Geothermal or ground source heat pumps were growing at a rate of 7% per year. Since geothermal is the most efficient form of heating and cooling – with 500% efficiencies from using the stored heat in the ground beneath our feet – it is expected that the growth in both air and ground source heat pumps will soon reach double digits. Green oil

All is not business-as-usual in the boardrooms of some of the world’s largest petroleum producers.

In a landmark court decision, a judge in the Netherlands ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut emissions by 45% after 17,000 people brought a lawsuit that Shell’s large greenhouse gas footprint merits a significant investment in CO2-slashing as a debt to society.

Elsewhere in Europe, the Italian oil company Eni became the first European oil company to launch a corporate bond that is linked to sustainability.

The €1 billion 7-year bond is linked to two key performance indicators: “Increasing renewable installed capacity to 5GW by the end of 2025; and cutting the net carbon footprint of its upstream business by 50% by 2024,”

Lastly, Engine No.1, a shareholder group of ExxonMobil, managed to get two of their candidates elected to the American company’s board on the argument that the company’s long-term business strategy didn’t take into account all of the value loss potential from climate change, both from shareholders jumping ship, and potential damages from extreme weather events.

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $8.6 trillion in private capital, ensured the Engine No.1 candidates got the positions by utilizing their vote as large shareholders.

100% Clean Energy

On April 29th, 2021 over 29 million people in California got 95% of their power from renewable energy— and were contributing virtually nothing towards climate change as far as their electricity needs were concerned.

California follows another major population center, South Australia, which recently fulfilled 100% demand with renewables.

“It sends chills down my spine. It’s amazing,” said Elliot Mainzer, president and CEO of the California Independent System Operator, which runs the state’s main power grid. “These types of transitions aren’t always pretty. But we’re getting a lot of renewable generation online, making a real dent in the state’s carbon emissions,”

Mainzer recently urged the state to construct another 10,000 megawatts of renewables, an equivalent of one-eighth of the entire state baseload power, in order to cover the gaps in the grid.

Covering gaps in renewables is important for two reasons. The first is that electricity is the only resource that must be consumed as soon as it’s produced. That means projections of demand must always be just about perfect.

The second reason is that renewables most often have no form of storage, and the electricity they generate goes into the grid immediately upon production.

To help navigate around these natural flaws in renewable energy, California has been a key leader in coordinating with other states in the west to share surplus power across state lines, creating a more robust grid, removing more need for fossil fuels, and taking advantage of other states’ resources.

For example, California is much sunnier than Wyoming, but Wyoming has the most consistent wind power of any state. Utility companies in each place can exchange their baseload power with the strengths of the other and reduce fossil fuel input and increase grid stability.

This is the best method for protecting against blackouts and drops in supply due to changing weather until cost-effective and scalable storage technology become widely implemented.

A Clean Economy = Healthier Communities

Scientists at UC Berkeley are hailing the state’s diesel engine standards for drastically dropping the amount of diesel particulate matter in the air, and reducing the cardiopulmonary deaths attributable to poor air quality.

If you never saw the pictures of the city of Los Angeles before the Clean Air Act, they look like something out of the movie Escape from L.A. But encouraging shifts away from high-sulfur fuels, and replacing diesel ships with electric ones, has gradually scaled the horror show back.

“Our analysis of mobile source DPM (diesel particulate matter) emissions suggests that many California sector-based policies have been highly effective,” write the authors of the paper published in Science.

They found that from 1990 to 2014, the amount of DPM in the California skies fell by 78%, while cardiopulmonary and cancer deaths linked to diesel pollution dropped by 82%.

These are just some of the many positive actions that have been happening around the country and globe.

Obviously, there still much to be concerned about.

As I record this podcast, I have one son in Boulder Colorado whose former home community was destroyed by the recent wildfires. Only 1 mile away from his current home, 100 mph winds created a blast furnace of destruction for thousands of homes.

Thankfully, the massive snowfall has now contained that catastrophe. But my other son and his family were pummeled by 11 feet of snow on the way to their holiday vacation in Lake Tahoe.

Don’t Look Up

If you haven’t seen the new comedy film “Don’t Look Up” – it’s worth watching. While the insanity of ignoring science is pretty funny – the reality is that we can’t allow ourselves to continue to be distracted by day-to-day petty politics and our ridiculous obsession with social media.

We all need to join together, find a way to overcome our differences, and remember that our children’s future is the one overriding priority that we all share.

Creating a sustainable planet is a huge task. But as the recently deceased Desmond Tutu once wisely said: “there is only one way to eat an elephant: one bite at a time.”

Figure out how to take your bite – and let’s all keep moving forward, one small bite at a time…

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Did you know that - if you rent, or can’t install solar panels at home for whatever reason - there is now a way for you to still gain the environmental benefits of solar - and save yourself 10% on your electric bill?

Do you know that with community solar, you can now enjoy the benefits of living a solar life - without actually having solar equipment in your house?

Community solar is a way for everyone to participate and enjoy a solar experience and save money on your bill, just through the simple act of subscribing!

With no cancellation penalties or fees, Central Hudson’s customers can now participate in a community solar program that provides a positive environmental benefit and saves you $100 - $150 per year,

With the Ampion/ClearPoint Community Solar subscription, there’s no need to build your own solar system.

By paying 10% less on our electricity bills - just by signing a piece of paper, community solar is giving everyone the opportunity to help create momentum towards sustaining the planet and the 8 billion humans alive today - and the future for our children & all the generations to come.

Learn more and join us: Simply click this link: https://ampion.net/clearpoint. Please check “Yes” when asked if there is an agent or salesperson helping you and type in “Earthkind”.

Angelo Chambrone leads Clear Point Energy, an energy consulting firm based in Syracuse, New York. He has over thirty (30) years of energy sector experience. His firm provides strategic and technical consulting services to retail energy suppliers, consumers, commercial enterprises, and institutional customers on a national basis. His firm’s specialty is renewable energy, electricity, and natural gas.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
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SuperNova #2. Renewable energy is a win-win for everybody. It is good and helps the environment; it’s a natural progression and evolution of our technology. At the same time, it helps people and companies save money..

SuperNova #3. There isn't enough capacity for everyone to participate at the moment.

If you have a chance to participate, it's good to jump on it because of the fact that it's limited. When you have an opportunity - grab it.

Aha Moment: “We’ve had aha moments with some of our very large clients. We’ve shown them how to use community solar as an overall hedge against rising prices. You really need to understand the strategy to use community solar, to not think in boxes. It’s one thing to do community solar because it'll save money, but it’s important to consider the overall picture of how it all fits together. While this can be complex, once the customer understands that, that's kind of an aha moment that I'm not sure even homeowners realize like when we talked about the savings. Community solar is a natural protector against rising prices, because the higher the prices rise, the more credits you get.” – Angelo Chambrone

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Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “I'm a closet musician, a guitar player, because I don't play professionally. I take some time in my day, even if it's a couple of hours, to go play. It clears my mind, gets me back into life, whether it's supporting family or career stuff. Whatever that is for someone else – whether it's meditating for a while or going for a quick walk, I think you really got to cleanse your brain a little.” – Angelo Chambrone

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Magic Wand: “I would ask everyone in the world to just take a minute and listen to the person they're talking to before passing any kind of judgments. Far too many times, people just don't give that a chance. It doesn't matter what your political views are. Just be civil to each other.” – Angelo Chambrone

Most Energized About Today: “The sunshine! In Central New York, we get so very little of it. Today it's just an unbelievable blue sky. I’m really excited when I can do something outside.” – Angelo Chambrone

Next Step: “Get more developers on board to spread the word in more utility territories in New York and other states, and find easier and easier ways to bring the parties together, to bring the consumers – so they have a good experience – and the developers together. That's what's next fo me” – Angelo Chambrone

Parting Advice: “It's always important to listen and be transparent.” – Angelo Chambrone

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Heating and cooling concerns about 1/3 of all greenhouse gas emissions. With the convergence of advanced clean energy technologies, the chance of being fossil fuel free now appears!

In New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, more commonly known as the Climate Act, the most aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals have been turned into law. Did you know that it not only aims to achieve 40% reduction by 2030 and 85% by 2050, but also envisions giving 35% of all benefits to communities that have been most disadvantaged by climate pollution?

We have been successfully moving towards our 2025 goals, and now, through NYS Clean Heat, we can take another step forward with heat pumps!

The entire world is heading down this road. Why not do it today and be ahead of the game? Anyone who gets into this program now is on the cutting edge, ahead of everyone else. With numerous incentives, this is undoubtedly what contractors (existing or new) need to grow in the geothermal space.

Check this episode as we engage in a conversation with people who can help you increase your profit, lower your competition, and make a positive impact with geothermal installations!

Featured Speakers:

Wendy MacPherson is the Assistant Director of Clean Heating and Cooling for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). Wendy leads New York State’s efforts to develop markets that support renewable, high-efficiency, and clean thermal systems, including air-source, ground-source and water-source heat pumps. She is charged with conceptualizing & driving strategies to advance building electrification within New York State.

Steve Coulter is the Clean Heat Program Manager at Con Edison. In coordination with the statewide New York State Clean Heat Program, Steve implements Con Edison’s heat pump incentive offerings - helping utility customers save energy and money with clean heating and cooling. Steve recently worked with Con Edison’s Non-Wires Solutions team where he developed customer-sided solutions to reduce electric peak demand on constrained areas of the distribution grid as alternatives to traditional utility capital projects. Prior to his work at Con Edison, Steve has been passionately engaged in a range of clean energy initiatives in previous roles at Southern California Edison and the Los Angeles Business Council Institute.

Mike Seidenberg is the Owner of Eco Energy in Rochester, New York. 14 years ago, Mike left his job as a Heating, Ventilation, & Air Conditioning technician to start his own HVAC company and specialize in geothermal heat pumps.

Maggie Seidenberg is a BPI Building Analyst & Owner of Energyvana LLC. Growing up around the HVAC industry under the wing of her Dad, Maggie was never a stranger to the changing tides of energy efficiency. After intending to study Biochemistry as a possible energy source, she saw that the very root of energy efficiency lies within the user. Her goal and success is helping New York State homeowners make a lasting impact that promotes a greener future – and a greener pocket!

Moderator:

Ron Kamen is the CEO of EarthKind Energy Consulting in Rhinebeck, New York. For decades, he’s been catalyzing exponential change in sustainable energy adoption with governments, non-profits, and businesses through his expertise in the field. Ron hosts the AWESome EarthKind podcast and helps empower people to make clean energy transitions to reduce their carbon footprint and save money.

In this episode, Wendy, Steve, Mike, and Maggie join forces as they talk about the process on how a contractor can achieve greater success by becoming a Geothermal HVAC Contractor. Here, they discuss the Climate Act, the NYS Clean Heat Program Incentives, and answers questions with regards to geothermal installations and its benefit to you and the earth.

Valuable Resource:

Please read Section 4 of the the NYS Clean Heat Program Manual to learn about the Participating Contractor requirements and how to enroll.
Visit the NYS Clean Heat Contractor Enrollment Page for more information and application documents: https://saveenergy.ny.gov/NYScleanheat/become-participating-contractor/
Call (844) 212-7823 for enrollment related inquiries.

Topics Covered:

03:14 – Ron introduces himself and this web class’ speakers: Wendy MacPherson, Steve Coulter, Mike Seidenberg, and Maggie Seidenberg.

08:40 – Wendy discusses New York State’s climate goals. Here, she highlights the Climate Act and the NYS Clean Heat alongside the reason behind the need to focus on heating and cooling.

14:59 – Steve starts by introducing himself then proceeds to talk about the NYS Clean Heat Program Incentives, the opportunities, and the how-to’s of enrollment.

26:50 – Father and daughter Mike and Maggie talk about their company and how their process keeps clients motivated in this transitioning movement towards a clean and green space.

31:24 – Maggie explains how helpful the manual is in seeing and understanding what your house actually needs. Moreover, they discuss the advantage they put forward as they help train customers into effectively knowing how to approach their own geothermal space.

36:19 – What are the certifications contractors need to plan about and have in order to be able to roll a product? Are there any upstate opportunities when you do the geothermal cycle?

39:37 – Mike shares what they do with hot water then proceeds to talk about the equipments geothermal installers need to make their practice successful.

42:40 – How long does it take for them to close a deal and finish the installation process? What is the difference between geothermal and air source heat pumps? What are the benefits?

45:36 – Are there any additional license requirements imposed by the State? What are the challenges in insurance? What are the terms of warranties? Are there maintenance contracts?

49:41 – Steve mentions the biggest incentive out there as people transition more into heat pump water heaters. Wendy talks about the best way to have that state support in trainings and the participation process a contractor needs to go through in order to apply.

54:28 – Contractors are too busy with traditional business. They cannot expand their business with this limited work force. How could this be accomplished?

56:14 – As we continue transitioning, we’ll later on need to change codes. What is Wendy’s take on this?

58:40 – A quick summarization of the speakers’ stated points in today’s web class.

Valuable SuperNovas:

“There is no way New York State is going to meet these decarbonization goals with the current workforce installing heat pumps at the current pace. We need public and private sectors working together to drive this significant change. We need you to install heat pumps. We need you to be a part of the electrification revolution.” – Wendy MacPherson

“How do I become a successful geothermal contractor? Become a NYS Clean Heat Participating Contractor.” – Steve Coulter

“It is a good environment to sell on because you’re showing them that you care not only about their project but [also] their home, their comfort, everything that makes it up. It’s like a full body investment in a house.” – Maggie Seidenberg

“I’m pessimistic. I believe that everything is going to break someday, so it’s nice to have two sources of heat, which makes the customers happy when it does break.” – Mike Seidenberg

“There is nothing that is more important right now than building electrification.” – Wendy MacPherson

Connect:

Wendy MacPherson: wendy.macpherson@nyserda.ny.gov
Steve Coulter: coulters@coned.com
Mike Seidenberg: mikes@ecoenergyny.com
Maggie Seidenberg: maggie@energyvanallc.com
Ron Kamen: ron@earthkindenergy.com

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Quantum Quote: “We are running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.” – Elon Musk

As we get more individually committed to making our homes and this planet a healthier and more sustainable place to live in, slowly, we’re starting to make the transition that we need in the first quarters of 2021.

Over 88% of all new electricity generation in the United States came from the construction of new solar, wind, and other renewable energy power plants. That 88% is because clean energy technologies tap into the forces of nature, and now provide the lowest total cost of ownership!

However, as we continue to pursue the positive impact we’ve been making these past few months, we also have to realize that despite everything, our efforts are just not enough.

Did you know that according to scientists’ calculations, the amount of greenhouse gases we’ve got in the environment now has the same impact every day as though we’re exploding 500,000 nuclear weapons every day, 365 days a year? That’s how much energy is being captured in the atmosphere from the greenhouse gases we’ve all created!

There’s no room for failure. We need to increase our impact now.

There are people and companies who are getting better at their game of greenwashing. We don’t want to spend our hard-earned money on products that aren’t actually produced in a sustainable manner.

Join us as we interview Emily Eckert, the CEO of GoViably.

Emily Eckert is a woman with a vision. With a degree in Global Economies, Human Rights, and the Environment, she was made to lead GoViably.com. As the Founder and CEO, Emily brings a lifetime of environmental passion and commitment to the role. She also brings empathy, sensitivity, determination, and authenticity – traits born from her experiences as an adoptee, woman, and person of colour. The obstacles she has overcome have equipped her to face challenges and thrive. She became the leader of a company poised to transform business in ways that will help save this planet.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy is it to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

• How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)

• Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch

• The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

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SuperNova #1. There is a lot of rebates and incentives that are out there to help both businesses and residential customers, and I don’t think they’re looking at them. More utilities are getting on that bandwagon. More utilities might be having some requirement to offer something like that. So if your heating system dies at home, reach out and find out if your utility has any support.

SuperNova #2. We need to have more conversations about this. It’s in the news all the time, but there’s no comparison to having a genuine conversation with somebody that you know and learning about their perspective and sharing yours and saying how you can support each other. We’ve reached this point where there’s a lot of independent living and thinking, but in the end, we’re one society and one planet – our home. We’re all in this planet together. Let’s work altogether and support each other. Instead of saying “shame on you for not doing this or that”, we need to say “I understand that that’s how you’ve been taught, but have you ever thought about these ideas?” Giving suggestions and general conversations are really important.

SuperNova #3. Every one of us has an impact. It’s up to us whether that impact is negative or positive. Oftentimes, we don’t think about the impacts that we don’t see. Let’s think beyond what we can see even though it seems like our decisions and actions don’t make a difference; they really do, because people are observing what we’re doing all the time. They may not tell us and we may not know, but just when you don’t think somebody’s paying attention, somebody’s paying attention. Whether it’s friends, family, co-workers, they don’t need to say they’re paying attention, but they’re seeing your actions – they’re seeing what you’re doing.

Aha Moment: “I was about 17 years old. At the time, I lived in Mystic Connecticut and I worked in an aquarium as an exhibit educator. Although I’m not a huge fan of those types of institutions now, for me, it made a positive impact education-wise. I remember, as an exhibit educator, I would have my preset spiel about whatever animal that I was talking about to the visitors, and then this particular day, I was talking about the beluga whales. We have three beluga whales there. I remember finishing that spiel and then thinking to myself, so I’m standing here talking about the conservation of animals, but then I go home and I eat them. And that was my light bulb moment. If I love animals so much, why am I eating them? And after that, I started doing more research about the industry in general, which then also sparked research about climate change and carbon and off I went from there.” – Emily Eckert

Best Advice She’s Ever Received: “Keep smiling.” – Emily Eckert

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Routines. I have a nightly routine because sleep is really important to me. I like to be clear headed and I’m not if I don’t get enough sleep. So sleep and a nightly routine is a habit that I believe keeps me going.” – Emily Eckert

Internet Resource: National Geographic

Book Recommendation:Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

Magic Wand: “Less fear. There’s a connection between the lack of cooperation and fear. The more fearful people are, the less likely they are to cooperate. And so if we have less fear and more love, I think that we would cooperate together and drive these solutions and these actions together more.” – Emily Eckert

WTF or F: “I’ll pick the first one, although I did not personally experience it at the time, but I experienced the after effects. My dad lives in Massachusetts, and this must have been about 10 years ago. They had a tornado go through their town. Luckily, my father lived on the outside of town when the tornado went right through the town, and at one point, my boyfriend and I went to help volunteer to clean up some of the homes because there were some homes that were just levelled and I had never experienced seeing that devastation firsthand until that point. I didn’t even have words to describe it. There was one woman that came in – we were going to help start clearing out the debris – and she didn’t want us to touch anything. This was within a few days of it happening. So you could still see and it was palpable that she was still in shock. There was still a lack of full grasp of what had happened and just not even wanting anything to be touched because she’s still processing what’s happened. And we’re seeing – we as in the world – is seeing more extreme weather patterns these days. Saw hurricanes and tornadoes. We still see in specific pockets, but we see them more often. There’s more often than I will see a tornado warning in the New England area. But still, that devastation is, I mean a flood can cause that same devastation where you just can’t rebuild the house that you already had there. You need to start completely from scratch. You can’t renovate it. So to me, that was my experience of this is what nature is really capable of.” – Emily Eckert

Most Energized About Today: “I’m most energized that it was actually sunny. We’re in November and it’s sunny and beautiful.” – Emily Eckert

Next Step: “We’re continuing to create a scoring system for our sustainability certification. But actually, what’s very exciting and I’d like to share it today is that we are going to be posting a one-day sustainability event – The Viable Future Event – on March 3, which is a Thursday and it will be a virtual event, but the goal there will be that every attendee or participant will walk away with concrete action steps. So we have talking about getting away from green washing and showing that transparency and helping people realize what tools and resources are out there. I invite everybody to keep an eye on our website https://www.goviably.com and we will be announcing more about the events. But I’m very excited because I want to make it a fun, engaging event. I know people are tired of these Zoom workshops where somebody talks at them for an hour, so we’re going to strategize and make it much more engaging instead of having the speakers talk for 60 minutes while everybody else is off their videos and sleeping.” – Emily Eckert

Parting Advice: “Don’t be afraid to try something new. Instead, be grateful that we actually live in a time where most of us – at least in our country – have the ability to try something new and have something new to even try in the first place.” – Emily Eckert

Connect:

Email: emily@goviably.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goviably/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goviably/
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People are continuously working to help sustain this planet’s life, and it is indeed great to have dialogues where concerns are shared and solutions are created and promoted.

Sadly, because some countries (especially the US) withdrew their commitments after pledging critically needed action, the climate movement – especially the Build Back Better Act – is moving slow...

We have all the evidence we need to take action. What’s stopping you from standing up and moving forward?

We can’t just wait and see what happens. We have to monitor and discuss what’s happening right now!

There is nothing we can’t do if we put our souls and minds into it.

COP26 is this year’s crucial UN Climate Change Conference, which was hosted by the UK in Glasgow, Scotland, from 31 October until 12 November. The talks were organised under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty agreed at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 in order to tackle global warming and deal with its effects. It came into force in 1994.

COP stands for “conference of the parties”, and is a summit where the 197 signatories to the UNFCCC – 196 countries and the EU – come together to make decisions on how to implement the treaty. This is the first COP since COP25, held in Madrid in 2019. The 26th UNFCCC conference, COP26 was originally due to take place in November 2020, but was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Featured E2 Panelist:

Chris Bentley is Clean Energy Activist, CEO of Good Energy Guild in Louisville, Colorado. Marilyn Waite is the Climate and Clean Energy Finance Program Officer of the Hewlett Foundation in France, formerly in California. Laura Berland-Shane is the Vice President of Blue Planet Systems in Santa Monica, California.

Moderator:

Ron Kamen is the CEO of EarthKind Energy Consulting in Rhinebeck, New York.

In this episode, Chris, Marilyn, and Laura engage in a discussion with regards to what has been happening in the movement towards saving the Earth. Here, they answer questions from the webinar attendees which concern what we can do next in order to save the planet and its people from complete destruction.

The most immediate climate issue that’s on the table RIGHT NOW is passing the Build Back Better Act – the largest piece of climate legislation that’s ever been proposed in the history of our country. That single bill will put us on track to meet – and even exceed – our goals, which is hugely important and necessary if we want life on this planet to continue.

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Topics Covered:

01:57 – Webinar speakers introduce themselves before proceeding to shortly talk about what they do in relation to clean energy

04:35 – E2 members’ perspectives on the current situation of the Earth in Glasgow – the good happenings, what drives those events, and also the things that hinder further progress

14:33 – Laura, Marilyn, and Chris share their sentiments about having people calling out the ‘elites’ in the middle of this crisis, alongside the things we need to do in order to be able to move and take a step forward

21:04 – Is anybody talking about annual CO2 reduction emissions that can be tracked by the country as progress goes?

26:10 – Can the private sector and companies like IKEA and others in combination scale their efforts to have a meaningful fraction of what the nations need to do but are failing to do?

32:40 – Do you think the ESG community is making a significant impact in making things change?

36:08 – Are the attendees connected to fossil fuel interest? Is there any transparency on that front?

38:46 – Are the speakers aware of other trade associations that are also setting carbon reduction targets?

41:47 – Is there talk about the importance of the Build Back Better Act in the congress for the US to show commitment to the climate change action? Are other countries questioning the USA's commitment because of the congress being slow to pass this package?

45:11 – Is the philanthropic sector shifting away in regards to investments for the climate or are they more committed than ever?

48:27 – Does everyone have to buy carbon offsets to fly to the conference?

52:02 – A youth’s perspective on everything that’s going on in this movement.

54:34 – Where, when and how is environmental justice in equity integrated into the pledges with real solutions that will have equitable outcomes in climate justice for everybody?

56:33 – One major positive thing that can come out of this and what we should do next

Valuable SuperNovas:

“I think we need two things going forward. One is no more fossil fuel badges, and [two] we need to make sure that every delegation – especially of the rich countries – has a youth delegate.” – Marilyn Waite

“If we're going to continue having these international dialogues – I suppose are all about action – then we do need to see some really big changes in how this is done, who's at the table, whose voices are actually heard, because being just on the outside doesn't work.” – Marilyn Waite

“The youth can step out further and louder.” – Chris Bentley

“Only think about the next five years. What do you want to do for the next five years? Because five years from now, it’s going to be completely different – new technologies, new opportunities. Where can you have the most impact?” – Chris Bentley

“We need everyone to be engaged and take action. There isn’t anyone that cannot do anything.” – Marilyn Waite

“We’ve got to really monitor this by the minute. We can’t just sit around and get back together in five years and see how we’ve progressed.” – Laura Berland-Shane

Connect with E2:

Website: www.e2.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/e2.org
Twitter: www.twitter.com/e2org

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“Take advantage of clean energy incentives today – or pay climate penalties in the near future”.

We have reached the tipping point.

Humanity’s Greenhouse gas emissions are fueling extreme weather events that are becoming more intense, costly, deadly, and frequent.

Did you know that our greenhouse gas emissions are trapping the same amount of energy in our atmosphere as 500,000 nuclear explosions EVERY day, 365 days a year?

In 2019, the U.S. saw an average of one $1 Billion extreme weather catastrophe every month. In 2020 – Billion Dollar weather events increased to an average of 2 a month! And in 2021, Ida became the 5th most costly hurricane in US history, causing over $60 Billion of economic impact.

In Glasgow, Scotland, virtually every country in the world is participating in the “Conference of the Parties,” or COP. Their mission is to create and enforce goals that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and stabilize our climate.

Did you know that in 2019 New York State passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, or CLCPA? Right now, there is $5 Billion of incentives to move everyone to clean electricity, heating, cooling, and transportation. But soon the cash incentives will be followed by changes in building codes and then penalties for not achieving greenhouse gas reduction goals. Starting in 2024 in New York City, any building owner with more than 25,000 square feet of space that does not meet the goals will start paying penalties of ~50c per sqft Per Year – and those penalties will increase.

The time is NOW to move to clean energy. Take advantage of the cash and tax incentives today – or pay the price in penalties tomorrow.

And - if you want to create MORE real change TODAY – pick up the phone and multiply your climate impact by a factor of 1,000 with #CodeRedClimate & CodeRedCongress.com.

Last week, Congress passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to rebuild the nation’s deteriorating roads, bridges, and water supplies. This is the largest federal investment into infrastructure projects in more than a decade, touching nearly every facet of the American economy, and includes funding for the modernization of the nation’s power grid and broadband.

In the Senate, the 69 to 30 vote was uncommonly bipartisan. But in the House – partisan bickering again nearly put self-interest ahead of the national good. Now the Build Back Better bill – which would fund the largest climate action in history and help ensure the very survival of everyone on the planet – is at risk.

The best part of the Build Back Better bill in Congress is not only that it creates millions of jobs and a stronger and healthier clean energy economy & environment - But it will be paid for by taking back just part of the $7 Trillion in Tax breaks that the last administration gave their billionaire friends.

Today’s podcast is being sponsored by the Power of the Earth with Comfort by ClimateMaster. ClimateMaster is a 50-year-old United States manufacturer of Geothermal Heating, Cooling & Hot Water systems.

Heating and cooling is responsible for over one-third of our greenhouse gases, and is the majority energy cost in our homes and other buildings. if you are tired of rising energy costs and want to save up to 70% on your energy bills, Go to www.AWESomeEarthKind.com and download one of the FREE special web events that will show you exactly how to get geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home.

EarthKind Energy Consulting: https://earthkindenergy.com/
Ron’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronkamen/
New York Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (CLCPA): https://climate.ny.gov/
Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2): www.e2.org
Build Back Better Bill: https://e2.org/buildbackbetter/

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“If you can’t love yourself, how the hell are you going to love anyone else?” – Ru Paul

Isn’t it a bit ironic that we – human beings – don’t really prefer plastic jewelry and other “fake” possessions - but it’s been years and we’re still living with plastics?

Don’t we know that plastics are all fake? That’s why it’s such an insult when someone is called “plastic”.

The most easily seen environmental issue on this planet is the continuous use of plastics. Virtually all plastics come from fossil fuels, and end up in landfills, or in the oceans and everywhere else…

We all have the power to choose what we bring inside our homes. And there are a lot of ways to recycle plastics into something more sustainable - for both our lives, and the planet’s.

Before you buy any product, ask yourself: What is it made of? Who made it? How long are you going to use it? What are you going to do once it comes to the end of its life?

Considering these things whenever we purchase products might sound exhausting, but in reality, aside from saving money, it also takes us a step closer towards sustaining life on Earth.

Listen to this episode with Andrea Fox and check the Age of Plastic Podcast for more insights.

Andrea Fox is the host of the Age of Plastic Podcast – an environmental podcast with tips on how to live plastic free! Host Andrea Fox tackles big ethical issues in the hope of overcoming the climate change overwhelm and the guilt from our use of single-use plastics.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system and much more…

Multiply your climate impact by a factor of 1,000 with #CodeRedClimate & CodeRedCongress.com (https://coderedcongress.com/)

SuperNova #1. There are ways you can live life more sustainably. There are so many things you are able to do without even lifting a finger to be more sustainable and to live in a slightly more waste-free, plastic-free life.

SuperNova #2. Everyone is capable of doing a certain amount of research, and every small step is getting us to a better, more sustainable planet for everyone.

SuperNova #3. There is no one solution. It has to be a little bit of everything.

Worst Career Moment: “In terms of not being the most energy efficient I could have been and maybe not considering the climate. There was one year where my husband and I probably went on a trip every single month, and a few of those were long haul trips. Looking back, that was a heavy carbon footprint year. That was definitely a time where I look back and go, ‘I'm gonna offset my carbon footprint.’ Please don't buy stuff that people don't need. There's a lot of stuff in the landfill that I wish I didn't buy.” – Andrea Fox

Aha Moment: “AirCarbon is very exciting. Plastic alternatives really are exciting in terms of decarbonizing the economy. I also think Juliet Davenport is a great example. She used to be the CEO of Good Energy here in the UK, and now she works on energy research and renewables. Realizing that there can be some green washing around your energy provider, but even just saying ‘I want a renewable energy provider’ is a message to the energy market. I think everyone is capable of doing a certain amount of research, and every small step is getting us to a better, more sustainable planet for everyone.” – Andrea Fox

Best Advice She’s Ever Received: “Done is better than perfect. Don't let perfection ruin just creating and starting something.” – Andrea Fox

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “The Pomodoro Method where if you're really struggling to start something, just set a timer for 20 minutes and concentrate on it for 20 minutes. Normally, by the time you've done that, you're on a roll and you've already made a big start.” – Andrea Fox

Internet Resource: Amyam Nguyen from @sustainableandsocial

Book Recommendation: “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron; “Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism” by Aja Barber; and “Is It Really Green?: Everyday Eco Dilemmas Answered” by Georgina Wilson-Powell

Magic Wand: “I would ban virgin plastic and fossil fuel extraction. Whether we do that with an out and out ban or whether that's tax incentives or disincentives, I would love to see us using the plastic that we have already created and turning that into plastic products and really using our recycling, because so little of our recycling actually is turned back into new products. I think that would definitely speed up the move to more renewable energy sources, more renewable energy jobs, and ending this endless cycle of fossil fuel plastic that we're stuck with at the moment.” – Andrea Fox

WTF or F: “We've had some extreme weather in London recently which has seen the tube flooding. I remember someone on a podcast saying we need to think about the climate for the next generation. Why not just be selfish and think about the climate for yourself? And he was like, I love skiing. I'm not going to get to do that in a rapidly warming Earth and I was like, I love skiing. So yeah, I suppose my extreme weather would be - let's keep the temperatures as they are so I can continue to skate, please.” – Andrea Fox

Most Energized About Today: “I'm most energized about social connections and connecting to nature. I'm looking forward to seeing my family very soon. I'm looking forward to seeing some friends later on this year. And to get out in nature. I'm asking everyone who's listening to the Age of Plastic podcast this season to listen to the podcast when you're outside and tag me on your post on social media to encourage me to get outside. Because I need to do it more. I think we all feel energized by that, don't we?” – Andrea Fox

Next Step: “I love supporting petitions from my guests on the podcast and campaigns, and stopping the oil field is one at the moment. Putting pressure on the Prime Minister here in the UK to not to open up the extra oil field and prioritize renewables. But I want to sort of work on my own magic wand. Maybe the Age of Plastic podcast could ban virgin plastic in the UK. Who knows? But I want to focus on one doing something like that with the community we built around the podcast.” – Andrea Fox

Parting Advice: “It's okay to fail. No one really knows what they're doing, frankly. So just try and start it and they will come.” – Andrea Fox

Connect:

Email: iamandreafox@gmail.com
Podcast: https://podfollow.com/age-of-plastic/
Instagram: @ageofplasticpodcast
Instagram: @helloiamandreafox
Twitter: @andrea_fox

The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition

Is It Really Green?: Everyday Eco Dilemmas Answered

Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism

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Quantum Quote: “Rule #1: do the right thing. Rule #2: do the best you can in the time you have. Rule #3: treat other people the way you want to be treated.” – Lou Holtz

Heating hot water is 15-20% of the average family’s energy consumption, costing $400 to $800 a year or more. Most people face hindrances in having an energy efficient water heater because of their high initial cost of installation, warranties, and replacements.

With new hot water heaters coming out next year with Torii, you can finally have a highly energy-efficient water heater that will also be reused and recycled.

A highly efficient induction coil will heat Torii’s graphite foam core to 500 degrees Fahrenheit in just three seconds, using two to three times less energy than the average hot water heater, and providing a LOT of energy and financial cost savings.

Torii is creating a subscription water heating service that will cover 100% of your installation, maintenance, and replacement costs. And, their advanced technology will let you know what’s going on with your water pressure, temperature, inflow, and usage through an app or web interface filled with all the sensors and information you’ll ever need. Their technology will also allow the water heater to talk to the grid and reduce energy usage during peak demand periods- providing a way for you to create additional cost savings.

About 80% of 5000 water heaters wind up in landfills every day. Because water heaters have metals that do not easily decompose, this is a terrifying contribution to Earth's shortening life span.

Don’t you want to join Torii as they reuse and recycle water heaters and not allow toxic metals to ruin the planet we live in?

Check out this interview with Torii Industries’ Co-Founder / COO – John Hynds.

John Hynds was born in Long Island, New York, and raised in Clearwater, Florida. He has lived and worked in twenty countries.

Upon graduating high school, John entered the United States Marine Corps. After the Marines, John followed his passion for technology and for 30 years has been involved in high tech. John completed the 2020 Acton School of Business, Austin, TX. Following another of his passions, John opened one of the first low carbohydrate food stores in the country, the LoCarb Outlet, learning firsthand what it’s like to build a business from scratch.

John has served in senior leadership roles in sales and engineering organizations, in startups, and in multinationals. John created two patents, one personally and one professionally. Along his career journey, John has donated his time and leadership to organizations that directly serve the poor.

Helping co-found Torii Industries, John has the unique ability to visualize the future, speak to that vision, and most importantly, create practical steps to achieving goals. As COO at Torii Industries, John enhances business strategies and helps steer the company through the ever-changing energy technology landscape.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

The most immediate climate issue that's on the table RIGHT NOW is passing the Build Back Better Act - the largest piece of climate legislation that's ever been proposed in the history of our country. That single bill will put us on track to meet - and even exceed - our goals, which is hugely important and necessary if we want life on this planet to continue.

Multiply your climate impact by a factor of 1,000 with #CodeRedClimate & CodeRedCongress.com (https://coderedcongress.com/)

SuperNova #1. Don’t be afraid to bring your ideas to the table and present and defend them, but then listen to the counterpoints – to the arguments – and get int0 the discussion. There’s a phrase I love; “Prefer clarity to agreement.” When you’re clear, there’s no resistance to the message. When you’re trying to understand, there’s no resistance. It allows you to take things differently and deeper. Then you can actually change your mind. If everybody just brings their ideas in order to be clear, that’s fantastic. I think that has really helped navigate different barriers and ways to get around them.

SuperNova #2. Don’t ever have a firm plan. Start out with something, go for it 100%, but learn along the way and make the appropriate changes.

SuperNova #3. “Water is at its most dense just before it freezes, not when it freezes like other things. It actually becomes less dense when it's frozen - that's why ice floats. Had ice not been that way, this planet would be a chunk of ice; it all would have frozen from the bottom up. We wouldn't be here if water didn't act this way, and it's the only thing in the universe that does.”

Aha Moment: “A standard water heater is 240V on a 30/40/50A circuit. A few months ago, our Engineer was running the prototype with a tuned induction coil and they were able to run our system at 120V on a 15A standard house current. So we were there!” – John Hynds

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Before I went in the Marine Corps, my cousin looked at me and said ‘You know, don't let them change you. You have a great sense of humor. It's something really important in life.’ I never thought I would remember him saying that, but I realized how important that is to just be you, no matter where you are.” – John Hynds

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Tell the truth. On the flip side of that is I really expect that from other people. It's a very debilitating thing when folks aren't truthful. So I try to keep that foremost in front of me and expect that from other folks.” – John Hynds

Internet Resource: Torii Industries

Book Recommendation: Life’s Matrix: A Biography of Water

Magic Wand: “That everyone would be able to understand other people's perspectives. I've travelled a lot in about 20 different countries. I think the biggest thing is to understand other people - or at least have a perception of walking in their shoes.” – John Hynds

WTF or F: “I love weather. Growing up in Florida, when I would hear there's a tornado watch, I would shimmy up our TV antenna – which they used to have back in the day on a house – and sit up there with my binoculars, sometimes in the pouring rain. The very first time I saw a waterspout forming over Tampa Bay – maybe not even 15 miles from the house – and watched this funnel cloud come down. As soon as it touched the water, the funnel on the whole sky turned black. The enormity of the power of that event hit me. A tornado is not a swirling wind; it’s enormously destructive. The amount of power just watching that happen blew me away. I was probably 12 or 13 years old.” – John Hynds

Most Energized About Today: “Torii Industries.. I really think we can start a big change for people. We are starting with water heaters and we are going to expand in the home and do what we can to help optimize other appliances. There's a lot of room for growth. I'm excited about the technology, the energy, and creating a business model that I think is fair. It's going to help the end user save money over time. It's going to help the plumbers be engaged with that end user and become a partner. Being part of Torii, we can help facilitate that.” – John Hynds

Next Step: “Currently, we've got prototypes built and we're tuning and tweaking those. When we get what we believe is our final prototype,, we’ll be going to get UL and Green certifications. By this time next year, we should be shipping product. We're currently in our seed funding round right now, talking to investors to move the company along, and it's going pretty well.” – John Hynds

Parting Advice: “Never stop learning. Never stop growing. Things don't always work out the way you want, but keep trying and moving forward”. – John Hynds

Connect:

Website: https://toriiway.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/torii-industries

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Quantum Quote:

“Our energy answer comes up every morning.” – Joanne Coons

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius

Even when more and more people are waking up to the fact that we need to make this transition work towards becoming a clean energy Earth in the next few years, there are still people who don’t think it’s possible or it’s too hard and costly for them to take part in.

Did you know that going off fossil fuels and anything gas-related is actually much more comfortable and safer for you, the kids, and your family as a whole?

If we’ll just take 100 square miles – which is nothing in terms of its massive territory – and transform those wasted lands into clean energy producers, it could power all the energy needed by the whole country!

Someone out there is living a life without owning anything that is fueled by gas, and believe it or not, she’s living an incredibly cozy life!

Yes, it isn’t easy. Yes, it won’t happen overnight. There might even be times when you’ll have thoughts of giving up and just going back to business as usual. However, if you’ll just continue to work at it and wait a bit longer, you might be surprised big time!

It’s definitely doable. We just have to decide that we want to do it and make it happen. In every little thing that we do, we are walking towards the change that drives us nearer to our goals.

Be into energy and be able to save your own energy as well. Keep advocating even when you’re not sure if someone’s listening. Someday, they will. Lead by example.

Joanne Coons is a retired High School teacher and currently an Adjunct Professor teaching PV theory, design, installation and maintenance at Hudson Valley Community College’s TEC-SMART northern campus.

Joanne currently resides in Clifton Park, NY where she spends her everyday life with her husband, going all clean energy with nothing in their home that is powered by gas and/or fossil fuels. Since childhood, Joanne has always had an appreciation for energy. In her perspective, education is the key to change. That's why she’s trying to create opportunities to educate people about the science and their actions that produce carbon.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

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SuperNova #1. I guess the one thing that gets you from point A to B is to just start with one thing. People look at our lives and living lifestyle and think it is too expensive or too hard to achieve. We started with one step and then when we could we took the next step so what you see is an accumulation of 20 years worth of steps. As time goes on, you are saving money by reducing your energy expenses and you have more money to achieve the next step.

SuperNova #2. Start with reducing energy use. The best way to save energy is not to use it.

SuperNova #3. The more you vote with your dollar, the more that this transition will occur.

Aha Moment: “In regard to renewables, there was a professor, Dr. Richard Perez. I saw his peer-reviewed scientific study and I really respect him. He studies how much renewable energy it would take to completely be 100% renewable. He puts it into language in a way that he relates to common things that we understand. So, he suggests to be more local and have a grid so that we have balance. He also thinks that if we overbuild solar and wind to certain extent to maintain the intermittency, we should have enough electricity, and he has statistics to back it up. His data looks really solid. His ideas look solid. And I think that’s a really cool idea. I thought, we want to do this, and his works shows that we can.” – Joanne Coons

(Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG-9cxu9Mk0 and watch minute 20:20 to see how much land it would take to power NYS.)

Best Advice She’s Ever Received: “Sleep on something before I act.” – Joanne Coons

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “I do try to take care of myself so I can take care of others. There’s something called HALT – hungry, angry, lonely, tired. If you’re any one of those four things, you’re not gonna function to your best. Try to keep those things in check.” – Joanne Coons

Internet Resource: Google

Book Recommendation: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Magic Wand: “More appreciation for each other in what they do and what people do for each other. We take each other for granted so I think that will make the world a better place. Being careful about things – that’s all.” – Joanne Coons

Most Energized About Today: “Every little step that we take to get closer to our clean energy goals is really a good step. Every time I have class, my students share something that is so amazing… The world’s gonna be okay down the road because we have these students coming down. I do see youth as being really our future and they’ve got what it takes. I do believe in them.” – Joanne Coons

Parting Advice: “Keep on keeping on.” – Joe Dirt

Connect:

Email: j.coons359@gmail.com

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Quantum Quote: “The key to mitigating CO2 and affecting climate change lies in governments’ abilities to use their procurement power to procure carbon sequestered materials at grand scales. If we follow that mechanism, we could mitigate climate in a significant way, billions of tons.” – Brent Constantz, Ph.D.

The crucial necessity of solving the climate crisis goes beyond everything else we’re dealing with today.

Every year, fossil fuels and industry emit 40 Gigatons (40 thousand million tons) of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere globally..

All climate modelers think we can put maybe another 500 gigatons into the atmosphere before things really get crazy. Sounds like a lot? It's just a little over 10 years

Did you know that concrete is the most marketed material in the world other than water? And that there’s about 50 gigatons of sand and gravel mined and incorporated in asphalt, primarily in concrete, every year? Concrete is actually one of the very few places where we can store massive amounts of CO2. Limestone – the most common type of rock to be mined and transported for concrete – is actually made up of CO3 (carbonate) and calcium.

So… humanity currently uses 50 GTs of concrete a year. If we can capture part of the 40 GTs of CO2 that would have entered the atmosphere, mineralize it (just as nature does with biomineralization via organisms) and put that into our concrete - we can solve a huge portion of our climate crisis.

Mineralization of CO2 is the most permanent form of sequestration of CO2 that’s possible right now.

Listen to this episode as we talk about biomineralization with Brent Constantz.

Brent Constantz, Ph.D. is a Fullbright Scholar and the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Planet Systems Corporation, a serial entrepreneur with expertise in biomineralization. Over the past 25 years, Dr. Constantz as founder and CEO led three medical device companies to advance mineralization technologies for orthopedic bone cements.

Dr. Constantz founded Calera to address global climate concerns with aspirations to permanently sequester gigaton quantities of carbon dioxide in the form of carbonate minerals. Blue Planet is the next generation product using carbonate materials.

Download a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

Today’s AWESome EarthKind podcast is co-sponsored by EarthKind Energy Consulting – a clean energy consulting company with 3 decades of experience in creating clean energy transformations that reduce energy costs, provide outstanding financial returns, and create positive environmental impacts. Go to www.EarthKindEnergy.com to find out how you can reduce your energy costs and lower your carbon footprint.

The most immediate climate issue that's on the table right now is passing the Build Back Better Act. It is the largest piece of climate legislation that's ever been proposed in the history of our country. That single bill will put us on track to meeting and even exceeding our goals, which is hugely important and necessary if we want life on this planet to continue.

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SuperNova #1. Where do you think all the carbon is? When we talk about carbon as opposed to carbon dioxide, there’s about 750 gigatons of carbon in the atmosphere, and the atmosphere is an 85,000 ft. thick enveloped gas around the Earth. In the whole biosphere, there’s about 5000 giga tons, then in the hydrosphere, there’s about 38,000 to 40,000 giga tons of carbons. In the lithosphere (buried in the earth), there’s about 55 million gigatons and it turns out most of it is actually limestone that makes up ~10% of the Earth’s crust.

SuperNova #2. We all are in favor of carbon legislation. But the fact is that most countries are never gonna have a carbon price. Since a lot of the ways to remove CO2 are dependent on some sort of government subsidy, we need solutions that work in poor countries as well as in rich countries.

SuperNova #3. It’s really important that people think about things quantitatively when we make policies on the side of what we’re gonna do. I think it’s really easy to miss the forest for the trees and do really cool things thinking that they’re gonna impact climate change, but until you actually look at the numbers and really see what impact they’re gonna have, you don’t really know.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Be patient.”

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “I spend at least an hour in the morning thinking, usually in the hot tub with a good cup of coffee.”

Internet Resource: Carbon Star

Book Recommendation: “The Origin of the Species” by Charles Darwin

Magic Wand: “It would be education.”

Most Energized About Today: “Blue Planet.”

Next Step: “Go global.”

Connect:

Website: https://www.blueplanetsystems.com/

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Quantum Quote: “The Nelson family rules: (1) Don’t be an asshole; (2) Don’t be an asshole; and (3) Don’t be a damn asshole.” – Willie Nelson

What action are you taking to keep this world a place where we can continue to live?

No matter how small or how big your position, you can produce ripple effects that benefit our kids’ and our grandkids’ future!

Join artists Harry Styles, Billie Eilish, Dead & Company, Maroon 5, Shawn Mendes & many others in using your platform to encourage people to take a step towards a livable Earth.

In this year’s Met Gala, singer-songwriter Billie Eilish made a deal with one of the oldest fashion houses that if she wore their dress to the Met Gala, they would never use fur in their designs again. And guess what? They agreed!

Get up now and take a step towards positive change. Grab your phone and let your Congressional Representatives know that you want the Build Back Better Act approved.

It’s good that we’re recycling. It’s good that we’re each doing something. However, what we're facing is not going to be solved by you and I recycling alone. About 100 companies in the world are responsible for more than half of the carbon in the atmosphere. Our financial industry continues to invest Billions and Trillions of dollars in the industries that are destroying our planet.

Without changing those systems, there's no way that we're going to get where we need to be.

If we think we can make Mars a livable planet - we can make Earth a livable planet again! It’s our kids’ and our grandkids’ future. We’re at a critical tipping point in Earth history - take action and turn the tide!.https://coderedcongress.com/

Before coming to REVERB, Tanner Watt worked in both the alternative fuels and music industries. Tanner's adventures started by working for Willie Nelson and Family and then growing into a leadership role at The Sustainable Biodiesel Alliance, a non-profit organization founded by Willie, Daryl Hannah and Kelly King. With this unique experience, along with degrees in Photography and Public Relations, Tanner brings a unique skill set to the REVERB team.

Tanner loves making friends and finding positive solutions. These passions have made him a valuable member of the REVERB team for nearly 10 years. In his role as Director of Partnership, Tanner creates long lasting relationships with artists, events and more as well as finding creative ways to raise funds and engage the music community around important causes.

In Tanner's time with the organization he has developed a host of successful programs including #ROCKNREFILL a partnership with Nalgene USA centered around reusables and reducing single-use waste at events and REVERB's Farm To Stage and Farm To Family campaigns. These programs (to date) have eliminated over 4M single-use plastic bottles, raised over $3M for non-profit causes, and supported more than 4000 family farms.

Demand Climate Action: #CodeRedClimate https://coderedcongress.com/

SuperNova #1. If you can afford to build a rocket ship for fun, you can afford to pay a little more to make this country what it needs to be for our kids and our grandkids.

SuperNova #2. There’s so much we can do back stage to reduce impact and touch and feel the good work that we’re doing, but there’s even more – exponentially more - value in what we do when it comes to educating and inspiring music fans to take action in their own lives or to get involved in their community and be a part of taking real action on the climate crisis.

SuperNova #3. The most immediate issue that's on the table right now is passing the Build Back Better Act. It is the largest piece of climate legislation that's ever been proposed in the history of our country. That single bill will put us on track to meeting and even exceeding our goals, which is hugely important. It's actually necessary if we want life on this planet to continue the way we're used to or somewhat used to. That’s the biggest issue that people can take action on. Registering to vote and getting out and being part of the conversation and understanding the leaders that we're electing and where they stand on these issues – that's crucially important, too.

Aha Moment: “When I was in college, I was an angry kid, like a rage against machines. I had a lot of this anger at authority energy and didn’t know what to do with it. The Universe brought me to Hawaii. My wife and I got to find a job and I started doing computer work at a local Apple reseller. Through that, I randomly met a bunch of people and ended up starting to work with Willie Nelson’s family. That was the biggest moment for me. That was a huge eye-opener for me. Just to see the power of people in celebrity positions who use that position for something positive, that was a huge inspiration for me, and beyond that, to be able to see such a diverse group of people supporting what we believe in. That’s what made me do what I’m doing today.” – Tanner Watt

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Just smile and nod. When somebody’s saying that you know is wrong, in many cases, it’s just better to smile and nod than to engage.” – Tanner Watt

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “I try to be a good listener and I also to never be afraid to talk. When I’ve got something to say, I tend to say it. For good or for bad, I don’t have the best filter. For me, to stay true to me and say it like it is. Most of the time, people appreciate it.” – Tanner Watt

Internet Resource: https://coderedcongress.com/

Book Recommendation: Crying in H Mart: A Memoir by Michelle Zauner

Magic Wand: “If I could change one thing for every person in the world, I think it would be to open their hearts and their ears. Just to give people a little bit more empathy or a little bit more understanding when it comes to trying to see things through other people’s eyes. That would go a really long way.” – Tanner Watt

WTF or F: “I grew up in California. I lived in the bay area during the big quake. That was a crazy experience as a child, something that’s eye-opening to see that as a kid. I thought that was like a once in my lifetime sort of event, then growing up to see it happen so many more times in so many other places with hurricanes, tzunamis, wildfires & other extreme weather events - those were even more eye-opening experiences.” – Tanner Watt

Most Energized About Today: “It’s the next generation – the younger generation. I’ve never seen more intelligent, more active, more excited young people than I have in the last few years. I feel like things will get better because the people who are demanding it are becoming more powerful; and hopefully over time, that’s really gonna create change.” – Tanner Watt

Next Steps: “We’ve got tours on the road, getting ready to host huge tours next year. Really looking forward to the music industry really opening up again.” – Tanner Watt

Parting Advice: “Keep an open mind. Listen a lot. Talk when you have to. Don’t be afraid to speak your mind. Just get up and do something. Be a part of change. There’s so much to be done. We can all find ways to get involved.” – Tanner Watt

Connect:

Email: tanner@reverb.org
Website: www.reverb.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reverb/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/reverb_org?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reverb_org/?hl=en

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Quantum Quote: “Know thy enemy and know thyself and a thousand battles you will win.” – Sun Tzu

How much would you give to have your kids live a healthy and happy life?

More and more people are waking up to the fact that this is a very critical time for our survival, and that we still have a long way to go in order to achieve the goal of having 100% fossil-fuel free electricity, heating, cooling and transportation by 2050.

Do you know that we will be saving a lot of money when this transition happens? Investing in the clean energy transition will create over $5 trillion in savings - and it will fuel millions of jobs!

The 3 million Americans working in the clean energy industry (triple the number working in fossil fuels) at this moment are just the beginning.

This is a climate crisis. It really is an emergency. We all need to take part in rebuilding our civilization because after all, this is an investment in our kids’ lungs and ours. You are a part of this society. Use your voice to make a difference.

Alok Disa is a Senior Research and Policy Analyst at Earthjustice and leads the Northeast Regional team’s work on transportation electrification with an emphasis on the climate and public health impacts of truck and bus emissions.

For 50 years, Earthjustice has been a legal backbone for the environmental movement. It is a premiere non-profit public interest environmental law organization that represents clients free-of-charge to take on cases that will advance the law and policy that we need to protect our air, water, land, and everything else.

Watch a free webclass Power of Earth by Climate Master to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In the Power of Earth by Climate Master you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

If you are tired of rising energy costs and want to save up to 70% on your energy bills, download the FREE special event that will show you exactly how to get geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home.

Do you want to increase your climate impact by a factor of 1,000?

Then pick up your phone today and call your United States Congressional Representative and both your US Senators and ask them to support the federal “Build Back Better” bill.

“Build Back Better” will create the largest climate protection action in American history.

Because so few people take the time and make the effort – our elected representatives interpret the opinion of everyone who calls or writes as representing the views of 1,000 other citizens.

During these next few weeks, Congress will vote on the “Build Back Better” bill that aims to get the country to 80% pollution-free electricity by 2030 and cut climate pollution 100% by 2050.

The "Build Back Better" bill provides tax incentives for solar, wind, energy-efficiency, electric cars, charging stations, and more; and it will finally cut subsidies for fossil fuels. It will also drive major investments into communities that have been disproportionately hit by environmental injustice.

After you make the calls, spread the word via social media by posting images of a large red exclamation point using the hashtags #CodeRedClimate and #CodeRedCongress.

You’ll be joining some of your favorite musicians and celebrities include the Dave Matthews Band, Dead & Company, Billie Eilish, Melissa Etheridge, Finneas, Maroon 5, Brittany Howard, Jon Batiste, Alec Benjamin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Damian and Stephen Marley, GROUPLOVE, Huey Lewis and The News, and many others.

When the "Build Back Better" bill passes, the United States can enter the global climate negotiations on Nov. 1st with America setting out to cut climate pollution 100% by 2050 - and encourage other major nations to do the same.

If not you – then who? Act now and help create a better future for our children - and all 7+ Billion EarthKind people.

SuperNova #1. It’s kind of a complicated process, but in reality, anyone can participate in these systems. You don’t have to be a lawyer to participate. Obviously, it helps to have a lawyer – to know a lawyer, but if you just dig and you figure it out, you find at any given time that there’s a lot of procedures and processes that you can weigh in on – you can lend your voice, and your voice will matter. The barriers are real, but there are ways we can all use our voice, our power, and our time to influence the outcomes.

SuperNova #2. You are a part of this society. Your voice makes a difference.

SuperNova #3. It’s an investment. Some people are barking at the price tag of the federal “Build Back Better” legislation, but the price tag is not telling you anything about the provisions. What are we trying to achieve with this money? We can’t lose sight of that. This investment is already less than what we know that we need, but it’s the start. There’s no amount of money that we should be balking at when we think about the triple win – the climate win, the public health win, and the economic and jobs win. This is an investment in our kids’ lungs and ours.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “I have two. The first one: trust the process. Do the work and trust the process. The other one is you miss a hundred percent of the shots you don’t take. You have to do the work, put yourself out there, and only then can you reap the rewards of your hard work.” – Alok Disa

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “That one thing that really helps me is just being really tenacious; not taking no for an answer. Just don’t take no for an answer and find the thing that you’re looking for. We have passion in our side. We have justice on our side. We just have to roll up our sleeves and just do the work.” – Alok Disa

Internet Resource: AirNow

Book Recommendation: “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Magic Wand: “It’s that we actually stop burning fossil fuels, we stop extracting fossil fuels, we stop bending to their interests, and we ramp up the clean energy technology that’s there. Basically, we could create the future where we don’t just tamp down our emissions but we rebuild our society in a justice-forward way.” – Alok Disa

WTF or F: “When I was living in California, a friend of mine – we were getting ready to go on a camping trip to Yosemite. We rented a van and did whatever precaution we had to do. We went there, set up the camp, cooked and had a great time. When we were sleeping, we realized that there’s all these patterns on our tents, and when we looked out, it’s like a blizzard happened overnight. It’s blanketed in snow, and that was not part of the forecast. We didn’t have the gear we need for that. We’re the only ones in this parking lot and the plow had plowed us in. We had no way to get to the main road. I couldn’t get the car started. Finally, when I did get the van started, I had to drive through the snow bank to get through. Eventually, it worked. We managed. No harm. Then we had this beautiful time in Yosemite. It was pretty empty and was actually one of the most picturesque things I’ve ever seen in my life.” – Alok Disa

Most Energized About Today: “It’s the new administration in New York State, Governor Hochul, some of the signals that she’s shown – that she wants to be a climate leader. She said it’s not about goals, it’s about action. It’s about what we do. We have a great opportunity with her leadership to meet those goals and exceed those goals that we have under the CLCPA.” – Alok Disa

Parting Advice: “Be in the fight. Don’t back down. Keep fighting. If you take one loss, that’s fine, but in the end, you’re gonna win if you believe in the cause. There’s gonna be down moments, but just keep fighting.” – Alok Disa

Connect:

Email: adisa@earthjustice.org
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

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Quantum Quote: “We need to put a sunset on fossil fuel use in our homes.” – Bill Nowak

Are you aware that an average person in the United States emits 16 tons of climate-disrupting carbon dioxide every year?

Even the way natural gas has been advertised for decades doesn’t actually reflect the truth at this point of time!

Statistics say that heating oil and gasoline are about 1 ½ times as problematic as natural gas. BUT - natural gas emits methane, which is much more dangerous on a 20 year time frame than it is on a 100 year time frame - about 86 times as bad of a climate gas than carbon dioxide is! Natural gas is about twice as problematic as we thought it was - and it is worse for the climate than heating oil.

Every time a new building that uses fossil fuels is built, we’re actually locking ourselves into a continuously worsening climate change for about 20-30 years more. Just like what the scientists have predicted, the frequency of various weather catastrophes and the damage we face alongside these events are now getting bigger and more intense.

Do you know that 2020 holds the record for being the largest year of $1 billion weather catastrophe damage, and the last hurricane Ida this year caused $50 billion of damages?

Today is when we either do something about climate change or suffer the devastating consequences. Geothermal has a really huge role to play in reducing climate impacts.. Geothermal is the most efficient way of heating and cooling, and we need to start this transition now!

Check out this week’s AWESome EarthKind Energy podcast where we interview Bill Nowak, the Executive Director of New York – Geothermal Energy Organization (NY-GEO).

Bill Nowak is a former NY Senate staffer, Labor organizer for CWA, and has been the ED of NY-GEO since its inception in 2014.

NY-GEO represents stakeholders in the geothermal heat pump industry, and Bill does this work for everybody who comes after him. He and his friends are seeing the horrors that await us with climate change – the suffering of humankind – and this made him involve himself as he takes part in trying to lessen the suffering humanity is facing nowadays.

In the Power of Earth by Climate Master you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

Do you want to increase your climate impact by a factor of 1,000?

Then pick up your phone today and call your United States Congressional Representative and both your US Senators and ask them to support the federal “Build Back Better” bill.

“Build Back Better” will create the largest climate protection action in American history.

Because so few people take the time and make the effort – our elected representatives interpret the opinion of everyone who calls or writes as representing the views of 1,000 other citizens.

During the week of Sept. 27th, Congress will vote on the “Build Back Better” bill that aims to get the country to 80% pollution-free electricity by 2030 and cut climate pollution 100% by 2050.

After you make the calls, spread the word via social media by posting images of a large red exclamation point using the hashtags #CodeRedClimate and #CodeRedCongress.

If not you – then who? Act now and help create a better future for our children - and all 7+ Billion EarthKind people.

SuperNova #1. At this point, heating our homes is tied – it’s co-equal – with transportation. People think electricity generation is the be all and end all of climate change and we have to get away from fossil fuels there. It’s absolutely true that we need to do that, but the main greenhouse gases in New York State are from heating our buildings and driving. We have to take care of both of those.

SuperNova #2. There’s no limit at this point what geothermal can do.

SuperNova #3. Folks have to stop thinking of natural gas as what it's been advertised for for decades. It is not “the cleanest source of fuel and a great bridge fuel to renewables”. It is neither at this point.

Aha! Moment: “For me, it’s when I woke up to what climate change is all about. I listened to what they were saying in the late ‘80s and I understood it. Realize that we are facing enormous suffering if we don’t act now. It’s going to take some sacrifices to avoid suffering; those sacrifices have to do with making change, and change is difficult for people. We really need to join together as a human race to solve this problem.” – Bill Nowak

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Do unto others as you would do unto yourself.” – Bill Nowak

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “I think I was raised to work hard and to take other people’s concerns seriously, and it works.” – Bill Nowak

Internet Resource: NY-GEO

Reading Recommendation: Green Energy Times

Magic Wand: “It would be a fossil fuel sunset starting in New York State and spreading worldwide. We need to stop burning fossil fuels.” – Bill Nowak

Most Energized About Today: “I think the other people that are waking up and getting active. The word is getting out there. NY-GEO participates in nn incredible grassroots organization called Renewable Heat Now. It’s just awesome to see largely young people in this organization with sophisticated analysis and great skills they built up, working to make this all happen.” – Bill Nowak

Parting Advice: “Ron, you have been a stalwart for decades. You and I go back a long time, and you have done great work for decades. Thank you for doing this series and thank you for the work that you’ve done.”– Bill Nowak

Connect:

Email: nygeoinfo@gmail.com

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Do you want to create the clean energy future we need to make the world safe for yourselves, your children, and all future generations?

Do you know that solar energy can supply up to 40% of the nation’s electricity - within 15 years? Yes, that’s true! The US Department of Energy’s recent study, called Solar Futures (https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-releases-solar-futures-study-providing-blueprint-zero-carbon-grid), found that solar – our cheapest and fastest-growing source of clean energy – could produce enough electricity to power all of the homes in the U.S. by 2035 - and employ as many as 1.5 million people in the process!

However, while the goal is achievable, we need coordinated national action to get there.

In order to achieve this level of decarbonization, the US must not only install an average of 30 gigawatts of solar capacity per year between now and 2025 — double our current rate — and 60 gigawatts per year from 2025 to 2030. To get to this next level of change will require policy advances.

Together, we are now an AWESome force of nature. We are literally changing the world. Every phone call that you make to your US Congress and Senate representatives is interpreted as representing the viewpoints of 1,000 people in your community.

Pick up that phone, take part in this Earth’s journey towards becoming a safe place to live in, and let your government know you want a clean energy future.

Go clean, save green, and energize today!

Ron Kamen is your host and clean energy guide here in AWESome EarthKind Podcast. For more than 3 decades, he has helped businesses, governments, non-profits, and communities take their next step in clean energy transformations that allow people to reduce carbon footprints and save money. Ron guides us all to empower and energize ourselves through AWESome EarthKind Podcast – so that wherever we are on the clean energy spectrum, we can take our next step to a healthier and more sustainable future.

In this episode, Ron focuses on the human loss and financial cost of climate disruption, alongside the importance of government policy to lead the way to a bright future. Here, he cites the US Department of Energy’s recent study called Solar Futures and President Biden’s plan to spend $1 trillion to fortify infrastructure nationwide including electrical grids, water, and sewer systems to better defend against extreme weather.

Watch one of “The Power of Earth with Comfort” from Climate Master webclasses: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLah5C8kHNExjV1JvbyuQEcBOKhVRjxJ-f

You’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

If you are tired of rising energy costs and want to save up to 70% on your energy bills, Go to www.AWESomeEarthKind.com and download one of the FREE special events that will show you exactly how to get geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home.

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01:07 – Ron recalls that day over a week ago when his colleagues informed him about two different climate disasters – a major tornado in New Jersey and an 8’ water flood in New York which altogether took away 89 people’s lives and left a damage cost of over $50 billion across the country in total.

03:30 – Ron mentions the International Panel on Climate Change’s report about the changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, and talks about the government’s role in this dramatic change.

05:10 – Ron quotes Solar Futures – a study released by the US Department of Energy last week.

11:12 – What can we do to be part of the Earth’s dramatic change towards becoming safe and clean?

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Solar Futures Study

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Website: https://awesomeearthkind.com/
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Quantum Quote: “We’re not magicians. We’re just nerds.” – EnergyOgre’s Motto

People are busy, and we do not usually pay attention to electricity - until the times when it’s not there.

In the 1990s, many states deregulated their electricity utilities. If you are in New York or Texas or other deregulated states, you can now choose your electricity supplier. But, many homeowners are overpaying for electricity without knowing it.

Texas has about 140 authorized retail electricity providers providing consumers with the opportunity to choose. Across the US, different regulatory systems make choosing the right electricity supplier a time-consuming and confusing process.

You might even have experienced being tricked by that “switch your electricity provider - pay less, save more, and receive freebies” tactic. Then, after a month or two - boom! You're paying triple the low introductory rate,

In Texas, for only $10/month, you can have an expert who will figure out the best energy choice to lower your costs and provide a cleaner and greener country.

Check out this week’s AWESome EarthKind podcast where we interview Jesson Bradshaw.

Jesson Bradshaw is the CEO of Energy Ogre, an electricity management company that uses proprietary systems to ensure its customers are always getting the best prices on their energy.

Energy Ogre has helped over 100,000 Texans save up to 40% on their electricity bills, over $150M since its founding.

Jesson’s insights into electricity deregulation in Texas are applicable to anyone living in a deregulated state. He speaks about the issues with last winter’s electricity system failures in Texas, and discusses renewable energy, future technologies, and consumer services.

Download a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

Watch one of “The Power of Earth with Comfort” from Climate Master webclasses: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLah5C8kHNExjV1JvbyuQEcBOKhVRjxJ-f

You’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

SEND YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY

SuperNova #1. You probably have a spider sense that you should check your insurance coverage. I think people’s intuition tells them that they probably are not in a completely optimized situation. What’s shocking to them is how unoptimized that actually are. If you can cut 25-45% of the cost out, it’s like, “Oh, that’s a lot more than my spider sense was telling me.” If you haven’t changed your provider and you’ve never talked with your provider because you’re in auto pay in two or three years, guaranteed – you’re sub-optimized. You gotta put the work in.

SuperNova #2. I’m not selling electricity. I’m stepping in as a subject matter expert to manage your house like I manage my own – giving you your specific information, your specific demand profile, and what’s the best option for you on a completely agnostic basis. We’ve just aligned ourselves a hundred percent with the customers’ side. We don’t have any margin opportunities with placing people with any particular provider; we don’t get paid by them.

SuperNova #3. Renewables should end up winning in the long run. It's not because it's a mandate thing and may not even be a function of trying to meet a climate goal. I think it will happen just by matter of economics.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Show up every day.” – Jesson Bradshaw

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Reading and research; just trying to suck in as much information as possible.” – Jesson Bradshaw

Internet Resource: ScienceDaily

Book Recommendation: Jocko Willink’s books

Magic Wand: “Peace on Earth.” – Jesson Bradshaw

Most Energized About Today: “I really love that there is this confluence of technology making its way into the energy space. There’s so many things that flow out of our entire society based upon the way we consume energy – from how productive we are, how efficient we are, what that means in terms of wealth distribution – everything. The core of it all was really how we produce and how we consume energy. I’m super excited at what I see – that we’re right on the process. It’s a really exciting time.” – Jesson Bradshaw

Parting Advice: “As an entrepreneur, if anyone else out there is thinking about stepping off into that abyss, if you’ve thought about it and you’re gonna do it, there’s so many opportunities, so many positive things that you can do to change folks around you, your communities, and really be a leader and a contributor. I highly encourage folks to look into that and if you’re not sure - take a leap of faith from time to time. Be an innovator and bring your ideas for the benefit of all of us.” – Jesson Bradshaw

Connect:

Website: https://www.energyogre.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/energy-ogre/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/energy.ogre/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnergyOgre
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/energyogre

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Quantum Quote: “If everybody is thinking the same, then somebody isn’t thinking.” – General George Patton

In this time of the pandemic, everything we do is done at home. Everyone’s inside and we’re at home for the whole day, therefore our energy consumption gets higher as well.

Many people are doing home improvements, but not everyone can afford the upfront investments necessary to improve energy efficiency and reduce their energy costs.

Did you know that GoodLeap finances half of the residential solar installations in the United States? Now, you can now be financed to purchase geothermal heat pumps and other energy efficiency products in 15-20 year contracts. You can even apply tax credit or grants toward the loan and lower the payment after 18 months, making your project cash positive!

With geothermal, you can see at a 2/3 reduction in your annual heating and cooling costs compared to oil or propane..

Moreover, if you’re a contractor, you can also learn how to sell financing and improve your sales. The renewable energy technologies are getting more affordable and cost effective. This is most evident with solar, where the installed prices have decreased from $10 per watt a decade ago - to under $3.50 per watt today!

Check out this week’s AWESome EarthKind Energy podcast where we interview Eric Howarth, the Vice President of Home Innovation Solutions in GoodLeap.

Eric Howarth has 20 years of experience in the home improvement financing space. In this time, Eric has run large-scale manufacturer and distribution financing programs and has taught thousands of contractors to use financing to upsell into high efficiency and renewable energy.

Eric has been working with GoodLeap for two and a half years. Currently, GoodLeap is already the largest solar-lender in the space, with about 50% market share of all US residential solar system sales.

Download a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

If you are tired of rising energy costs and want to save up to 70% on your energy bills, Go to www.AWESomeEarthKind.com and download this FREE special event that will show you exactly how to get geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home.

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SuperNova #1. The number one thing I’ve seen over the years that changes contractor stars is to consistently offer low monthly payment options. Nobody likes to write a big check. Nobody likes to empty their bank account of cash. If you can get them a low monthly payment, you have a much better chance of closing the job.

SuperNova #2. It really starts not just with the homeowner education but teaching the contractor to be comfortable selling financing in the home to open up those opportunities for energy efficiency.

SuperNova #3. Don’t put your own preconceived notions on the customer. Offer them everything and let them choose their preferred payment option.

Worst Career Moment: “I was giving a speech at the million solar roofs initiative in 2008, and just before I went on, I got a call from my rep that literally said all of my programs have been shut down… It was a life lesson for me not to put all my eggs in one basket.” – Eric Howarth

Aha! Moment: “My 100th time at home with the contractor. I was with a contractor that was small and their main goal was to be just entrepreneurs and do whatever. In the home with them, sitting in front of the customer, he started trying to close the transaction without offering financing. Here I am the financing guy, and he just went right to the price of the unit. Instead, I calculated the payment and I just said, ‘hey I am the financing person and that payment would only be x for month’. The light went on for them and they grew. Now, they’re a $70 million company.” – Eric Howarth

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Always be patient. You don’t have to make instant decisions all the time.” – Eric Howarth

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Listening to my clients on what they need so I can help them grow their business.” – Eric Howarth

Internet Resource: NEXT IQ

Book Recommendation: The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan

Magic Wand: “I would wish that everybody could be at peace.” – Eric Howarth

WTF or F: “I was with a finance group that was trying to recruit me. We were sitting down for dinner and lightning knocked the power out. The restaurant we were in was a steakhouse where you cook your own steak. They had barbecue pits in there, and so they needed the power to pull out the smoke. Without power, the place started filling with smoke. We all had to go outside of the restaurant, and they had this little tiny cover in the front. There wasn’t enough room for everybody.We were all dressed up for a business thing, and were a hundred percent soaked in about two seconds.” – Eric Howarth

Most Energized About Today: “I love where I work. I love the people I work with. I’m energized about the company that I work for. It’s an amazing group of people.” – Eric Howarth

Next Step: “I’m rolling out home improvement to the US, so I’m totally excited about it. We’ve come out with a really strong program, a great technology that could literally process a loan in less than two minutes.” – Eric Howarth

Parting Advice: “Offer a monthly payment as your first option every single time; and then for your cash buyers, still offer them a no-interest, no-pay option.” – Eric Howarth

Connect:

Email: ehowarth@goodleap.com
Phone: 209-423-6795
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-howarth-18bb6a191
Website: https://goodleap.com

Robert Jordan The Wheel of Time Collection, Set includes Books 1-5

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For more than 3 decades, I’ve helped businesses, governments, non-profits, and communities take their next step in clean energy transformations that reduce carbon footprints and save money. The goal of the AWESome EarthKind Podcast is to empower and energize YOU - so that, wherever you are on the clean energy spectrum, you can take your next step to a healthier & more sustainable future.

We’re going to do something a bit different today. Instead of an interview – I’m going to just give you my perspective on the human race – the good, the bad, and the ugly. The Fear. And what gives me hope.

A lot of people have been telling me that they don’t think we’re going to make it. That their children don’t believe they have a future. That the world is literally going to hell.

Today, you are I live on a planet that is being torn apart. In addition to the fear, anger and hatred being fueled by tribalism, ignorance, and social media - we are witnessing droughts, extreme heat, and wildfires that are literally burning down whole communities. At the same time, the increasing number and intensity of floods, Superstorms, and tornados batters our entire civilization from one side of the planet to the other.

It’s now very clear that woman and mankind- all EARTHKIND – are another Force of Nature. And our collective power is fueling our impending destruction.

You can check out the full interview here. We'd love to keep inspiring you towards the clear energy future we all deserve. https://awesomeearthkind.com/podcasts/helpfullyhoping

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Quantum Quote: “Pressure makes diamonds.” – Ariel Fan

Within the last 18 months, multiple companies have committed to become 100% carbon neutral by 2030, and entire industries are being galvanized. But we’re just at the beginning to scratch the surface of the most massive revolution in over 100 years.

By 2035, no combustion vehicles will be sold in California or New York. Virtually every auto manufacturer - and many new ones - now have electric cars for sale. As one example, Ford invested over $10 Billion in electric vehicles, with the Mustang-E and F-150 Electric now on the market.

Do you know that there are 150,000 Level 2 charging ports across the US? These 220 volt chargers take 4-6 hours for an EV to be fully-charged. As the industry evolves, we are seeing more DC fast chargers (Level 3) like Tesla’s superchargers – which can charge a fully electric car to its full battery within the short period of 20-45 minutes.

Starting in 2022 in California, NY City, and elsewhere, at least 10% of all new construction buildings’ parking stalls must be EV-charging-capable.

GreenWealth is making it possible by stacking rebates, grants and tax credits with customized charging and fleet programs for any type of business, non-profit, or government.

Whoever you are, if you care about this mission, come and we will find a place for you!

Check out this week’s AWESome EarthKind Energy podcast where we interview Ariel Fan.

Ariel Fan is the Founder and CEO of GreenWealth Energy – the first woman, minority-owned business enterprise (WMBE) energy company certified for government and public procurement in California. Prior to founding GreenWealth, Ariel was recognized as Southern California Edison's Energy Efficiency Partner of the Year in 2016.

As a female founder, she belongs to the 0.3% of all entrepreneurs and company owners in the clean energy space, and she’s “loud and proud” to represent small, diverse, and disadvantaged companies everywhere. Her experience made her realize that the public is actually confused by the idea of green building technologies and financial incentives; therefore, she has made it her mission to create easy pathways for building owners to save energy.

GreenWealth Energy Solutions is partnered with ChargePoint – the largest EV charging manufacturer in the United States – in developing EV charging stations, specifically helping commercial and multi-family businesses and buildings transition to the clean energy future by deploying EV charging stations and getting incentives either in the form of utility rebates, state grants, or federal tax credits. GreenWealth has construction, design engineering, and rebate procurement capabilities all in one roof.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

SEND YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY

SuperNova #1. If you are in business and you’re in clean energy, go to your elected officials to tell them what you think, because everyone is looking for advice right now.

SuperNova #2. A lot of people are hesitant to think about lighting and solar because in their mind, these things are very expensive; it’s outside of their budget. Take the first step. Be brave and try. It’s really not that expensive and has outstanding returns on your investment.

SuperNova #3. To all the women and young girls that are listening to this podcast - You have to step into your power and show up with the presence and authority you want. Focus on yourself and where you can develop to have that inner strength; it will flow into your organization and in the things that you want to do.

Worst Career Moment: “When I first started my company, I was 24 and I kept thinking in the back of my head all these negative worries. I also had family pressures then. Being Taiwanese-American, I had what daughters of immigrant families have - parents that prioritize stability and professional careers. I was afraid to go after the bigger contracts. For years, this hugely stepped on our growth. One year, I went to LightFair International, and for 10 minutes, nobody would talk to me. I was invisible.” – Ariel Fan

Best Advice She’s Ever Received: “Whether you believe you can or you can’t, you’re right.”

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Supplements. Spirulina and Probiotics. Constant energy. Low caffeine; caffeinate only when necessary.” – Ariel Fan

Internet Resource: The New York Times

Book Recommendation: Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell

Magic Wand: “Awareness of themselves; self-awareness. Everyone can no longer be ignorant of their effects on others, on the earth, and anything they do. They don’t have to change what they’re doing, but they just have to know their effect.” – Ariel Fan

WTF or F: “I was there during hurricane Sandy. I was living at that time on 28th street and this was the line separating lower Manhattan to upper Manhattan. Everything 27th street and below was completely pitch dark. Sandy came in and for three or four days straight, we were in a lockdown. A lot of my friends going to college at that time had nowhere to live. There were people in Times Square charging their phones desperately to get a little bit of charge because all of the bottom of Manhattan had no electricity. It was such a surreal dystopian moment. The only light that you would see would be ambulances or police cars shining their light. It was pitch dark.” – Ariel Fan

Most Energized About Today: “Building a hundred million dollar EV infrastructure company in the next five years. To take a company that was completely bootstrapped from my savings account and my credit card, and build it into a real organization that can help customers, and help not only the biggest customers but the tiny ones that nobody else wants to help, and build a culture of people who are committed to the mission – to being part of the biggest electrification event of our lifetimes and our kids’ lifetimes.” – Ariel Fan

Next Step: “We’re in the process of raising funds.” – Ariel Fan

Parting Advice: “Be the authentic you. Don’t be afraid to be who you are.” – Ariel Fan

Connect:

Website: https://www.green-wealth.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielfanenergy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arielfanenergy/

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Welcome, AWESome EarthKind People!

Hi - I’m Ron Kamen - your host & clean energy guide. For more than 3 decades, I’ve helped businesses, governments, non-profits and communities take their next step in clean energy transformations that reduce carbon footprints and save money. AWESome EarthKind is here to empower and energize YOU - so that you can take your next step.

We launched the AWESome EarthKind podcast a year ago on August 6th, 2020 –– the 75th anniversary of humanity’s destructive use of nuclear power on the people of Hiroshima, arguably the date that humanity became the 5th Force of Nature.

Almost every day, extreme weather events demonstrate the incredible power of the 4 elements – the Air, Water , Earth, and Sun.

Our entire civilization is now at the tipping point. Weird and unpredictable weather has become the new normal. Wildfires, droughts, and extreme heat are affecting many people around the planet, while the increasing number and intensity of floods, Superstorms, and tornados regularly threaten just about everyone.

To divert the catastrophic consequences of climate disruption, we MUST all come together and make the transition to clean energy.

We started AWESome EarthKind to share the GOOD News that the AWESome Forces of Nature offer us thousands of times more energy than we need.

We want to ensure that you - and everyone - understands the BETTER News - that human ingenuity and innovation are harnessing the 4 Elements and that we can now use this AWESome EarthKind Energy for all our electricity, heating, cooling, and transportation needs

And we aim to spread the BEST News… that clean energy can save us money.

YOU, me, and the 7 Billion people on the planet are now the 5th Element. Woman and Mankind - all “EarthKind” – are literally changing the world, and we all need to take the personal, professional and political actions that can stop and reverse the catastrophic impacts of climate disruption – and create a brighter, healthier, more just and prosperous civilization.

AWESome EarthKind is for people who want to learn how to move to clean energy and save money when they make the transition.

Over this past year, we’ve created episodes with leading policy and technology experts, construction professionals, and average homeowners who are working toward a clean energy future.

Awareness, Hope, & Opportunity of clean energy technologies
Health Impacts and how clean energy technologies can reduce the risk of asthma & other respiratory illnesses
Energy Efficiency & Clean Energy’s Big 3: Renewable Electricity, Clean Heating & Electric Vehicles
The Business Voice & New Business Models that have created 3.4 Million American jobs – 3x more than those in the fossil fuel industry
Environmental Justice and how clean energy “empowers the people that most need the work with the ability to do the work that most needs doing”
Clean Energy Investments that provide superior returns while protecting & promoting your values
Starting your own Ecopreneur Business
The Basics of how to access clean energy technologies and save money
Small Actions that make a big difference
Specific steps we can each take to reduce energy costs with solar electricity, clean heating, and electric cars
Deep dives into utility and government incentives
How to evaluate your unique situation, build a vision of where you’d like to be, and create a strategy that will reduce your energy costs, improve your family’s health, and create a proud legacy for your grandchildren
How to generate additional income – or build your own clean energy business – without having to learn complex technologies - in the $13 TRILLION clean energy economy.

Over this past year, AWESome EarthKind Energy released weekly new podcast episodes with interviews of fascinating EarthKind people doing AWESome things with clean energy. We’ve introduced you to individuals who are “walking the talk” and shared their SuperNova ideas to entertain, enlighten, and inspire you.

You’ve heard what other homes, workplaces, and communities are doing to evolve to clean energy technologies, the challenges they faced, and the solutions they created.

We’ve explained how LED lightbulbs are so much more efficient that regular incandescent lights because LEDs provide the same visible light - without wasting 90% of the energy creating heat.

We’ve let you know that, wherever you live or work, you can have some type of renewable electricity. Even if you can’t put solar on your roof, there are other options on your property; additional ways to gain the benefits of solar in your community; and even options to purchase clean electricity from your utility or energy service company.

We’ve enlightened you with the knowledge that your refrigerator is one type of heat pump - and how other types of heat pumps can you save money when you shift to clean heating & cooling in your home, school, and workplace.

We’ve examined air source heat pumps, which are simply air conditioners that both cool AND heat.

In the Power of Earth with Comfort by ClimateMaster series, we’ve conducted deep dives into ground source, or geothermal heat pumps - the most efficient forms of heating and cooling.

We’ve shared how half the sun’s energy is stored in the ground beneath your feet – and how places like St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City installed a zero-emission, quiet, and comfortable geothermal system that was less expensive in upfront capital costs – and reduced their energy expenses by 30%

And how geothermal systems under the footprint of new and existing homes, multi-family dwellings, and office buildings are providing all the heating, cooling, and hot water for buildings as tall as 25 stories.

Lastly, we’ve aimed to energize you with the ability to transition to your choice of over 50 Electric Vehicles that are Faster, Cheaper & more Reliable than gas cars, trucks & SUVs.

Over this past year, Covid-19 has given everyone on Earth a massive wakeup call that reminds us that life is short, and fragile. Our lives, and the lives of all we love and everyone we know, now depend on our making the transition to clean energy.

Several years ago, I was privileged to see firsthand how we might transform a dark and hopeless situation into a bright future. When my wife was facing imminent death after a long battle with liver disease, she was saved by a Live Liver Transplant, and I discovered how the Liver is the body’s renewable organ. In her case, the combination of human will power, Nature’s incredible healing capabilities, and modern technology saved her life.

Together, we are all now an AWESome Force of Nature. We ARE literally changing the world. The only question is – will we continue to fuel catastrophic climate change – or will we create the clean energy future we need to make the world safe for ourselves, our children, and all future generations?

Thank you for joining with fellow AWESome EarthKind Energy people who are taking their next step to create a clean, safe, just, prosperous & sustainable future.

Please go to our website, awesomeearthkind.com. Send us a message with your questions, comments, and ideas.

Take a survey telling us what you’d most like to hear and gain the opportunity to win a high-efficiency LED Light Fixture.

You are AWESome, and we’re looking forward to meeting you.

Go Clean, Save Green, and… Energize!

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“We really can’t sit idly by. We’ve got to make the decisions. We’ve got to get things to change fast.” – Pete Skinner

Hot water costs can be up to 18% or 20% or more of a family’s home energy bill, and it can be an even larger percentage in a multi-family building.

If you’re a developer of multifamily buildings, you strive to balance the first capital costs of construction, with on-going energy and maintenance costs - all while not compromising comfort for your tenants.

Studies conducted in the last several years have found that we don’t use as much hot water as previously believed, and that simultaneous peak hot water consumption isn’t as high as estimated either.

In most larger multifamily buildings, designers use three-inch diameter pipes that are costly to install and waste large amounts of energy.

Sustainable “Net Zero” buildings - such as the Net Zero Village http://www.netzerovillage.com/ and the Solara Luxury Apartments Solara https://www.solaraluxuryapartments.com/ - in Rotterdam, NY - have discovered that delivering hot water in a way that is fast and cost-effective - while saving a lot of energy in the process - is now possible!

Through Practically Perfect Plumbing (PPP), we can both save Earth while enjoying the pleasure of immediate hot water.

Check out this week’s AWESome EarthKind Energy podcast where we interview Pete Skinner, an Engineer who is dedicated to helping sustain the Earth with solar hot water, heat pumps - and smaller “smart” pipes.

Pete Skinner is a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineer who worked for 32 years as the Chief Scientist to the NY State Attorney General. Pete first worked for Louis J. Lefkowitz in the state’s first environmental advocacy office.

Pete led the NYAG’s technical team on pollution and power plant issues, and sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on climate change, which led to the conclusion that carbon dioxide is the Earth’s most concerning pollutant.

Pete has been interested in electricity and water processes since he was a kid. By doing things by himself, he was able to differentiate what works and what doesn’t. This basically drove the passion he has now as he aims to reduce capital and energy costs in building new, high-performance net zero buildings.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy is it to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

SEND YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY

SuperNova #1. It is so important that we use these kinds of mechanisms to get the word out on important changes that are taking place, because our Earth is the only planet we have. If we don’t start addressing the energy issues that are driving this climate change really quickly and in a very deep way –– we’re not going to have a planet left. It’s all going to look like Mars.

SuperNova #2. The smaller the pipe, the less energy is being wasted. Practically Perfect Plumbing is a new way to get water to tenants that saves energy, saves money, saves water, and gets your tenants happier faster.

SuperNova #3. You have to design so that if you find yourself with an odd demographic, you can adapt.

Most Energized About Today: “I’m energized today because I’m going to be meeting with my client, Dave, and selling him a heat pump hot water heater hybrid system for his new clubhouse – eight apartments with two bedrooms and two bathrooms – and his own apartment with a large jacuzzi tub.” – Pete Skinner

Parting Advice: “Don’t be afraid to do it yourself. When you do it yourself, you see what works and what doesn’t work.” – Pete Skinner

Connect:

Telephone: 518-369-3208
Email: e2g@verizon.net
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pete-skinner-2ba43b28/
Net Zero Village http://www.netzerovillage.com/
Solara Luxury Apartments Solara https://www.solaraluxuryapartments.com/
Practically Perfect Plumbing:https://www.phcppros.com/articles/11971-practically-perfect-plumbing-in-multifamily

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Quantum Quote: “It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop.” – Confucius

Do you want to reduce your heating and cooling costs - but aren’t sure how to afford the best options? Do you want to save money and help make a better world?

Whether you’re a gas or an electric residential, multifamily, small business, or commercial customer – National Grid’s clean heating programs can provide incentives to help you make your clean energy transition.

Today’s program is with Jennifer Cross. Jenny is a Senior Program Manager at National Grid for both their Heat Pump and Electric Products Programs. These two programs contribute to the success of National Grid’s building electrification and electric efficiency portfolios, with a goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

The NYS Clean Heat Statewide Heat Pump Program is also contributing towards state-wide carbon reduction goals by collaborating with the other NYS electric utilities and NYSERDA.

Jennifer has 6 years of experience working on energy efficiency programs. She has a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning focused in Environmental Planning from the University at Albany, SUNY, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. It was during her Architecture years that she started becoming interested in the environment and clean energy as a whole.

Visit ngrid.com/nys-cleanheat for Heat Pump incentives and nationalgridus.com to find information on energy-efficient products and rebates.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

SEND YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY

SuperNova #1. I think it’s driving home the fact that geothermal heat pumps are highly effective. They make use of available heat that’s already stored within the earth. They use 25 to 50% less electricity to run when compared to conventional heating and cooling systems.

SuperNova #2. A great time to look into installing a new heat pump system is when your current heating and or cooling systems are coming to the end of their life, when you’re undergoing home renovations, or if you’re building new construction.

SuperNova #3. Geothermal is really taking existing heat that is stored on the ground. It’s working less to serve well.

Most Energized About Today: “I think it’s a really exciting time and New York State has very ambitious goals. National Grid is doing a lot to take responsibility for their portion of what they can control on reaching these goals. Climate change is essentially the greatest challenge that’s facing us all, and I’m happy to be involved and be working with this program across the state. I’m proud of it.” – Jenny Cross

Parting Advice: “It doesn’t matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop. There’s a lot of work ahead of us, and we’ve got to take those small steps to get there. Just be proud of those small steps and don’t stop.” – Jenny Cross

Connect:

Email address: Jennifer.Cross@nationalgrid.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nationalgridus
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“The obstacle is the way.” – Ryan Holiday

98% of American’s daily trips measure less than 50 miles. Do you know that plugging in an electric vehicle into a normal 120V socket overnight can provide 200 miles of range? This means that most of us can wipe out our gasoline consumption and eliminate 40% of our total carbon footprints simply by switching to an electric car.

But however you move around - people will still have accidents, either dying or getting injured on their way. And so even a transition to electric vehicles will not by itself create safe travel.

How do we get to safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions in the near future, both for humans’ sake and the environment? What are the best ways to clean up mobility and provide real solutions for a more sustainable future?

Check out this week’s AWESome EarthKind Energy podcast, where we interview Brandon Bartneck, the Director of FEV North America’s New Business Development & Marketing sector.

Brandon Bartneck aims to achieve his personal mission of developing a safer and more sustainable future through his work at FEV and his hosting of “The Future of Mobility” podcast.

FEV is a leading global engineering service provider for sustainable energy and mobility solutions, supporting vehicle and propulsion system engineering in nearly all application segments. Brandon leads marketing activities in North America and helps drive the push into new application sectors and new technology areas.

The Future of Mobility podcast he hosts is a weekly interview-style series highlighting the people and technology helping to develop and implement safe, sustainable, and equitable mobility solutions. His guests include leaders throughout the mobility sector.

Brandon earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and is now living in the metro-Detroit area with his wife, son, and dog.

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SuperNova #1. “The importance of firsthand experience and putting yourself out there. When I had identified that spoken communication is a weak spot for me, and because I was so much into sales and marketing that I lost touch with technology and trends, the solution I came up with was starting this podcast which forced me to want to get better at speaking and dive in to these topics.”

SuperNova #2. “Coming from an engineering background, it’s not something that is commonly understood that you’re talking to people who are in business positions and in decision-making positions, but even the potentially clearly black and white rational decisions are influenced by more than just what’s on the paper.”

SuperNova #3. “When I was playing quarterback. More than just my role, my job is to be a leader and an athlete on the field, not just being a rigid kind of fill in the blocks. When I think about my role now in the space, I certainly have responsibilities in the business space and marketing space, but I need to have an awareness and understanding that first and foremost, I’m representing myself and the company as someone who is trying to make an impact in this industry.”

Worst Career Moment: “We lost the first big opportunity to a competitor.That was a great experience that forced me to reflect and figure out where within my role are the weak spots and where I could improve what I’m doing. That led to one year of a really intense reflective process.” – Brandon Bartneck

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Be an athlete.” – Brandon Bartneck

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Reviewing and self-reflection; understanding what skills, attributes, perspective etc. required for a given situation scenario and trying to actively pursue and gain those skills.” – Brandon Bartneck

Internet Resource: Seth Godin’s blog at https://seths.blog/

Book Recommendation: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius at https://www.amazon.com/Meditations-Marcus-Aurelius/dp/1503280462

Magic Wand: “Change all the ways that we’re moving people around, from your vehicle that’s sitting outside to everything else that is transporting stuff and make it something that’s not impacting the environment.” – Brandon Bartneck

WTF: “When I was living down in South Carolina, we had a hurricane come through which led to me leaving the town for what I call a hurrication up to the hills in South Carolina. I was able to spend some time hiking, watching football, etc. My wife, on the other hand, worked in a hospital as a nurse, so she was not able to leave with us and was in the hospital for 72 hours straight.” – Brandon Bartneck

Most Energized About Today: “I have a five-month old – my first child, and it really changes the perception of finding meaning in these problems. I think that really helps to energize and provide a level of purpose because I’m thinking now beyond my own life and beyond my own impact.” – Brandon Bartneck

Next Step: “With FEV, I’m pretty excited that I have a global key account role, and I’m actually now transitioning and focusing on non-automotive sectors.” – Brandon Bartneck

Parting Advice: “If you’re trying to make an impact on the environment, especially in the mobility space, I urge you to keep an open mind and perspective. Just because something has an engine, it doesn’t mean that it’s the worst thing possible.” – Brandon Bartneck

Connect:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/
Podcast: http://brandonbartneck.com/futureofmobility/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrandonBartneck
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1YaZr33Wt308vpwySOik1A/featured

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Quantum Quote:" From the early 20th-century author, Ayn Rand - "You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality." - Twyla Dell

Every gallon of gasoline we burn creates ~20 pounds of carbon dioxide. Multiply times the number of gallons we consume every day, and you can understand why the atmosphere now has 50% more carbon dioxide than it did 100 years ago. No wonder it has accelerated global climate change and has fueled the more extreme weather conditions we are facing these days.

With what is happening now, do we continue to be in denial about the consequences of evading reality?

How can we do our part to lessen the use of gasoline - or even eliminate it altogether?

Nature has provided us with forces we can all use to have a cleaner environment and a better future for us all.

Why not look toward sustainable energy and find ways to make the most of it?

Twyla Dell is a published author, environmental leader, and a fuel transition historian. She has written five environmental books and is podcasting and blogging on reducing gasoline use. Twyla has a Ph.D. in Environmental Studies from Antioch University and worked in public information for the EPA. She also lectured at business seminars across the United States and Canada, and created the Environmental Leadership Program for business and community leaders, teachers, and students.

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Supernova #1: What I realized was that gasoline was the culprit. It is something that we all do. And we can do something about it by using less gasoline. It's the biggest pollution that we do - Every gallon of gasoline we burn releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide.

Supernova #2: I just wrote a blog called “the Edge of Tomorrow”. That's where we are. 12% to 15% into electric cars and solar power and everything else. We're beginning to scramble around huge business opportunities. There is also an awakening among the citizens to say, I can do something by burning less gasoline. I can stop burning gasoline; I don't have to put out the money for it and all the car repairs.

Supernova #3: Every time you drive about 3000 miles, you throw the weight of your car, that 3000-pound car, into the atmosphere. Looking at it, you drive 12,000 miles away a year, you've thrown 4 cars into the atmosphere. The atmosphere now has 50% more carbon dioxide than it did 100 years ago.

Worst career moment: Here's one, I'm still driving a Chrysler 2011 town car, and I only go to the grocery store and back. I just haven't decided what I'm going to do. I'm really waiting for the self-driving taxi service. And I know it will get to Kansas City in the next three or four years, and I will be out of the internal combustion business. - Twyla Dell

Aha! Moment: Discovering that gasoline was the culprit and the fact that it is such a well-kept secret that nobody talks about it to this moment. I am the only one - as far as I know -that tweets out these messages. We need to complain to the oil companies and stop failing to take responsibility for our power. We are customers. We are not addicts. We act like we're addicts. This is one of the major breakthroughs that I had. We're all addicted to oil out of necessity. We can realize that we don't have to be addicted. We can use less; we can use none. We can walk away; we can make this happen. This is going to be the biggest realization of individual and collective power that we've ever taken on. - Twyla Dell

Best Advice She's Ever Received: "When a door opens, walk through it." - Twyla Dell

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: "I read voraciously. Man, you would hate to see the number of books that I order from Amazon, they love me." - Twyla Dell

Books Recommendation: Fueling Change: How We Created Climate Change One Fuel at a Time by Twyla Dell, Ph.D. , Goodnight Gasoline: How to Win the Climate Change Challenge Twyla Dell, Ph.D., The Gasoline Diet: Drive Less, Lose Pounds, Save the Planet by Twyla Dell, Ph.D.

Magic Wand: "Be nice to each other. Quit carrying on like savages. We really need to cooperate to make this come about. We're all on this together. There is no spare planet. We've got to make it work together." - Twyla Dell

WTF: "A bunch of friends and I went down to Yucatan over Easter vacation, and we ran out of money. We couldn't get back, so we took a fishing boat from Yucatan to Veracruz. We had to wade out in the moonlight to get into the rowboat and get on the boat. We got into a tremendous storm and we ran out of food. They caught some fish and we got fish heads for four days. Finally, we got to Veracruz. I had 20 pesos; it activated the telephone. We called that we're coming home. This man walked up to us and said, 'Would you like a ride up to Mexico City?' Because we didn't have any money, we said yes. That's how we got home." - Twyla Dell

Most Energized About Today: "I'm having lunch with my son who moved here from Burbank. For 20 years, I flew out to see him. From high school here, he went to the California Institute of the Arts to become an animator. That's the school Disney started to supply artists to the animation industry. And then he was there. He got married, had kids there. If I wanted to see a grandkid, I'd get on a plane. I don't have to do that anymore." - Twyla Dell

Parting Advice: "Take climate change seriously; it's going to be an increasing part of your life. It's going to encroach in ways you won't like unless you begin to do something independent of it. You can do nothing more impactful than to burn less gasoline or to stop it altogether." - Twyla Dell

Connect:

Website: https://www.howwecanstopclimatechangenow.com/mission
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/twyladell/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dell_twyla
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TwylaDell.FuelingChange

Goodnight Gasoline: How to Win the Climate Change Challenge

Fueling Change: How We Created Climate Change One Fuel at a Time

The Gasoline Diet: Drive Less, Lose Pounds, Save the Planet

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Quantum Quote: “Be the change you want to see in the world,” Gandhi said. So whatever it is you don’t like, instead of complaining about it, do something about it. Live that change!”

- Chef Chris Galarza

Did you know that cooking with gas can produce unhealthy levels of carbon monoxide? At 200 parts per million, gas emissions can even far exceed the federal maximum of 9 parts per million.

While only 1% of chefs in America are currently cooking with an induction stove - the top US restaurants are making the transition, and about 30% of the world’s chef’s have already moved to make our air cleaner, kitchens more productive and comfortable, and our lives more sustainable.

In one hour of cooking with gas, you can produce 38.9 pounds of food.In the same hour, an induction stove can cook 70.9 pounds of food.

Eco-friendly and energy-saving electric induction stoves are SAFER, CLEANER, more CONTROLLABLE, and FASTER than gas.

So what is stopping you from making the change?

Check out this week’s AWESome EarthKind Energy podcast, where we interview Chef Chris Galarza, the Founder and Culinary Sustainability Consultant of Forward Dining Solutions LLC.

Chef Chris Galarza is the Founder and Culinary Sustainability Consultant of Forward Dining Solutions LLC and is one of the country’s leading commercial kitchen electrification experts. Chef Galarza gained his experience by working at such notable places as the Greenbrier resort and Carnegie Mellon University, and has spent the last 6 years operating Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus the world’s first university campus designed to be a showcase for sustainability solutions.

As one of the most knowledgeable & experienced chefs in the U.S working with electric kitchen equipment, Chris has set himself apart as an industry leader and has consulted with some of the top tech companies in the world as a result.

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SuperNova #1. When talking about sustainability, when talking about electrification and decarbonization, it has to start with the kitchen.

SuperNova #2. When I was running Chatham Eden Hall, the recorded indoor kitchen temperature did not exceed 72 degrees Fahrenheit, despite having temperatures outside that far exceeded 85 degrees. Even through production, we were cooler inside in the kitchen next to the ovens than we were outside with the fresh air.

SuperNova #3. Gas ranges at best are 50% efficient - which means that, if you have a 60,000 BTUs burner, 30,000 BTUs are literally getting burned and tossed into your kitchen, which isn't going into the pan, isn't going into the food - it's just wasting your money.

Worst Career Moment: “So the worst moment was when we were giving a tour of the campus and I was explaining how this all works. I had someone trying to help that was doing it all wrong, and then the power went out. And, I was like “everything was going wrong”. So I had to explain to them that, of course, if the power goes out, you can't cook. But also it's illegal to cook with anything, gas or electric, when the power's out.” - Chef Chris Galarza

Aha! Moment: “My background was working at five stars, five-diamond resorts all the way down to mom-and-pop restaurants, I never worked with electric cooking. It was all new to me, and we were creating it on the fly. For the last six years, that's all I've done. I had this Aha! moment in the middle of like construction, in the middle of creating this, that if this works out it can be life-changing.” - Chef Chris Galarza

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Get out of your head. Your worst enemy is the little voice in your head.” - Chef Chris Galarza

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “No matter what, even if I'm working from home, I always wear my chef's coat. It gives me the illusion that I'm at work instead of being at home with my Xbox is. So, always try to keep yourself professional, even when you're working from home. And be diligent.” - Chef Chris Galarza

Internet Resource: LinkedIn hashtags

Book Recommendation: What Einstein Told His Cooks: Kitchen Science Explained by Robert L. Wolke. The Flavor Bible by Karen A. Page & Andrew Dornenburg

Magic Wand: “It would be the destigmatization of electric cooking, Just eliminate all gas cooking and the stigma behind it.” - Chef Chris Galarza

WTF: “So I'll say my most fun one is a weird one. It was a hurricane right before Hurricane Katrina, I was living in Florida. Then another one that came through. It was my first hurricane ever. We were terrified. We're from New Jersey and have never lived through a hurricane. So we're barricading stuff, and then, we're ready to go. We have food. We have everything we need. Around three in the morning, we lose power, and everyone's asleep. My stepdad and I were listening to what's happening outside. And he and I are like, "We should open that door and check it out." So... we opened the door, and it flew open. There was stuff flying in the house. We were just- both of us, big dudes trying to shut this door, and we just laughed. My mom was livid with us because we had tree branches and water in the house. It was so awesome. And then after it was all done, we walked outside and for the first time and only time I've ever been in Florida, there was no humidity. It felt like a perfect fall day. I just enjoyed that day more than anything.”

Most Energized About Today: “One thing I'm most energized about is that people are actually taking this topic seriously. And there's a lot of people like yourself that are talking about it.” - Chef Chris Galarza

Parting Advice: “Never ever take a job that you're not afraid of. Always take a job that you think is outside your reach because that's what's gonna make you push yourself. That's just going to make you go in there every day and try to outwork everybody.” - Chef Chris Galarza

Connect:

Email: Cgalarza@ForwardDiningSolutions.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chef-christopher-galarza-8a632742/
Website: https://forwarddiningsolutions.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forwarddiningsolutionsllc/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiningForward
Podcast Website: https://sustainableoverloadpodcast.com/
Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sustainablepod/
Podcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/S_O_Podcast

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Quantum Quote: “There are two ways to live your life. One is that nothing is a miracle, or the other way is that everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

Having an efficient, clean, and comfortable home is everyone’s dream. Every homeowner wants their family to be comfortable, with a proper heating and cooling system that doesn’t cost too much to operate. Most of us also want energy savings and positive environmental impact.

Are you having problems with heating and cooling? Do you want to make energy efficiency upgrades but believe that it would be too expensive? Are you looking for ways to make your home healthier, cleaner and safer for your family and the environment?

Lauren Salz is co-founder and CEO of Sealed, a home wellness company that modernizes home heating and cooling to deliver clean air and comfort with less energy. Sealed helps single family homeowners make their homes more comfortable, clean and healthy for themselves and for the planet.

By implementing a very innovative “pay for performance” model, Lauren explains how Sealed makes it easy and affordable for homeowners to have home energy efficiency improvements that improves comfort, reduces energy costs - and only pay for the upgrades out of the savings over time.

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How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
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SuperNova #1. Sealed does anything that makes sense for our customers. The biggest bang for your buck in terms of energy reductions is on the heating and cooling side. But we also do things like LED bulbs, smart thermostats.

SuperNova #2. A big startup challenge that a lot of businesses have is figuring out how to shift the business based on new consumer mentalities - especially the current pandemic. We had to shift from a very strong in-perso, office culture to being 100% remote, completely overnight.

SuperNova #3. We have a huge opportunity to help homeowners solve a key problem, while helping the planet. I think one of the most exciting things is that we're reaching people who wouldn't have done these improvements for the sake of the environment.

Topics Covered:

00:41 - Lauren shares who she is, where she is based and what kind of work she does

01:18 - She shares her favorite quote from Albert Einstein which is, “there are two ways to live your life. One is that nothing is a miracle, or the other way is that everything is a miracle.”

01:55 - Lauren talks about what Sealed does, how it works, why she became involved with it and why it is important for her + how she helps homeowners and the challenges she helps them solve

03:57 - She shares how they work with Con Edison and what other states and utility territories she works with

07:38 - She talks about the improvements she does for homeowners and the forces that are driving energy efficiency now

10:55 - How long is the contract length and how it works in terms of the bills and payment + how she sees herself positioned in terms of the transformation happening in society with the movement away from fossil fuels and what she sees is coming next

14:03 - She shares the kind of challenges she have encountered, the lessons she learned from that challenges and what is she doing differently now than when she started out

17:16 - Lauren shares how it energizes her knowing that we have a huge opportunity to help homeowners have a key problem, while helping the planet + the huge amount of work opportunities in the energy agency field and why would she recommend entering this field

21:27 - She talks about the next steps that she plans to do and a parting advice that she can give to people listening to the podcast

Most Energized About Today: “We really tapped into the consumer mentality about what's important to them. The top five reasons why people take action on purchasing some kind of consumer product isn't because they care about the environment. I think we've tapped into something really unique there. And that just makes me really excited about how big of an impact we'll have.” – Lauren Salz

Parting Advice: “People should feel free to follow their passions and find a way to make a career out of it.” – Lauren Salz

Connect:

Website: www.sealed.com;
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sealedhomes

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Quantum Quote: “Use the devil’s tools to win the angels’ war.” – Miriam Makhyoun

Did you know that 19 states now have 100% clean electricity targets by 2050? But - did you also know that only a handful of them are legally binding?

Across the U.S., state governments and utility regulatory authorities are creating policies and programs to move our society to clean energy.

Which states have the best programs? What are the laws, regulations, and programs in your state? How many of the goals are concrete and enforceable?

And – how can we be kept informed about proposed new laws and regulations so that we can speak up and add our voices?

Listen to Miriam Makhyoun as she unravels the world of EQ Research and what they do in tracking the development of clean and renewable energy.

Miriam Makhyoun is the Chief Executive Officer of EQ Research. Miriam is responsible for providing strategic leadership in establishing long-range goals, strategies, plans and policies. WIth decades of utility and energy industry experience, she expertly helps clients in areas including energy storage valuation, energy procurement, capacity procurement, market design and carbon emissions compliance. Miriam holds a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Science in Appropriate Technology (Renewable Energy) from Appalachian State University.

Miriam served as the Power Supply Contracts Manager at MCE, California’s first Community Choice Aggregation Program, and managed MCE’s 2018 Energy Storage Request for Offer process. She also managed portfolios for Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) Company, procuring Resource Adequacy capacity and carbon compliance instruments. Before PG&E, Miriam provided customized research for members of Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA), and conducted market intelligence while at North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association (NCSEA).

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SuperNova #1. When I look at the environmental issues that we would see years and years ago, ever since I learned how thin the ozone layer was in elementary school, it seemed like things weren’t moving fast enough. Sometimes, you got to use money and make the money go to the solutions that you want to solve.

SuperNova #2. The states are leading the way in decarbonization. Utilities will only do what they are mandated to do. Public Utilities Commissions need to coordinate with other entities such as air resources boards in order to have the scientific backing to consistently measure and track carbon emission equivalent reductions.

SuperNova #3. If you want change, picking up the phone is the best way to do it.

Worst Career Moment: “I’ve learned that sometimes, you might question what an organization is doing, and I think bringing that to the attention of the people inside the organization first and really being honest with them is the best way. Sometimes I’ve been a little bit cowardly and gone to more outside sources in my issues, so I think, if you really want your organization to have high integrity, you really need to be brave and say something.” – Miriam Makhyoun

Aha! Moment: “Evaluating energy storage projects while at MCE, you had some people offering ancillary services, and some offering just RA, and some offering energy only. So, I learned that if I wanted to really compare all these great projects, you had to do an apples-to-apples comparison. So with my boss today, we developed this net RA approach, net capacity value approach.” – Miriam Makhyoun

Best Advice She’s Ever Received: “Trust yourself.” – Miriam Makhyoun

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Planning. I use the Google Calendar in everything that I want to accomplish. I have it all laid out for the entire week, and I’ll just drag things around as needed to be prioritized so I can see it visually.” – Miriam Makhyoun

Internet Resource: EQ Research

Book Recommendation: Join EQ Research’s Book Club called Revolutionary Power by messaging Miriam at @MiriamMakEnergy

Magic Wand: “I just want to have more charging stations, and I want them to be faster. Double DC.” – Miriam Makhyoun

WTF: “When I was working at MCE, there were some pretty dry gears and that was not good when it came to fires, as everyone knows. That extreme weather did create the conditions that were necessary for fires to spread, and we were managing the Napa County, and overnight, they lost 4% of their load. That has precipitated a lot more distributed micro grid solutions in Napa County.” – Miriam Makhyoun

Most Energized About Today: “This very day, I’m energized about some automation that we’re rolling out at EQ Research for clients to be able to have updates that are lived to their emails on legislation regulation assets being changed. I just want to make our clients happier and make the information more accessible.” – Miriam Makhyoun

Parting Advice: “Calling your legislators is better than sending an email.” – Miriam Makhyoun

Connect:

Email: makhyoun@eq-research.com
Twitter: @MiriamMakEnergy
Website: https://eq-research.com

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Quantum Quote:

“Science provides us with the evidence, our faith compels us to act.” – Rev. Dr. Leonisa Ardizzone

Climate change is a part of our lives that must be resolved - or the extreme weather events will result in the ultimate collapse of all civilization.

Are you concerned about the future and want to protect your children? How does your faith compel you to take action?

Rev. Dr. Leonisa Ardizzone is an educator, minister, and musician based in Ulster County, New York. She has been a science and peace educator for 27 years, and has spent most of her life working in education in various capacities.. She has been a middle and high school teacher, a museum and environmental educator, a university professor, a non-profit executive, an entrepreneur/small business owner, and an education consultant. But she is always driven by the same vision: to create a more just and equitable world

Leonisa is focused on climate change because for her, thinking about climate change is thinking about the future of all people. She has created curricula for the City of New York, written books about doing science with children, and is currently organizing religious congregations to mobilize and take action.

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SuperNova #1. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy. To deal with those, we need a spiritual and cultural transformation. Unfortunately, scientists don't know how to do that.

SuperNova #2. These are the most pressing issues because they encompass everything: environmental justice, issues of structural violence, systemic racism, poverty, it's all tied in. Climate change is the central issue we need to be thinking about because it's futures oriented. If we're not thinking about climate change, then we are not thinking about a future that is just for all people.

SuperNova #3. Graphs showing human impact is what we're talking about. If we're looking at greenhouse gas emissions, and you control for all the other things - solar flares, volcanoes, and all of that - and you actually plot it along the lines of greenhouse gas emissions, you see that this is, in fact, a human created tragedy.

Worst Career Moment: “When my kid and I hit on really hard times. We were put on public assistance and got SNAP benefits for a few years. Then they bumped us off an energy saving contract because of our income issues. I learned right then and there how unjust and stacked against people with lower incomes who want to have an environmental mindset with their heating bills” – Rev. Leonisa Ardizzone

Aha! Moment: “Being in dialogue with tribal elders, who helped me understand that I was already a person who considered myself an environmentalist. And they just took me to a whole new level, they just helped me see it. Like it through every cell in my body instead of just as a biologist.” – Rev. Leonisa Ardizzone

Best Advice She’s Ever Received: “Don't take it personally, even if it has your name on it.” – Rev. Leonisa Ardizzone

Personal Habits that Contribute to Success: “Beginner's mind, as I enter the world and chat, look at the world, try to look at it with the mind of a child.” – Rev. Leonisa Ardizzone

Internet Resource: Poor People’s Campaign and greenfaith.org

Book Recommendation: This Changes Everything by Naomi Klein and An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Magic Wand: “The inability to feel greed. We would be satisfied with who we are and what we have.” – Rev. Leonisa Ardizzone

WTF or F: Hurricane in Rhode Island – Rev. Leonisa Ardizzone

Most Energized About Today: “I'm energized to get out there and start having more conversations with my interfaith colleagues about how we can work together to address climate change.” – Rev. Leonisa Ardizzone

Parting Advice: “Do what you can, see what you're feeling. Those are things you can do immediately. And at the same time. look around and see who you can meet or collaborate with or what petition you can sign or what action you can take to work toward systemic solutions.” – Rev. Leonisa Ardizzone

Important Upcoming Events of the Guest:

Teaching at Dharmakaya in August
Launching workshop series for clergy and religious educators in the fall

Connect:

Website: www.leonisaardizzone.com
Instagram and Twitter: @revdrleonisa

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Quantum Quote: “The biggest benefit with geothermal is that it's always the same climate down below.” – Mike Seidenberg

Heat pumps are replacing traditional fossil fuel heating. With efficiencies of 200-500%, not only are heat pumps more cost-effective, safer and healthier than fossil fuel heating - but, instead of needing a boiler or furnace, plus an air conditioner, plus an air filtration system - you get everything “all in one”.

Air source heat pumps cost less upfront. But ground source - or geothermal - heat pumps are less expensive to operate and can provide a better long term value.

Air source heat pumps are outside and are exposed to the weather, so they wear down faster than the protected indoor & underground geothermal equipment.

And, with geothermal, you can reuse the piping if the rest of the system wears out, so you don’t have to replace the entire system.

More people are living life in more comfortable homes with the reduced monthly expenses that geothermal brings. Do you want to invest now, so that you can save later? The world is moving towards clean, healthy, sustainable heating, cooling and hot water. Will you do the same?

Mike Seidenberg is the Owner of Eco Energy of N.Y. LLC. He makes homeowner’s goals come true with heat pumps , but also does traditional furnaces and small commercial accounts.

His journey with geothermal started in 2007 when he learned everything he could about geothermal, went back to his boss and was told that it was a bad idea. He quit his job, started his own company, and has been installing heat pumps ever since.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

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SuperNova #1. Never take advice. Find out the information you need. Make your own decisions based on the information that you’ve gathered. Don’t listen to anybody because they’re only going to tell you what they want you to think.

SuperNova #2. Soon-to-be retirees know that they are only taxed on what you take out of your retirement funds. They are preparing themselves by investing in geothermal so that their annual heating, cooling, and hot water expenses are less when they retire.

SuperNova #3. Take the time to size things correctly. It really matters. Nobody ever yells at you for taking the time to do things correctly. Take time to do it right.

Worst Career Moment: “It was my first job, a Saturday night before Mothers’ Day. I took the Sunday off, and I came back on Monday, and a customer had used my excavator to backfill the trenches for me trying to be helpful. It had rained the night before so the pipe had floated up. He just shoved all the dirt in, kinked the piping, and I spent the next week digging up four tons of geothermal pipe loop in the same trenches.” – Mike Seidenberg

Aha! Moment: “That was when my boss told me ‘this was stupid, it won’t work’.” – Mike Seidenberg

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Don’t listen to advice.” – Mike Seidenberg

Personal Habits that Contribute to Success: “Every morning, first thing I do is I wake up, I let the dog out, I hit the button for the coffee maker, and I start reading for at least an hour.” – Mike Seidenberg

Internet Resource: HVAC Talk

Book Recommendation: Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David Goggins

Magic Wand: “Make it so nobody has the ability to say I don’t know anymore.” – Mike Seidenberg

Most Energized About Today: “Really energized about the fact that sustainability in general is really getting pushed well with our government and being supported more than it has ever been. I think the next 20 years are gonna be a huge change in my industry to make this from being rare to being the absolute standard.” – Mike Seidenberg

Next Step: “I’m in the process of buying another company. I’m going to be merging two companies together, which is gonna give us a better workforce.” – Mike Seidenberg

Parting Advice: “Never take advice. Find out the information you need. Make your own decisions based on the information that you’ve gathered. Don’t listen to anybody because they’re only going to tell you what they want you to think.” – Mike Seidenberg

Connect:

Text Message: 585-293-1890
Website: ecoenergyny.com

Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds

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With prices fluctuating between $1.50 to $4.50 a gallon, heating with oil or propane can destroy your budget. Heating with the Power of the Earth is clean, quiet, consistent, convenient, and cost-effective - all while helping the environment.

Aside from being eco-friendly – Geothermal also keeps money in your pocket. You live healthy and comfortably - while saving the Earth and money at the same time.

Hugh Casler is Fowler Brothers Inc’s Project Manager who currently resides in far upstate New York (near Lake Ontario). He has built several homes and does his own electrical contracting, engineering, and design work. Fowler Brothers is one of the largest apple growers in the U.S.

Hugh first installed geothermal in his home last fall because of propane’s expense and price fluctuations. .Geothermal also has a green footprint. Now, Hugh has consistent comfort and costs with geothermal supplying his radiant heating.

Listen as Hugh describes how a geothermal installation changed both his life and the planet's.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

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Topics Covered:

01:29 – Hugh describes the day he first installed geothermal and the reasons he chose it for his home.

04:43 – Hugh describes why he chose geothermal heaters, how he chose Mike as the installer, and how he likes the Climate Master system.

06:53 – Identifying the obstacles he encountered and the incentives he received for going geothermal

08:49 – You should choose a service provider who can help you with your geothermal system who has a good track record.

10:48 – The biggest thing people should do: Understand the heat loss in your home.

11:44 – Hugh talks about his future plans about his clean energy journey

SuperNova #1. People need to understand the heat loss in their home. That’s number one. You really got to know your home. They also really need to research. It’s good for the consumer to make sure that the company you’re buying from has been in business a while; they’re not just some fly by night – but somebody that’s going to be there.

SuperNova #2. [Talking about incentives and savings] As much as people want it, there’s a big difference between $5,000 and $25,000. The cash and tax credit incentives make it all possible.

SuperNova #3. Everybody should do good research. I’ve been very happy with Climate Master standing behind it. To the consumer, that’s very important. It’s not just the cost. It’s somebody standing behind it.

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Quantum Quote: “I know one thing – that I know nothing.” – Socrates

Do you want to learn how to build a home that is comfortable, healthy, and beautiful? Do you want your home to be green and energy-efficient? Do you want to know the type of construction company that can turn your youthful dream home into reality? If you do, then you’re up for a great treat today!

Spending time inside a home that is comfortable, healthy, energy-efficient, and sustainable would be a wonderful gift you could give yourself and your family. Not only are you contributing to a wonderful living experience, but you’re helping spread the word about carbon reduction.

Listen to this episode and be guided by our guest into the world of better and efficient buildings.

Michael Murphy is responsible for Business Development at Murphy Brothers Constructing Inc. – an award-winning general contracting firm founded by brothers Sean & Chris Murphy. They started with small remodeling jobs in their early years, but their outstanding reputation has led to larger projects in the greater Westchester, lower Hudson Valley, and southern Fairfield region.

From their experience in building a Dream Home with Westchester Magazine, they realized that building green is important in what they do. They created a monthly series of continuing education presentations for building design professionals, highlighting energy-efficiency and sustainability as we head towards a carbon-neutral built environment.

Murphy Brothers Contracting is vitally concerned with the impact of their work on the environment, and the people who use their buildings. The company has developed the philosophy that building green is simply building smart. They believe that sustainable construction methods and materials are not only good for the environment - but are also good for business and the people who live and work in their buildings.

Murphy Brothers Contracting participated in the first Gold LEED for Homes project and the first NAHB Gold-Certified home, and is currently working on the first multifamily project designed to FitWel-certification.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

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SuperNova #1. If you're an investor developer, that's listening to this podcast you're going to learn something about making a better building. The one thing you never want to do is leave money on the table. If you don't investigate these opportunities, you are literally leaving money on the table.

SuperNova #2. Turn the lights off when you’re not using them. If you’re not using a room or a part of your building, turn the temperature down. Just do it. Figure it out. There’s so much that your house has plugged in that you don’t need. Unplug it. You’re wasting energy.

SuperNova #3. The rule number one in business development is that you cannot assume that people know what you do. No matter what you do, you make a mistake if you assume that people know what you do. You have to tell them. Make sure that they understand.

SuperNova #4. We’ve learned over the years that all successful projects are the result of teamwork – people working together. We don’t go into a project and bully our way through. We go into a project and build a team.

Worst Career Moment: “It was when I had my own construction business, and I was contemplating the fact that I did not really like the actual day-to-day of running the business. Then one of the Murphy brothers came up to me and said, ‘Would you like to come work with us?’ and I said, ‘What would I be involved in?’ He started naming all the things that I really like doing in the business, and that is basically what I’m doing now. That’s the change right there.” – Michael Murphy

Aha! Moment: “It happened five years ago, when I realized that I need to take up a hobby. I’ve always wanted to be an electric guitar player, so I got an acoustic guitar and I asked my son to teach me three chords. I’ve read an article in the New York Times. It said that as you’re getting older, you should develop some sort of a hobby to keep your brain together.” – Michael Murphy

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Getting up early.” – Michael Murphy

Internet Resource: Murphy Brothers Constructing’s Instagram: murphy_buildingblocks at https://instagram.com/murphy_buildingblocks?igshid=p8t3s9whsva1

Book Recommendation: “Petty: The Biography” by Warren Zanes at https://www.amazon.com/Petty-Biography-Warren-Zanes-ebook/dp/B00VPZVR0G

Magic Wand: “I wish everybody got along with their kids. There it is. And one more thing, we have to have good housing for people.” – Michael Murphy

WTF or F: “The one that comes to mind is Hurricane Sandy. No one told us to evacuate, but that was something. It was so intense. Walking outside afterwards and seeing the aftermath was even more intense. People that time were clamoring like ‘What would we do? How do we help people to get back to whatever normal will now be?’ So we hooked up with Habitat Humanity. Talk about devastation. It was just so unbelievable.” – Michael Murphy

Most Energized About Today: “Earth Day is coming up and we’ve been able to facilitate two organizations that we belong to in helping put together some panel discussions on where energy-efficiency is today.” – Michael Murphy

Parting Advice: “Hang in there. It’s getting better.” – Michael Murphy

Connect:

Email address: michael@murphybrothers.com
Murphy Brothers’ number: 914-777-5777
Residential Division’s website: www.murphybrothers.com
Commercial Division’s website: www.MBCcomm.com
Facebook: Murphy Brothers Contracting at https://www.facebook.com/murphybrotherscontracting/
Linkedin: Michael Murphy at https://www.linkedin.com/in/qvpmjm
LinkedIn: Murphy Brothers Contracting Inc. at https://www.linkedin.com/company/murphy-brothers-contracting-inc
Instagram: murphy_buildingblocks at https://instagram.com/murphy_buildingblocks?igshid=p8t3s9whsva1

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“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” – Mother Teresa

Do you remember your grade school science class where your teacher discussed the concept of phase change materials? Have you ever heard of products that either absorb or produce heat depending on the change in ambient conditions? Do you want to know how you can transport food, medicines, and keep your rooms at your preferred temperature - without putting in a large amount of energy?

In a world where temperatures vary so dramatically from one location and season to the next, we need to manage heat. Vaccines and other pharmaceuticals need to be kept at a certain temperature. Food isn’t inviting if it’s delivered cold. Similarly ,buildings are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions as we spend a tremendous amount of energy and money keeping comfortable temperatures.

Govi Rao is the CEO of Phase Change Energy Solutions Inc. – a 10-year old manufacturing company based in North Carolina. Phase Change Energy Solutions creates smart materials that act as thermal batteries. Their storage systems maintain temperatures in small packages for pharmaceuticals and food, and save energy in rooms and buildings. Phase Change Solutions also contribute to decarbonization through energy efficiency and resiliency.

Phase Change Solutions’ products are composed of plant-based bio materials that will last 75 to 100 years and won’t degrade. The products are easy to install, without any moving parts. They require zero maintenance, as thermal energy does all the job. You can just let it sit where the temperature should be managed, and voila! All the heating and cooling will be controlled.

Listen to this episode as Govi guides you to the world of thermal batteries.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

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SuperNova #1. The simple aspect of saving energy today can be accomplished in more ways than one. While we wait for the next big thing, there are several things that are happening today that you can start and can help us get into energy savings. There are many solutions available today. Don’t wait for tomorrow. The time to wait is over.

SuperNova #2. Eliminating waste is a big aspect of what we’re about and the materials we provide, and of course, everything that drives to making our living environments more comfortable while conserving energy and bringing resiliency. We continue to make an impact, and that’s what keeps us motivated every day. That’s exactly the reason why we get up and do what we do.

SuperNova #3. Now it’s a question of scale. The more phase change bio PCM materials that we can make and put out there, the more carbon emissions we’re able to reuse, the better it is on the comfort level, more people are able to access food, food doesn’t get thrown away, and the impact of all these is less plastic is thrown away.

Worst Career Moment: “The one that really changed me is when I had a road accident that literally killed me. I’m not quite sure if people around me thought I would survive. I spent several months in a hospital wired-up. That was in the peak of my youth. My face was all battered.” – Govi Rao

Aha! Moment: “I saw the impact my parents, grandparents, and people around me have made through people in the ecosystem, and my aha moment is that we can – as individuals – make an impact. I’m lucky to be surrounded by people who made amazing impact.” – Govi Rao

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Do your best. Always.” – Govi Rao

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Perseverance. Stay on it.” – Govi Rao

Internet Resource: Circular Economy at https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/circular-economy/what-is-the-circular-economy

Book Recommendation: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009U9S6FI/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

Magic Wand: “Education.” – Govi Rao

Most Energized About Today: “The outlook in the US and around the world on future generations – what they stand for.” – Govi Rao

WTF or F: “I lived through a flood growing up in India where pretty much lots of the city got washed away. We survived; however, there was tremendous damage, and this happens more frequently especially for me. I’ve also been through a couple of earthquakes.” – Govi Rao

Parting Advice: “Make the change today. Take it on to make the change today. Don’t wait. There’s many ways each one of us can contribute. It doesn’t matter if you’re a middle school student or a high school student or a senior in college or a professional. Each one of us bears responsibility and I think we can all contribute to change. It’s an amazing life. It’s a gift. Let’s make the change happen.” – Govi Rao

Connect:

Website: https://phasechange.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/govirao
Carbon Group Global: https://carbongroup.global/

Man's Search for Meaning The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust

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Quantum Quote: “Make the journey the reward.” - Tom Herman

We all need to reduce our carbon emissions by becoming more efficient and using renewable clean energy. But, at the end of the day, most of us will still be stuck with aspects of our lives that hinder us from being 100% carbon neutral, and it will take civilization decades to reduce 300 years of carbon emissions.

Do you want to lower your carbon footprint, but aren’t sure how to get beyond the basics?

Carbon offsets reduce or capture the carbon that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere, or take specific amounts of carbon out of the environment. With the right carbon offset projects, we can begin to counter balance our carbon footprints and support projects that actually reduce the carbon that is fueling extreme weather events around the globe.

Tom Herman is AirCarbon Pte Ltd’s Vice President for business development and the Founder of Meta Carbon, as well as a father and an experienced entrepreneur, mountaineer, and software architect. He is passionate about working with carbon offsets and how it promotes clean and renewable energy, regenerative agriculture, and other carbon-reduction activities. Tom was also the CEO and co-founder of DashBid Media and COO of JumpTV – both of which contributed positively to the industry with DashBid Media being the 2nd fastest growing company in NYC in 2015 and JumpTV having streaming operations in over 200 stations. Tom was also featured in the 2020 Artisan Entertainment movie Startup.com that covered the birth and failure of dotcom govWorks.

For over 20 years, Tom has journeyed the world, starting companies and leading product development teams. He first learned about carbon offsets through AirCarbon’s Founders Will Pazos and Thomas MacMahon. With fungible blockchain tokens, Air Carbon is transforming a market that is currently fragmented, opaque, and disorganized - bringing transparency and liquidity to carbon trading and creating the basis for exponential worldwide carbon reduction.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

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SuperNova #1. If you’re buying carbon offsets, make sure to understand how much of the money you spend actually goes to the project that’s developing the carbon offset.

SuperNova #2. I frequently have people say that carbon offsets are just an excuse to continue to emit carbon, but I don’t agree with that. I think we need an all-of-the-above strategy to address climate change. That means every company – every individual – needs to work to the best of their ability to reduce their carbon footprint.

SuperNova #3. Storing carbon in the soil through agricultural processes is probably the biggest near-term opportunity for humanity.

Worst Career Moment: “I’ve spent most of my life travelling the world. I’ve lived in various countries, and travelled to dozens of other countries. I now know that the carbon consequence of all this travel is really substantial, and so I need to rethink how I travel, where I travel. This is a sad reality for me, but it’s also important for everyone.” – Tom Herman

Aha! Moment: “I was reading this morning about a company called Planetary Hydrogen that makes hydrogen gas as an energy source, and they are making it through a really cool process that uses renewable energy. They do it in a way that addresses ocean health and captures carbon, and basically puts it into the equivalent of sea shells - which is what the ocean naturally does. Planetary Hydrogen has ways to make energy that are good for the environment.” – Tom Herman

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “If you’re gonna do something anyway, you might as well do it with a smile.” – Tom Herman

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “I would say reading voraciously, although not books, mostly trade journals and articles, and running. Mindful meditation is important. My mindful meditation is running.” – Tom Herman

Book Recommendation: The New Map by Daniel Yergin

Magic Wand: “A super high density, low weight battery solution that is not environmentally damaging to produce, or a miniature fusion energy production system that allows us to produce massive amounts of energy without environmental impact.” – Tom Herman

WTF or F: “On a sailboat off the coast of Columbia. It was supposed to be a day trip, but we ended up having to anchor in a mangrove forest near a relatively isolated island, sleep there overnight and wait for the weather to clear.” – Tom Herman

Most Energized About Today: “I am most energized about the increasing pace of change. I find it so exciting and so energizing to see how many new technologies and how many new ideas are coming up and being spread far and wide over the internet around the world everyday.” – Tom Herman

Connect:

LinkedIn: https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/tomherman
Website: www.AirCarbon.co
Email: Tom@meta-carbon.co

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Quantum Quote: “Head down. Keep going.” – Will Contento

The least expensive and most climate-friendly energy is that which we don’t use. The first thing we should always do is use energy efficiency techniques and technologies to reduce energy consumption and waste. When we’re constructing a new building or renovating the envelope of an existing building, it’s wise to install sheathing systems that eliminate air and water leaks, improve structural integrity, and increase thermal efficiency.

Will Contento is a regional sales manager for Huber Engineered Woods. Huber is the creator of the ZIP system – a revolutionary building envelope technology that is structurally equivalent to plywood sheathing and creates a built-in vapour permeable, water resistant barrier that decreases air and energy leakage by 40% compared to conventional house wraps. By reducing energy waste, the ZIP system can save up to 20% in annual heating and cooling costs on the average American home.

Get ready to hear a story that will inspire you to save money with efficiency and clean energy!

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

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SuperNova #1. “We’re trying to achieve high performance, energy efficient systems that quality builders and remodelers care about from start to finish – and that’s really where the conversation starts. If you care about the overall shell to your home and the critical details that go into creating a quality home – this is where the ZIP system and Huber is a match.”

SuperNova #2. “The products really do speak for themselves.”

SuperNova #3. “Don’t be scared. If you’re jumping into a career path that’s brand new for you or something that you’ve never been involved with before - just go forward. Life’s too short, so If you think it’s the right thing, go for it.”

One Unique Tip Tool or Tactic that Most People Need to Know but Don’t: “The biggest thing is you’ve got to keep in touch with your key builders, your architects, your framers – everybody that you work with.”

Worst Career Moment: “I guess my worst moment was the first week of my career. I was just a Business Administration degree holder and no experience in the field prior to Huber. The best way to put it would be drinking from a firehose. I’ve never been more worried about something in my life. It was all brand new to me, and I was scared. I really was.”

Aha! Moment: “I reached out to a builder that I have been targeting for a while. I started a conversation- ‘Hey! I’m Will from Huber. I know you don’t use our stuff a lot, but I’m wondering if there is an opportunity for me to at least show you some of our product. It wound up that he went to the same college. Right then and there, we had a connection where he was confident speaking with me, and he was like, ‘Hey, I wanna bring you in and talk more about Huber’”.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Tell the truth. Just be confident and tell the truth. And if you don’t have the answer to something, ask for help.”

Personals Habits that Contribute to Success: “Energy. You can probably tell that I drink a lot of caffeine too. I’ve got the natural energy, but the stimulants also help out a little bit. So...Just the energy and passion that I bring to every day.”

Internet Resource: The company’s website: www.huberwood.com

Book Recommendation: Boston Globe

Magic Wand: “Two things: One obviously is bring back normalcy, right? Number two is just ELE (Everybody Love Everybody). With so much hate, everything that’s going on in the world, people should not be judging and love everyone.”

WTF or F: “There’s no really one particular experience. Anytime I can, I will try to get some warmth sitting at the beach with some type of frozen cocktail at my hand.”

Most Energized About Today: “One thing I’m most energized today is being on here. Everything, so far, has been pretty good. Just all around.”

Parting Advice: “If you’re not on social media and you’re in this industry, you’re definitely missing out.”

Connect:

Email address: Will.Contento@huber.com
Website: www.huberwood.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wc3044/?hl=en
LinkedIn: Will Contento

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Quantum Quote: “The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we should save our country.” – Abraham Lincoln

Quantum Quote: “Hope is the belief in the plausibility of the possible as opposed to the necessity of the probable.” – Maimonides

Most of us want to “do the right thing”. But traditionally, we don’t know what’s in our investment portfolios. While our investments affect the world we live in, most of us are not aware of where our investments go, and if those investments support what we believe in.

And, sometimes, what we thought was having a positive impact, is actually creating the opposite effect.

Do you want to understand what your money is doing, while making sure that the return you get is not destructive to you, other people, and the world?

Are you wondering if your investments are aligned with your moral and environmental compass?

Listen and dive into the world of Aware and No-Harm Investing as Marco shares his story on how to have a positive impact by understanding how investment systems work.

Marco Vangelisti, CFA, is a 100% Aware and No-Harm investor with a longstanding commitment to impact and regenerative investing. He is the founder of Essential Knowledge for Transition (EK4T) – a company that aims to democratize understanding of the large systems in society so that we can redesign them to be in balance with nature.

Marco is also a founding members of Slow Money and was on the leadership team of the Slow Money Northern California Network since its inception. He was a Fulbright scholar in Mathematics and Economics at the University of California, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and taught portfolio management, asset allocation, and performance and risk analysis at the San Francisco CFA Institute.

He first spent 20 years in conventional finance, working for a company that builds quantitative models for equity and fixed income markets around the world. However, when he learned that what he was doing was not aligned with his values, he started a movement to change investment systems.

Now he’s teaching people how to move towards Aware and No-Harm investing.

Toward Aware – No Harm Investing – Course – Use the discount code AEK20 to get 20% off: https://ek4t.com/tanhi21Q2/

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SuperNova #1. “We need the right knowledge to change the systems that are problematic and make the transition necessary for us and ecosystems to prosper”

SuperNova #2. “What is wrong with traditional investing is that we don’t even know what we own. The key is to understand what your money is doing and making sure that the return you get is not destructive of nature, communities, or other groups.”

SuperNova #3. “If you look at the past and you say, ‘Okay, look at how the financial markets have done in the last 20 years – they’ve done really well. Now, if you form your expectations based on that history, though, I think you will be greatly disappointed. You are setting yourself up for a major disappointment if you think that the stock market will go up 10, 15 percent every year from now on.”

SuperNova #4. “A “Regenerative Investment” is for people who feel particularly motivated to address a particular issue, and that the best way to address that is by supporting a business that is raising capital. Where they’re not that concerned whether the money comes back, because they’re really concerned about what the business could solve, if it succeeded.”

Aha! Moment: “My aha! moment was understanding the extent to which financial returns can be extractive… To realize how our investments are shaping the world we live in.”

Worst Career Moment: “My worst career moment came while I was trying to serve our clients, including environmental foundations to whom I had donated. I realized that the portfolio we were managing was investing in things that destroyed the forests in the Borneo and the habitat of the orangutan.”

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “Don’t believe in everything you think. Our minds, sometimes, can play tricks, and to question one’s own belief system and conclusions can be very helpful. So I have a very skeptical approach to what my mind is thinking, making sure that it is not just playing tricks on me.”

Personals Habits that Contribute to Success: “As part of my meditative practice, I go to the garden and gather my greens, wash them, and prepare my salad in the morning.”

Internet Resource: Dr. John Campbell in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Campbellteaching/videos

Book Recommendation: Sapiens: A Brief History of Human Kind by Harari Yuval Noah

Magic Wand: “I would give the vaccine to everybody in the world right now and then the pandemic will be over in three weeks.”

WTF or F: “I used to spend the summer in the mountains. I remember we were camping somewhere and we were hit by this amazing lightning storm. When you’re very close to a bolt of lightning, the sound and the light come at the same time, and they are absolutely explosive. We were going through that for the whole night. I thought we were gonna get fried, but we survived somehow (although we got very wet).”

One Unique Tip Tool or Tactic that People Need to Know but Don’t: “I think what a lot of people don’t know is how much their investments are affecting their life, not understanding that our investments really shape the world we live in. So, if we don’t like what we see, then look at your investments and make sure that you’re not participating in the problems you would like to see solved. Know what your money is doing and ensure that it causes no harm to you and the world we live in..”

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In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more…

Most Energized About Today: “It’s a beautiful day out there, and as soon as we’re done, I’m gonna go to my garden and spend some time there.” – Marco Vangelisti

Parting Advice: “If you are curious about learning more – email me at info@ek4t.com or check out my website and consider taking my course.”

Resources:

https://ek4t.com/tanhi21Q2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH3EzaQpGCY
As You Sow Foundation – Invest Your Values: https://www.asyousow.org/invest-your-values
Walter Jehne: https://ek4t.com/how-do-we-deal-with-climate-change-by-restoring-the-hydrological-cycle/

Connect:

Website: https://ek4t.com/
Email address: info@ek4t.com
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/EssentialKnowledge4Transition
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VangelistiMarco

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Quantum Quote: “A quadrupling of clean energy activity is what we need - and where we’re headed.” - Danny Kennedy

Clean energy is the answer to our environmental crises and is the key to unlocking a healthy and clean future. But, it is somewhat still inaccessible to different countries across the world.

How can clean energy bring about a prosperous economy despite the drawbacks of the pandemic?

How can clean energy give us the potential as individuals, as a country, and as a civilization?

Listen to today’s episode and get to know how we can do it all! Danny sees a bright future with clean energy ditching fossil fuels and benefiting everyone in our homes, jobs and communities. Hear about the incredible economic potential in doing the most important work in world history.

Danny Kennedy is the CEO of New Energy Nexus, a non-profit which connects entrepreneurs everywhere with capital to build an abundant clean energy economy that benefits all. Kennedy also co-founded Sungevity in 2007, the fifth-largest distributed solar installer in the United States. He has also served as the managing director of the California Clean Energy Fund (an early-investor in Tesla), which includes overseeing the $25 million Cal Seed Fund.

His journey into clean energy started back in the 20th century. He started his solar company in 2007 and has been involved with a number of additional startups, including the solar financing company Mosaic. He sees clean energy as the answer to the extreme climate crisis, and a huge opportunity in uplifting potential for communities everywhere, with job creation, wealth creation, and leadership opportunities for everyone.

SuperNova #1. “Be aware that the world is changing much more rapidly than we realize in terms of the commanding heights of the economy.” - Danny Kennedy

SuperNova #2. “For the entrepreneur, pick your path in this amazing clean energy opportunity and find a niche, because that niche is going to become very big. Every day, get up and execute against that opportunity. Do the work. The balls in your court. Stay focused, my friend, and you'll do fine.” - Danny Kennedy

SuperNova#3. “You just always have to stay focused on your goals and your business and doing the next thing and the next thing. It's many days of work that make a great week and month, and it's many weeks and months of great and hard work that make for a successful year in a business - and a career and professional life.” - Danny Kennedy

Aha! Moment: “The “Aha!” that caused me to jump ship from my previous career to start my own company was when Google Earth first came out - circa 2006. For the first time, you could look at the world from the satellite images that they were stitching together. And it was, “Wow, that's amazing!” My “Aha!” with a mate was sitting around drinking beer here in Australia, saying, “Seeing this Google Earth thing, isn't it cool? Wonder if we could do the design and engineering phase of the solar sales process online.” Sure enough, we found a software guru that did all the maths and whatever trigonometry was required - and we created remote solar sizing.” - Danny Kennedy

Worst Energy Moment: “There were moments where we were running right up against it on payroll back in the twenty-teens. A fast-growing solar company stretching itself. Anxious nights lying awake worrying about the people, the team that we built, and all that sort of stuff. In those moments you realize it can always get worse, it could come off the tracks - so just keep focused and do what you need to do.” - Danny Kennedy

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: “To marry my now wife.” - Danny Kennedy

Personal Habits that Contribute to Success: “I am a big early riser. I believe that getting up and going hard is a good way to get things done.” - Danny Kennedy

Internet Resources: newenergynexus.com www.thecleanfight.com

Book Recommendation: Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Magic Wand: “Social media. I would get them off the drip of dopamine responsiveness and let them get information at a high level. Technology is wonderful when it allows us to share across borders, instantaneously and all that good stuff. But we need to do it without the advertising addiction that has actually created so much distress and depression and despoiled our democracies and all the rest of it.” - Danny Kennedy

WTF or F: “You know, I'm an Australian Californian, so fire season comes to mind just in the last couple of years. I mean, having seen it on both sides of the Pacific, it's kind of tragic. I also worked in the Pacific in the 2000 era, and there was a Cyclone that swept through some small islands 1000 miles north of New Zealand. It was 150% wind speeds of anything previously recorded, and a huge storm surge and his frightening supercharged force of nature.” - Danny Kennedy

Most Energized about Today: ‘I am most energized about the opportunity in Indonesia. I know that sounds obscure, but you know, think about that huge country, which is about the size of the United States in population, and has had almost no solar today.” - Danny Kennedy

Parting Advice: “Get involved in this economic opportunity. It's also the most important work we can do ever in history. This decade decides the fate of civilization. I'm not a doomsayer. I don't believe it's the end of the world. I think we have a world without an end here. But a millennium from now, we will look back at the start of the 21st century as humans and say, "What the hell were they doing?" Or "Thank God, they did that."

- Danny Kennedy

Connect:

Website: https://www.newenergynexus.com/
Email Address: danny.kennedy@newenergynexus.com
Email Address: virtual.assistant@newenergynexus.com
Twitter: @dannyksfun

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Quantum Quote: “Work smarter, not harder.” - Mark Sclafani

Considering the right heating system for your home can be a challenge. But heat pump technology advances, cost reductions, and generous government and utility incentives now make it easier than ever to gain a comfortable, efficient, and cost-effective heating and cooling solutions that save you money - and reduce your carbon footprint.

If you are a homeowner or a business owner looking for a program that will help you understand the scope and incentives of moving into geothermal, this interview is for you.

Mark Sclafani is the Director of Demand-Side Management at Central Hudson, the distribution utility serving the mid-Hudson Valley. Mark has been with the company since 2008, and has been working with energy efficiency, clean energy, and conservation programs that help customers save energy and money.

Mark oversees gas and electric business projects and interfaces with key accounts. He took his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Mark has always been interested in saving energy and making things more efficient. Central Hudson has efficiency programs that allow customers to get a discount on efficient technologies encompassing lighting, industrial processes and Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Air & Ground Source Heat pumps are the primary focus of their Clean Heat program.

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How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system
and much more …

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SuperNova #1. “Heat pumps work smarter by using available heat energy – either in the air on in the ground – rather than heating the air up directly like a traditional heating system would.”

SuperNova #2. “By electrifying the heating load, we’re utilizing the system better during the winter and at night time when there’s not as much load. The more throughput through the system, the better it is for all customers.”

SuperNova #3. “New construction is the absolute best time to consider a geothermal system.”

Unique Tool or Tactic People Should Know But Don’t: “There’s a lot of thought out there about the upfront cost of a geothermal system, and something people should really be considering is new construction.”

Most Energized About Today: “I think this is an amazing time to be in this field. In particular, there’s two major electrification technologies that are both really coming to the mainstream at the same time - Heating & Vehicle electrification.”

Internet Resources:

Find a contractor to get quotes under the Clean Heat program: https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Contractors/Find-a-Contractor/NYS-Clean-Heat-Contractors
Incentives: https://www.cenhud.com/my-energy/my-energy-options/heat-pumps/
Info about Heat Pumps: https://www.epa.gov/rhc/geothermal-heating-and-cooling-technologies
https://www.cenhud.com/
https://www.facebook.com/centralhudson/

Central Hudson’s Efficiency Program Manager: Rcotto@Cenhud.com

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Quantum Quote: “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci

Are you looking to add some warmth and coziness to your home with a fireplace - but don’t want to produce harmful fumes that can put your family’s health at risk, or create a heat and fire hazard for young children or pets?

Would you like to have the comfortable glow of a fireplace year-round, but without the excess heat during the summer?

In a world where innovation sets a new trend, a home with a ventless electric fireplace is now an option that can provide ambiance and comfort - without emitting greenhouse gases or compromising your health & safety

Anastasia Vankova is the Founder of Modern Blaze.com - an online store that specializes in modern ventless fireplaces.

Modern Blaze was created as a solution to Anastasia’s personal struggle. She had a hard time finding a fireplace for her home without a chimney. The information she found online was confusing, and local choices were very limited.

Buying a fireplace was much harder than it should have been. That’s when she had an idea to create Modern Blaze - an online store with the best selection of ventless fireplaces on the internet. After 6 years in business, Modern Blaze has helped thousands of customers to make their houses feel more like homes.

In this episode, Anasthasia talks about her mission to make purchasing an electric fireplace easy and affordable - and without harmful fumes.

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In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From Climate Master webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more …

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SuperNova #1. “A lot of people don’t know that the heat is optional, that you just have to turn it off and set the temperature. That’s a feature of an electric fireplace that people don’t know about.” – Anastasia Vankova

SuperNova #2. “A lot of people have great ideas but they never come to life just because they think, and think, and think, and do nothing about it.” – Anastasia Vankova

SuperNova #3. “There’s so much understanding in the division going on in the world right now. If we could only see the other side – the other person’s perspective – I think the world will be a better place.” – Anastasia Vankova

Aha! Moment: “When my contractor told me that, ‘Hey! You can have a fireplace in your house without a chimney.’ and I was like, ‘What? Seriously?’ That opened a whole new world for me.” – Anastasia Vankova

Best Advice she’s ever received: “Not to sell my business.” – Anastasia Vankova

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Just do it. Taking action on new ideas. Anything that we want to implement in the business, we take action right away.” – Anastasia Vankova

Internet Resource: Electrify Now; https://www.yellowtin.com/

Book Recommendation: Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey

Magic Wand: “I would like to change everybody’s mindset and give everybody an ability to understand the others.” – Anasthasia

WTF: “We picked a very good time to drive from Indiana to California, just when that Arctic storm was coming from the west coast to the east coast, and we got stuck for a couple of days under a -9 degrees temperature in Texas.” – Anastasia

Most Energized about today: Having the opportunity to see the United States with her husband and 2 children in their RV.

Important Links:

https://modernblaze.com/collections/modern-ventless-electric-fireplaces
https://modernblaze.com/blogs/shopping-guides/35641475-electric-fireplace-buying-guide

Connect:

https://modernblaze.com
https://patiofever.com/
https://www.facebook.com/rvcubs/

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Quantum Quote: “I like being self-sufficient. I like being off the grid.”

Are you someone who aims to be living off the grid and be self-sufficient?

Do you promote a lifestyle that encourages less pollution, better health, as well as cost-effectiveness?

JLD is the multimillionaire founder and host of the incredibly successful podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire.

After 8 years and 2,600 interviews with the world’s most successful entrepreneurs, EO Fire now averages more than 1.4 MILLION unique downloads every month, and generates a 74% profit margin on over $2 Million of annual revenue.

In today’s episode, JLD shares how he lives and works out of his 5,600 sqft home in Puerto Rico. He installed solar, batteries, and air source heat pumps to provide virtually all of his electricity and air conditioning. And, the clean energy systems power the electric transport he uses around the village and carries him through the island’s extreme weather events and frequent power failures.

With ZERO government grants and NO tax incentives, JLD still realized a 12% Annual Return on his clean energy Investment.

Discover JLD’s ‘The Common Path to Uncommon Success Book’, Pre-Order Now: JLD provides “A Roadmap to Financial Freedom and Fulfillment” in 17 steps with 17 of the world’s top entrepreneurs. If you preorder now– you’ll receive 5 incredible Bonuses worth over $1,300. Go to AWESomeEarthKind.com/fire to pre-order your copy.

At AWESomeEarthKind.com/fire - you can also sign up to refer EarthKind Energy’s Consulting Services to a commercial building owner with more than 20,000 square feet of rooftop. When the referral decides to “Go Clean and Save Green” – you’ll earn a finders fee worth thousands of dollars. You’ll also have the option to be notified of the Clean Energy Business Program that we are launching in May. This intensive program will provide you with all the tools you need to start your own consulting business in the fast-growing $7 TRILLION clean energy sector.

AND - you can enter sweepstakes for a high-efficiency LED light fixture, and will find tips and resources on how to reduce your energy costs - and have a positive environmental impact.

Supernova 1: “I moved to clean energy for a lot of reasons. It was the right thing to do. I just didn't want to contribute to dirty energy.”

Supernova 2: “I love the fact that I'm investing my money that I'm earning as an entrepreneur into programs that are going to make Puerto Rico - not to mention the world-a better place.”

Supernova 3: [What is the next clean energy step for JLD?] “One thing that we're doing next is I'm putting a 1000 gallon water receptacle right in my side yard. to catch rainwater. And so we're going to utilize all of the rainwater to water our garden and our plants. We might even pipe it in and start using it for showers and drinking, using UV light filtration and things like that.”

Connect with John Lee Dumas:

Visit EOFire.com to set YOUR Entrepreneurial journey ON FIRE!
Preorder your copy of “A Common Road to Uncommon Success”: AWESomeEarthKind.com/fire
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EOFire
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXfzpliAfdjParawJljHo2g?reload=9
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnleedumas/

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Quantum Quote: “Character is destiny.” – Greek Philosopher Heraclitus

We are all contributors to carbon emissions. Moving to clean energy technologies can reduce the emissions that are responsible for 90% of greenhouse gases.

But even if we completely stop emitting greenhouse gases today, we would still suffer extreme weather and other impacts from the current amounts of carbon that were dumped into the air since the dawn of the industrial revolution.

How can we effectively and cost-efficiently go “carbon negative” - and remove carbon out of the atmosphere?

How can we monetize carbon removal and create new value streams for the most cost-effective solutions?

Regenerative agriculture can create climate solutions that take us into a safer & more sustainable world.

Listen to today’s episode and get to know how Nicole Lederer and the Environmental Entrepreneurs work to make this brighter future probable.

Nicole Lederer is the Chair and Co-Founder of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) where she provides communication platforms for business leaders to advance strong environmental policies that are good for the environment and good for the economy. E2 establishes strategic collaboration between business, the military, agriculture, and environmental leaders, and engages with legislators at both the state and national levels.

Nicole is a policy advocate, and this is mirrored by how E2 promotes policies to foster sustainable climate, energy, transportation, water, land use, and agricultural practices and technologies that advance a clean economy. E2 partners with the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) where Nicole serves as a trustee.

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How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system
and much more …

SEND YOUR FEEDBACK TODAY

SuperNova #1. “Companies are increasingly looking not only to offset ongoing emissions, but to offset past emissions- to go carbon negative. I can't think of any better place to go than American farmers to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.” – Nicole Lederer

SuperNova #2. “I have learned one thing above all else in this work that I’ve done with so many partners, and that is ‘never assume that the person who is supposed to be your enemy is your enemy’. There is a way forward to find common ground with others in almost all cases. If you don’t work hard to find the common ground, you’re leaving a major opportunity on the table… Nobody gets anything done by themselves.” – Nicole Lederer

SuperNova #3. “When you can find common ground with the traditional adversary, that’s gold, and you need to stay on that until you find a way forward with them. It’s not like everybody’s going to be your most valuable ally, but a lot more of them could be a more valuable ally than what you have ever thought from what people told you.” – Nicole Lederer

SuperNova #4. “Just pay attention to what you care about… I care about nature. I care about the natural world. I have always felt that it was the bottom line of life.” – Nicole Lederer

SuperNova #5. “The idea that we can look to traditional opponents for expertise and guidance on how to find a path forward has informed everything I have done. It led me to recognize opportunities that I wouldn't have recognized otherwise. For example, jumping in with both feet to celebrate, amplify, and support the department of defense's climate and clean energy initiatives, which led to years of very beneficial collaboration and progress on issues that concern everyone.” – Nicole Lederer

Aha! Moment: The founding of E2 was when the traditional enmity between environmentalists and business leaders was realized to be bogus, and it was all getting everybody nowhere. The idea that we can look to traditional opponents for expertise and guidelines on how to find a path forward has informed everything Nicole has done since then, and led her to recognize opportunities that wouldn’t have been there otherwise.

Best Advice she’s ever received: “Don’t buy the question. Just because they asked you something doesn’t mean that you have to answer what they asked right away.”

Personal Habit that Contributes to Success: “Perseverance. I will keep coming at you until some personal resolution is achieved. I won’t get tired. Nothing happens overnight.” – Nicole Lederer

Internet Resource: E&E Publication (Energy and Environment Publication) / E&E News / E&E Daily

Book Recommendation: Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers

Magic Wand: “I would like to get rid of this virus. I would like to never have a pandemic again.” – Nicole Lederer

WTF: The sun never rose in the bay area; instead, it was a blood-red sky that lasted for hours until the sun set. There was just a dome around the bay area, with the color just staying at dark red.

Most Energized about today: It is the fact that we have a federal government that is reality and science-based who takes the challenges we’re facing seriously and doesn’t attempt to tell lies about them.

Parting Advice: “I encourage everyone to recognize that policy is extremely important to the evolution and outlook of their businesses, that they should not leave it to others, that they should get involved, and that they can use E2 as a platform to do that.” – Nicole Lederer

Connect:

e2.org

Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret

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Quantum Quote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead

Did you know that humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions since the industrial revolution have already increased global temperatures by 1.2 degrees Celsius? And that 30% of our carbon emissions are absorbed by the oceans, causing ocean acidification that threatens the world’s food and oxygen supplies?

We are at a turning point. We can continue down the path of catastrophe - or choose to move to a carbon-free civilization that will create utopia.

Which direction do you want to go?

Listen to Will Hackman discuss how to save our place in nature before it’s too late.

Will Hackman is an issue advocate and a contributing author on energy, environmental, and

climate change. He served as a campaign manager for federal races for the U.S.

House and Senate, and has been an ocean and public lands conservation advocate

since 2013.

His love for the ocean started when he experienced being a commercial fisherman in Alaska. His time at sea left the life of the ocean in his veins, and he became part of the ocean conservation movement.

He combined his background in both politics and the fishing industry to build public campaigns for international ocean conservation, aiming to stop overfishing and foreign illegal fishing around the world.

In this episode, Will Hackman talks about how the collective action of committed people working together for the reduction of harmful environmental emissions can save human civilization by stimulating the end of climate change. By doing so, we can not only survive - but thrive in a sustainable utopia.

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In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From ClimateMaster free webclass, you’ll discover how geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet, reduce energy costs by up to 70%, and - with the federal, state, and utility incentives - provide annual returns of 20% to 40% on your investment.

If you are tired of rising energy costs and want to save up to 70% on your energy bills, Go to www.AWESomeEarthKind.com and register now for this FREE special event.

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SuperNova #1. “It’s not about saving the Earth. The Earth is going to be fine one way or another. What we’re doing is saving our place within nature before it’s too late.” – Will Hackman

SuperNova #2. “People can really make a difference when they get involved.” – Will Hackman

SuperNova #3.“There are a lot of things that you can personally do to reduce your carbon impact, but from a global carbon reduction perspective, there are large scale institutional changes that are needed; [Nevertheless,] there’s a great way that people can get involved with those institutional changes, and that’s to vote.” – Will Hackman

SuperNova #4 the United States has actually reduced carbon emissions by an absolute value, more than any other country in the world. While we are still the #3 emitters in the world - but we can show the world what’s possible.

Worst Climate Moment: On his 21st birthday, he spent 19 hours in a car after Hurricane Katrina hit Mississippi. He worked in a disaster relief distribution center for four days and witnessed how the wind destroyed the entire town.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: Dress for the job that you want, not the job that you have.

Personal Habits that Contribute to Success: Consuming news that is good and real. It lets you stay on top of what’s happening in the world, and makes you a civically-engaged citizen who becomes a better individual on any issue

Internet Resource: The Climate Explainer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClimateExplainr

Book Recommendation: In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick – the real story of Moby Dick - a whaling boat that was attacked by a whale, and the history of whaling around the world.

Magic Wand: “Decarbonize the world – switching to renewable, clean energy, and no more fossil fuels. If we eliminate CO2 emissions and greenhouse emissions, we’ll have human sustainability.”

WTF or F: During a horribly cold and windy day in Iceland last year before Covid, the weather was so extreme but it was one of the most beautiful things he’s ever seen.

Most Energized about Today: The outcome of the Paris Agreement over the next five-year period – our nationally determined contribution – that will be released on Earth Day.

Parting Advice: “If you have people in your family who aren’t fully on board with what climate change means to them, talk to them about that. Everybody’s got that personal story and we all have that personal connection. Know what climate change means to you personally.”

Connect:

Wc.hackman@gmail.com
https://twitter.com/ClimateExplainr
https://www.instagram.com/hackman.will/

In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

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Quantum Quote: “The good you do today, may be forgotten soon, but do good anyway. Give the world the best you have, and it'll never be enough. But give your best anyway. Life is never easy. ” – Mother Theresa

Do you have old landfills in your town and think how ugly they are and want to have something useful instead?

Are you interested in using solar and wind energy to help save the environment - and save money at the same time?

There are over 50,000 landfills in the United States, and there’s a big need for solar and wind energy. Converting landfills into renewable energy power centers is a great match.

Paul Curran and BQ Energy convert brownfields and landfills into solar and wind energy power centers. Paul explains that those properties should not be used for parks or for people's homes.

Paul got interested in clean energy in the late 1970’s when he heard the president of the United States say that getting energy independence in the country was the moral equivalent of war. Sadly, neither the technology nor the politics were ready. But 20 years after that, the world said we needed clean energy, the technology had advanced, the policies were ready, and the economics made it possible.

In this episode, Paul talks about why BQ only works on brownfield and landfills. He also shares how he was doing Steel Winds years ago, and how the project changed the logo of the City of Lackawanna.

SuperNova #1. “So we took a timeout, and about 20 years after that, things started to catch up to where now, this is not only the right thing to do, it's a very easy thing to do. It's the right thing to do from a societal and an economic point of view..” – Paul Curran

SuperNova #2. “Lackawanna is a great story of how you can transform a brownfield into a wind and solar power plant in what was a steel company town. When you do the right things, great things happen for everybody. There were no losers on that project.”

SuperNova #3. “It's an awesome responsibility, frankly, on people like us to be put in a position to impact people's lives for generations. Turning a landfill into a clean energy center fulfills a need to turn around a bad situation.. That type of return is not dollars and cents - it's measured in how well we do the job.”

Worst Clean Energy Moment: “Most of my down moments have to do with how am I going to pay the bills? How are we going to keep this thing going. And most of them relate to government tax and utility structures that vary from state to state and change over time.”

Aha Moment: When a management trainee’s research said that putting a wind farm on an oil refinery was a bad idea.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: Keep your head head straight, keep your eye on the prize and do what you should be doing.

Most Energized about Today: That the use of solar energy is very much common and normal now.

Personal Habits that Contribute to Success: Understanding people - figuring out what they like doing and what they are great at doing.

Internet Resource: For data about energy statistics - BQEnergy.com

Book Recommendation: “The Century Trilogy” by Ken Follett.

Magic Wand: “Take away the subsidies from the coal mine operations, take away the subsidies from the nuclear industry, take away the subsidies from the oil industry, natural gas depletion allowances, and all this kind of stuff - and take it away from solar and wind. Then we’d see the real economics and solar and wind would grow even faster”.

WTF or F: Lake Erie was frozen on May 7 of 1963. It will never be frozen in May again. The climate has changed.

Parting Advice: “We're doing the right things here. The world has caught up with it, which is a scary thing to think. But I think it is the right path to be going on. I think that's being proven more and more every day.”

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Quantum Quote: “The People who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world - are the ones who do.” – Steve Jobs

In the quest for the clean energy transition to a low-carbon economy, what do we consider a triple win? How about... customers save money, more jobs are created, AND we reduce carbon emissions?

Scott Smith is the Clean Heating & Cooling Program Manager for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). He manages the Clean Heating and Cooling Community Campaigns, helps electrify New York’s Low- & Moderate-Income Housing stock, and is currently promoting clean energy solutions to communities throughout New York State.

Scott considers himself a thermodynamics geek and a heat pump advocate. He decided to focus the remainder of his career on building electrification, a hard choice but super important work.

In this episode, Scott talks about the mission at NYSERDA and New York State Clean Heat to accelerate the decarbonization of heating of buildings in New York to help achieve the state’s energy savings, greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, and increase the pool of skilled labor for clean energy opportunities through heat pumps.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth with Comfort” From ClimateMaster free webclass you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more …

Why is New York State moving to clean energy? Why are you personally involved with this program?

Clean Energy is a win-win-win. Customers save money, we create jobs and reduce our carbon emissions.

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s nation-leading climate and clean energy agenda outlined within the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) requires a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and an 85 percent reduction by 2050 as well as a transition to a carbon-neutral economy across all sectors.

In order to accomplish this, we must drive electrification into our new and existing building stock, which is one of the leading sources of greenhouse gas emission in New York State. We have to switch buildings’ heating and cooling to energy-efficient electric heat pumps to replace fossil fuel heating and reduce the number of harmful carbon emissions, especially as we reduce the carbon output from the electric grid and/or when we combine heat pumps with on-site renewables.

What types of clean energy actions is New York State involved with?

We’re ramping the installation of large scale renewables to achieve a zero-emissions electricity sector by 2040 as mandated by the CLCPA. We’re investing in the infrastructure needed for the vast majority of vehicles in New York to be all-electric, and increasing our investment in building electrification.

What are the goals of the New York State Clean Heat Program?

Beginning April 1, 2020, the NYS electric utilities launched the NYS Clean Heat Statewide Heat Pump Program to administer over $450 Million in available incentives. Visit your local utility’s website for more details on heat pump incentives.

NYSERDA is also investing $230 Million in Heat Pump Market Development including consumer awareness, workforce and supply chain development, and technology innovation and development.

New York State Clean Heat helps achieve the state’s energy savings and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets using the installation of heat pumps. Increase the pool of skilled labor needed to grow a quality-oriented industry, training 14,000 workers across the heat pump supply chain by 2025 and reduce the cost of heat pump installations to increase affordability to drive adoption.

Between the $450 Million+ the utilities are investing in projects and the $230 Million that NYSERDA is investing in market development, our collective goals are to:

Achieve 3.6 TBtu of energy savings through the installation of heat pumps in approximately 130,000 buildings
Create 14,000 jobs across the heat pump supply chain
Reduce the installed costs of heat pumps by 25%
Increase shipments of heat pumps to NY by 50% with 90% of those shipped being cold climate

How do New York State residents access the programs? Where can people find information?

NYS Clean Heat Incentives are provided to qualifying contractors. Each of the utilities has program information on its website. There’s also a page on our website nyserda.ny.gov. Choose “Find a Program” and look for “NYS Clean Heat”. That page has a statewide list of eligible contractors and links to the utility program pages.

One BIG and UNIQUE Value SUPER NOVA

Heat pumps are super-efficient and the future of heating because they don’t create heat. They concentrate heat and move it around, thereby eliminating losses due to combustion, and are 2 to 4 times more efficient than the most efficient fossil fuel system.

Heat pumps not only provide environmental benefits, they can provide energy bill savings, increase comfort levels, and provide health benefits compared to conventional heating and cooling technologies. All are priorities for us as we look to give consumers smarter, cleaner energy choices.

What is the one thing you are most ENERGIZED about today? I’m pretty energized by the heat pump I got for Christmas. My family room, which had baseboard electric heat, was never comfortable in the winter. Now it’s comfortable AND I’ve already saved $100!

A parting piece of guidance: ”It’s important to insulate and air seal your house when you get your heat pump system!”

Important Links:

The New York Virtual Sustainable Energy Expo: Happening April 14-15, 2021, New York’s Premiere Commercial Sustainable Energy Event: Register Today: https://virtual.sustainableenergyexpo.org/

Connect with Scott Smith:

www.nyserda.ny.gov
Email: Scott.smith@nyserda.ny.gov

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Quantum Quote: “80% of homes and businesses can't install rooftop solar because they have an old house, or trees shade the roof, or they’re facing in the wrong direction, or they rent. In 48 states, Community Solar let’s people purchase the electricity from solar farms and get credit on their monthly electricity bill, just like they would if the panels were on the roof of their house ” – David Amster-Olszewski

Would you like to put solar panels in your home, but you don’t have space to do so, or have too much shade to make it economical?

Are you hesitant to purchase solar services due to long-term contracts, or do you rent your home?

With community solar, you can have both the ease of service and the freedom to choose to cancel or renew the contract on short notice - even if you’re a renter.

Situated in Colorado, David Amster-Olszewski and his company SunShare has been helping the world in making an impact on Earth's sustainability through clean, affordable electricity with community “solar gardens”.

David pioneered the concept of solar farms in Colorado starting in 2011. Now, over twenty states have legislation that mandates community solar programs, and the addition of voluntary utility programs makes community solar available in 48 states.

David originally got interested in clean and renewable energy back in his freshman days in Colorado College. This led to the inspiration of building his own solar farm right after his mother told him about the passage of the first Colorado Community Solar legislation in 2010.

In this episode, David talks about how Community Solar works as an easy, affordable way to enjoy clean, renewable energy and the subscription process to a community solar garden that uses the utility grid to continue to deliver energy while you are incentivized with solar credits on your monthly electricity bill.

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SuperNova #1. “If you believe in something, don’t give up.” – David Amster-Olszewski

SuperNova #2. “All of the things we’ve talked about here, don’t think that they’re out of your reach. Start looking into it. Start looking at the numbers. Look for options around you, and if there isn’t an option… make that option around you… Now’s the time to do it.” - David Amster-Olszewski

SuperNova #3. “If each of us gets out there and does one thing, we could make a significant difference. Don’t think that it’s a big problem you can’t possibly solve that’s outside your control. It’s totally in your control, and your friends' and families' too. So just get out there and do something. Take one small step.” - David Amster-Olszewski

Worst Clean Energy Moment: When Minnesota was opening up in late 2014 and 2015, the program had so many applications that caused the utility to freak out. This led to them pausing the program for 18 months.

Best Advice He’s Ever Received: Stay focused.

Most Energized about Today: The connectivity between renewable energy, energy storage, vehicle electrification and home electrification, and how close we are at achieving low-cost energy that will reduce carbon emissions by 80% - 90% in the next decade.

Personal Habits that Contribute to Success: Persistence. Not giving up.

Internet Resource: For solar news and renewable energy news - PV Magazine. https://www.pv-magazine.com/

Book Recommendation: “The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future” by Gretchen Bakke.

Magic Wand: “If I could change one thing for everyone in the world, it would be empowerment. The mental perspective for people to realize there that they really can achieve their full potential.”

Parting Advice: “All of the things mentioned in the interview, don’t think that they’re out of your reach. Start looking into clean energy, and look for options around you. If an option doesn’t come your way, create that option yourself.It’s in your control.Take one small step.”

Connect:

david@mysunshare.com
info@mysunshare.com
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/david-amster-olszewski-4ba7355

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Quantum Quote: “The UN estimates that by 2050, approximately 3 billion people will require additional housing, 3d printers are being promoted as one potential solution. In Shanghai, they've got 3d printers that made six houses in 10 days.”

Are you like most people and think about energy as a commodity? Have you ever thought to look at energy as a capital expenditure?

Shifting how we look at energy and water can eliminate the risk of rising prices and provide huge financial savings.

“Helping people to think” is what Carl Nettleton and Nettleton Strategies is all about. Carl is an award-winning writer, acclaimed speaker, and a subject matter expert regarding water, climate, sustainability, the ocean, and binational U.S. - Mexico affairs. He has been working on the topics of water, climate, energy, and oceans, and its connection to clean energy for over 3 decades, and Nettleton Strategies is a trusted source of analysis and advice on issues at the forefront of public policy, business and the environment.

Carl is a California Chapter Director of E2 - the Environmental Entrepreneurs. He is also the founder of a non-government organization currently focused on solving the ocean plastic crisis – OpenOceans Global – fueled by unified and empowered global communities.

They say that those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Sometimes, history shows us the things to come decades ahead of their emergence into everyday life.

Carl originally got interested in clean energy as kid when he read an article about climate change - in the 1950s!. Through combining passion, experience, and knowledge, Carl makes it possible for the public to consume energy in a cheaper - and cleaner - manner.

If you’re tired of rising energy costs and want to save up to 70% on your energy bills, go to www.AWESomeEarthKind.com and register now for a FREE special web class that will show you exactly how to get geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home.

We’d like to hear from you! Please help us understand how AWESome EarthKind can help you achieve your clean energy goals – and you’ll automatically be entered into a Sweepstakes for a Free LED Light Fixture:

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SuperNova #1.

“I think one of the challenges is that we’ve got to recognize that there are limits to the resources that are available to us. We’ve got an economy that’s built on consuming a lot of energy that for all the things that we’d like and need to have, it’s going to require more and more energy, and we can’t be blind to that. We’ve got to figure out what’s real about the future of resources and how much are available to us. It is not endless.”

SuperNova #2.

“We really have to have people understand that the transition to clean energy is critical… We have to figure out how to transition these industries that are a major part of our economy. It’s about an economic question, not an environmental one.”

SuperNova #3.

“When you come into thinking about changing the energy mix in the world, you’re talking about changing the global economy in a major, major way.”

SuperNova #4

“I wrote an article for fortune several years ago. A lot of what happened in Syria had to do with a serious drought that displaced 1.5 million people that had otherwise lived on agriculture. They ended up being in refugee camps around the major cities that made them susceptible to not having any money and being recruited by some of the rebel groups like Al-Qaida and the others that needed bodies. Whether they were believers or not, they did it because they could make some money. Drought played a role in all of that unrest.”

Worst Clean Energy Moment: “When I went to a Scripps institution of Oceanography conference and heard how the military plans for what’s possible. People were worried because they knew that disruptions from climate change would cause unrest that would then lead to deploying the military.”

Best Advice he’s ever received: Think about energy not as a commodity, but as a capital cost.

Most Energized about today: The move of companies to recognize that their primary goal is no longer just to make as much money as they can - they’ve got to address stakeholders interests, too.

Internet Resources: Non-US news services.https://www.nettstrategies.com/Published-Stories and register to receive The Nett Report https://www.nettstrategies.com/Contact to get important information about issues that affect us nationally and internationally. Primary among those will be the climate pandemic, as it affects health, global security, and our economic well-being, along with other information and insights of broad interest.

Parting Advice:

To solve any problem, we need to recognize that we have one. Everyone’s got to wake up.

Connect:

info@nettstrategies.com
https://twitter.com/nettstrategy?lang=en
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Quantum Quote: “Anything that works for big buildings you can do for your house. It's just a matter of scale” – Gibson Craig

“The Power of Earth, with Comfort” by ClimateMaster empowers homeowners with the knowledge of Geothermal - the most efficient (and environmentally sustainable) form of heating and cooling - as well as the utility and government incentives that make the transition financially smart.

Today’s program is with Westchester Homeowner Gibson Craig. “Gib” and his wife built a new home in Westchester, NY in 2017. They innovated and took advantage of developing technology to have a robust, insulated house that is heated and cooled with the power of the earth - and saw a 25% return on their investment.

Geothermal has been keeping consumers comfortable for more than 50 years, and can cut energy bills by up to 70% compared to traditional HVAC units. A 26 federal tax credit reduces the cost, and the local utility - ConEdison - provides both an up-front incentive - and a reduced electric rate.

Gibson Craig is Director of Preconstruction for a local developer of multi-family apartments. He is involved in pre-planning, purchasing, and roll-out of major trades.

In this episode, Gib shares with us the considerations he and his wife made in deciding to install a geothermal heat source for their home, the opportunity for significant energy savings and comfort, and how government and utility incentives helped them in making their clean energy investment easier and seamless.

If you’re considering installing a GHP system for your home or business - here are the things you need to know about geothermal.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth with Comfort” From ClimateMaster a free webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch.
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more …

Why did you choose a geothermal (ground source) heat pump for your home?

“There was a generous federal tax credit at the time. That made the first cost almost the same While Geo still cost more, I had a payback of three or four years on the system. Now I have less bills, and less operating costs.”

What type of system did you install? Does it provide heating, cooling & hot water?

Closed-loop system that provides heating and cooling, and supplements our hot water in the summer months when the excess heat would be sent back into the ground.

How did you decide on geo vs. alternatives - and how did you choose the particular manufacturer & installers?

For equipment decisions, we relied on our installer’s recommendations. We got bids from 3 or 4 HVAC contractors and we went with Bell HVAC. Keith Bell (the owner) had a really great price, understood some of the complexities of our house and our goals to integrate a wood burning stove with the overall heating strategy. On top of that, we could tell he was a genuinely good person.

How do you like the system? What do you like best about it?

Little to no maintenance, no oil deliveries, quiet, no combustion in our basement. Which also means less risk of CO poisoning. The last thing you want to think about is something breaking and it's been great.

Did you have any problems with the decision process, incentives, installation, on-going operations, or maintenance?

Really not very many problems. Just learning experiences. When you build something new, you're gonna learn.

Where there any lessons learned that you’d care to share? Anything you would do differently next time?

Wouldn't really do much different. It was just a process. When you go on construction, the unexpected happens. And as long as you stay the course, you'll get there.

Recommendation. What are the biggest things people should do when they are evaluating their heating & cooling system options?

You should really think about this 100%, especially if you don't have access to gas right in the street. If you don't have access to gas, I'd say you definitely 100% should be sure to go to geothermal. If you have access to gas, it's a little bit more of a question. But in the end, it would still pay for itself in time (especially with the utility and government incentives.)

What is your next step with your home?

We are looking at Solar, we have a 100-foot tall ridge with tall trees on the south and west side of our home so the payback isn’t quite there without performing a logging operation. With Covid going on, our next project will probably be building a small office studio in our side yard.

Best advice - "If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed" and "The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep."

Habits - “Getting up really early and going for a 20 or 30-minute jog in the morning before breakfast. Helps me disconnect, get exercise, and energizes me for the day.”

Internet source – The US Green Building Council (USGBC)

Book Recommendation: Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things

Magic Wand: Aside from the obvious answers of COVID being a thing of the past and political tensions being eased…I would say that cleaning up our oceans is a really important issue. Currently, more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic litter the ocean, which has a profound and devastating impact on ecosystems. The Ocean Cleanup is a very cool non-profit organization that's dedicated to cleaning up 90% of ocean plastic pollution by the year 2040. They've also implemented a great solution that gives all the plastic they collect a new life by developing durable products out of the trash. You can purchase things like really cool sunglasses, and the profits pay for more trash to be removed from the ocean and re-used.

Most energized today - Upcoming company projects: Geothermal for multifamily. Geothermal often isn't used in commercial buildings, as there are some logistical challenges with fitting (60) 500-foot wells under a parking garage that is 25' below grade. But these are the problems I enjoy participating in and finding solutions for.

Piece of parting advice - Stay healthy. Try not to catch the virus and keep good care of yourself

Connect:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gibson-craig-68a05b88/

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Quantum Quote: “There's a big misconception with geothermal that you need a huge lawn, a massive yard. That's not the case.” - Mark Brescia

The clean energy future is here. Consolidated Edison of NY is providing opportunities for all their customers to reduce the carbon footprint we leave on this earth.

Transitioning to geothermal for your cooling and heating helps accelerate the reduction of fossil fuels and reduce other pollution. An additional piece of good news is that the federal investment tax credit of 26% was recently extended for 2021and 2022.

The tax credits and ConEdison’s clean heat incentives dramatically reduce the total cost of the geothermal installations.

If your concern is not having a lawn to install your geothermal - don’t worry. Cutting edge technology takes care of that issue by drilling straight down - so that you don’t have to use much of your yard at all.

Mark Brescia is a Program Manager in the Energy Efficiency & Demand Management Department at Consolidated Edison. Mark manages the second Non-Pipeline Solutions market solicitation, Residential Ground Source Heat Pump and Residential Weatherization programs.

Prior to joining Con Edison in 2018, Mark worked for National Grid managing their Residential, Multi-Family and Commercial Kitchen energy efficiency programs for New York City and Long Island. He was also previously employed by ICF as part of the NYC Clean Heat initiative of Mayor Bloomberg accelerating conversion of large New York City buildings off heavy heating oil. Mark began his sustainability career in his home state of New Jersey managing a fundraising program transitioning residents to CFL bulbs that supported local schools, community groups and houses of worship.

In this episode, Mark discusses ConEdison’s program to provide cash incentives that reduce the cost of geothermal. He talks about existing buildings (including St. Patrick’s Cathedral) that have gone through retrofitting geothermal installations, and new construction that provides heating, cooling and hot water with geothermal wells drilled directly under a building. He shares that, if you’re cooling / heating systems are not keeping you comfortable and you are experiencing high energy costs, then it’s time for you to consider upgrading to geothermal.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth with Comfort” From ClimateMaster free webclass you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

and much more …

Why is ConEdison moving to clean energy, and why are you involved with this program?

“ConEdison is really committed to leading and delivering the transition to the clean energy future that our customers deserve and expect. We work together with governments, our customers, industry, various stakeholders to help rapidly reduce the use of fossil fuels. And for me, it isn't my job, it really is my passion. And I've turned that passion into a career.”

Tell us a little bit about the geothermal heating and cooling systems and how those work and what kind of incentives you offer to consumers?

“Geothermal is one of the programs that I work on, primarily focused on our residential customers.

Geothermal technology is the best of the heat pump technologies. It is the highest efficiency because it's exchanging energy with the earth, and the earth is at a constant temperature.

What's the total incentive that you're looking at? On average, for a single family home in Westchester, it's about $12,000. And that's per heating capacity. For our larger customers, we have incentives of $150 per mmbtu of energy savings.

If somebody is looking at a geothermal system, though, the average family can expect somewhere around $12,000 worth of cash incentives from ConEdison to help them make that transition.. How does it work?

“There's no real paperwork for the customer to fill out, you don't have to wait for a check. It's actually right off the top of the install price. So there are no additional forms or waiting. This is money just to reduce your out of pocket costs right upfront and get you going on geothermal or heat pumps right away.”

What are the goals of ConEd’s clean heating program?

“It's the New York State Clean Heat Program. This is not just an effort of ConEdison. ConEdison is the local electric utility here in New York City and Westchester. But all of the NYS electric utilities are doing this. The goals are to accelerate the reduction of fossil fuels for heating and achieve those larger New York State goals for a low carbon future.”

How can customers access the program - where can people find information? Save With Clean Heating and Cooling Technology - Visit: coned.com/heatpumps

Supernova: “There's a big misconception with geothermal that you need a huge lawn, a massive yard. That's not the case. There's another type of geothermal system called direct exchange that can be installed in even small spaces.”

“With new construction, you can build underneath the building straight to the lot lines. And it's great.”

I was blown away to find out that in ConEd territory, St. Patrick's Cathedral, one of the most famous icons in the world, just recently did a geothermal retrofit with wells 2,000 feet underground in Manhattan.

“It's a beautiful install. I had a chance to take a look at the mechanical room and it's amazing ConEdison is really proud of that project.”

One thing you're most energized about today: “I would say, it's very recent news that the federal investment tax credit is held at 26% for 2021. But what's really exciting is that it was scheduled to be reduced, but is now extended through 2022.

“The most incentives you can receive are right now. Plan your upgrade, think about your system, and take advantage of these tax credits and clean heat incentives from ConEdison.”

Piece of Parting Advice: “Heat pumps, including geothermal, are good for customers to provide affordable heating and cooling. They're good for the utility, as they reduce our peak energy use. And they're good for the environment by reducing CO2 and other air pollution.”

Connect

Important Links:

Save Thousands on Geothermal: https://coned.com/geothermal
Clean Energy for All : https://coned.com/cleanenergyforall
Heat pumps for multifamily & local businesses: https://coned.com/heatpumps

Connect:

E: bresciam@coned.com

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Today’s podcast is for homeowners who want to understand the basics about ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling, why your neighbors are moving to geothermal, and how easy it is to have geothermal installed in your home - without the pain of emptying your savings account.

I’m your host, Ron Kamen. My life mission is to empower everyday people like you to make clean energy transitions that reduce your carbon footprint, save you money, and create a proud legacy for your grandchildren.

For more than three decades, I’ve energized thousands of homeowners, communities, governments, non-profits, and businesses with the ability to “Go Clean & Save Green”.

As the host of the AWESome EarthKind Podcast, I explain how technology is now capturing the Forces of Nature to meet our electricity, heating, cooling and transportation needs – and saving people money when they make that evolution.

Burning any type of fossil fuel – whether it’s oil, coal, natural gas, propane, or wood -provides energy efficiencies that are significantly less than 100% efficient. A brand new high tech gas burner can have efficiencies in in the 97% range. But with older systems – and with hot water during the summer – energy efficiency drops dramatically, sometimes wasting 1/3rd to 2/3s of the energy that we’re paying for.

Heat pumps create heat with dramatically better efficiencies.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home – without the pain of emptying your savings account.

Virtually everyone has a least one type of heat pump — our refrigerator and freezer. Heat pumps use compression and expansion to move heat from one location (inside the box) to the outside via heat dispersion coils.

An air conditioner is another type of heat pump that moves the heat from inside our buildings to the outside air. An Air Source Heat Pump is an Air Conditioner that reverses that process during the winter to move heat from the outside air into our buildings. Cold Climate Heat Pumps can now concentrate heat even when the air temperature is as low as minus 15 F.

The energy efficiency of an Air Source Heat Pump is 200-300%. Since we start with the temperature of the air, for every unit of electricity we put into the system, we get 2 to 3 units of heating and cooling out.

A Ground Source — or Geothermal — Heat Pump does the same thing. But, instead of starting with the ambient air temperature, a Geothermal Heat Pump sends a fluid into pipes underground where the earth’s constant temperature of ~55 F in the northeast US is transferred and returned to our utility rooms.

The same type of Heat Pump compression and expansion then bumps the temperature up to provide hot water year round and heat during the winter - or starts with the 55 degree temperatures to cool our homes during the summer.

Geothermal Heat Pumps provide efficiencies of 400 to 500%. For every unit of electricity put into a ground source heat pump, we get 4 to 5 units of heating and cooling out.

Geothermal systems tap into the largest heat storage system in the world - right under our feet. For billions of years, the earth has been absorbing the sun’s energy. The planet’s constant temperature just a few feet underground can meet all our heating, cooling, and hot water needs — with a minimum amount of energy to move that heat in or out of our buildings.

There are actually 2 types of Geothermal. In the western United States and Hawaii, Geothermal electric power plants use steam from hot water reservoirs a few miles below the earth's surface. That steam rotates turbines in generators that produce electricity. While California & Nevada are the biggest generators of geothermal electricity in the country, the Big Island of Hawaii gets actually 25% of their electricity from geothermal electricity power plants.

But everywhere else in the US, Geothermal refers to Ground Source Heat Pumps - the most efficient technology for heating, cooling, and creating hot water.

Geothermal –vcan provide savings up to 70% less than traditional fossil fuel technologies.

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral – one of the best know icons in New York City - has Geothermal. The geothermal wells reach 2000’ down into the Manhattan bedrock. The system was the LEAST cost option for this historic building- AND it is saving them over 30% a year in energy costs.

In the next the Power of Earth with Comfort podcast, you’ll hear how your local utility provides cash incentives for your transition to clean heat.

In another episode, you’ll also hear from a homeowner about why they decided to move to geothermal, and how they now have a clean, healthy, comfortable, sustainable, and economic geothermal heating and cooling system in their home.

In “The Power Of Earth with Comfort” From ClimateMaster a free webclass, you’ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
Why homeowners everywhere are making the switch.
The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

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Quantum Quote: “To do good. You actually have to do something.” - Yvon Chouinard

“About four years ago, I went through a long process of convincing my client that they just needed to sell ExxonMobil because it was not a good investment anymore.”, as shared by Chris Parker.

Do you want to know if his client listened?

How does climate change affect your business, what's at stake? Protecting the planet required business and social transformation, as well as an energy revolution.

Drawing on 24 years in global markets & finance, business & nonprofit development, conservation, and sustainability, Chris Parker partners with purpose-driven organizations to create solutions on critical challenges.

Chris uses learned insights from the private and NGO sectors to benefit the scope of client impact. By marrying passion and pragmatism, client partnerships expand the reach and power of a mission.

Originally Chris got into clean energy for his personal passion for environmental and climate change. But it became clear that it was really a business opportunity that the energy world and the business world was eventually going to go through - a transformation from fossil fuel to renewable clean energy.

Sign up for a free webclass to discover how easy it is to get ultra-efficient geothermal heating and cooling installed in your home - without the pain of emptying your savings account.

In “The Power Of Earth With Comfort” From ClimateMaster webclass, you'll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)

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SuperNova #1. “Practice empathy. Everyone that you're trying to do business with, everyone that you're trying to help change policy with, everyone that you're trying to help make a new business decision, everyone's fighting a battle that you knew nothing about... take a step back from your position.

Through an empathetic lens, look about where their needs are in the whole business, and energy equation and try and come at it from that angle, as opposed to what you're trying to achieve.”

SuperNova #2. “A message I keep trying to put out is to look at these companies as future partners if we really want to accomplish what we need to accomplish with a global system transformation. Everyone's got to benefit. Everyone's got to play a part. Everyone's got to help solve their own personal solutions.”

SuperNova #3. “Businesses are saving money and gaining financial predictability by sourcing clean energy, as opposed to relying on fossil fuels. As they move their operations out of climate-damaging fossil fuel, businesses are taking away their long term liability to the world at the same time. So it's reducing risk, reducing costs, increasing predictability. And if done right, increasing your market, share as a business, and also increasing both shareholder and employee happiness, which has its own return.”

Worst Clean Energy Moment: Career changing moment - working as an energy trader in New York City when SuperStorm Sandy hit.

Best Advice he’s ever received: Take a little more time.

Personal Success: I have become a huge proponent of the morning routine. Take 20 minutes to breathe, center yourself, and envision your goals for the day

Internet Resources: Looking at non-US news services and sites

Book Recommendation: Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

Magic Wand: Change one thing for everybody in the world: Let them go for a year and live in another culture.

WTF or F: WTF. Caught out in a boulder field with a hail storm during an Alpine climb.

Parting Advice: Just take an Action.

Connect:

Website: https://www.kingfisherparker.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-parker-23226726/
Twitte: https://twitter.com/nycwildlife

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Quantum Quote: “You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.” - Dave Belote

Clean energy isn’t just good for our environment; it’s good for our economy - and it’s essential to our national security.

Climate change and dependence on fossil fuels are creating additional instability around the world - and threatening US military bases everywhere.

If you want to know how supporting renewable energy also secures national defense, this episode is for you.

Dave Belote is a retired Air Force colonel and, since 2017, the managing partner of DARE Strategies LLC, an energy and defense consulting firm that advises renewable energy developers on Federal and state-level siting policy and legislative strategy.

He has served as an installation commander, Pentagon senior executive, and energy developer, and was the founding executive director of the Department of Defense Siting Clearinghouse.

Dave has earned two Bronze Stars, two Legion of Merit awards, and White House recognition as a Champion of Change: Veteran Advancing Clean Energy and Climate Security. He is also a five-time Jeopardy! champion.

In this episode, Dave shares his efforts to deliver clean, renewable power to federal customers and promote renewable energy solutions on military bases, public lands, and the outer continental shelf. Through DARE Strategies LLC, he continues to work at the intersection of his twin passions: Defense and Renewable Energy.

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SuperNova #1. “My unique little niche is help utility scale wind and solar developers deal with the Pentagon and figure out how close you can put wind turbines to a radar, how many wind turbines you can put close to a military training area for flight training, how close you can put solar panels to a runway or a control tower.”

SuperNova #2. “I had no thought during my 25 years in uniform that I'm going to get into renewable energy. But once I was there, I was thrilled at trying to leave the place a little better than I found it, trying to help the planet get towards a clean energy future.”

SuperNova #3. “I am incredibly proud that as a consultant, I had a lot of involvement with what is I think, still the Army's largest and perhaps the Department of Defense's only hybrid project: 15 megawatts of solar on-base at Fort Hood, and 50 megawatts of off-base wind in Floyd County, about 50 miles away.”

SuperNova #4. “The biggest thing that's happening right now is wind turbines are getting taller - and both wind and solar prices are coming down - because the technology is getting better.”

Worst Clean Energy Moment: The day when a political appointee and a three star Admiral overturned years of work for an offshore wind project for California.

Ah-Ha: “The biggest challenge, especially in my niche of trying to make sure that the military and the renewable energy industry coexist peacefully, is to explain and translate to people on both sides the languages and experiences that they don't really get.”

Best Advice he’s ever received: “Love your people. If you want to accomplish anything, invest yourself wholly in the team that you are part of, or have a chance to lead. And then get out of the way and watch good things happen.”

Personal Success: “Curiosity. And trying to always ask the underlying question and recognizing the mental biases that make us leap to lots of conclusions.”

Internet Resources: DOD Siting Clearinghouse

Book Recommendation: Once An Eagle by Anton Myrer

Magic Wand: Batteries or storage.

One thing that Energizes today: An incoming administration that is going to prioritize climate and renewable energy sources.

WTF or F: Fudge: Getting caught in a squall while sailing in Florida.

Parting Advice: Don’t get into ridiculous arguments, follow the market and let the investment flow to where it’s obviously going.

Connect:

Email: dave@darestrategies.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-belote-23ba257/

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Happy New Year & Welcome to the 2nd season of the AWESome EarthKind Energy Podcast!

Our goal is to empower & energize YOU to take the next step in your personal clean energy journey for your home, workplace and community.

Almost every day, extreme weather events demonstrate the incredible power of the 4 elements – the Air , Water , Earth , and Sun . Our entire civilization is now at the tipping point. To divert the catastrophic consequences, we MUST make the transition to clean energy.

The GOOD News is that the AWESome Forces of Nature offer us a thousand times more energy than we need.

The BETTER News is that human ingenuity and innovation are harnessing these 4 Elements. We can now use this AWESome EarthKind Energy for all our electricity, heating, cooling, and transportation.

And the BEST News is… we can save money doing it!

2021 is promising to be the year that changes everything.

YOU, me, and the 7 Billion people on the planet are the 5th Element. Woman and Mankind - all “EarthKind – are beginning to take the personal, professional and political actions that can stop and reverse the catastrophic impacts of climate disruption – and create a brighter, healthier, more just and prosperous civilization for our children.

AWESome EarthKind is a community of people who want to learn how to move to clean energy and save money when they make the transition.

I’m Ron Kamen - your host & clean energy guide. For more than 3 decades, I’ve helped businesses, governments, non-profits and communities take their next step in clean energy transformations that reduce carbon footprints and save money. AWESome EarthKind is here to empower and energize YOU - so that you can take your next step.

In the last episode of 2020, we reviewed our first season’s topics:

Awareness, Hope, & Opportunity of clean energy technologies
Health Impacts and how clean energy technologies can reduce the risk of asthma & other respiratory illnesses
Efficiency & The Big 3 of Clean Energy: Renewable Electricity, Clean Heating & Electric Vehicles
The Business Voice & New Business Models that have created 3.4 Million American jobs – 3x more than those in the fossil fuel industry
Environmental Justice and how clean energy “empowers the people that most need the work with the ability to do the work that most needs doing”
Clean Energy Investments that provide superior returns while protecting & promoting your values
Starting your own Ecopreneur Business

You can help us create an even better program for year 2. Please go to AWESomeEarthKind.com and let us know what you’re most interested in learning.

Based on your feedback to date, Season 2 will focus on:

The Basics of how to access clean energy technologies and save money
Small Actions that make a big difference
Specific steps we can each take to reduce energy costs with solar electricity, clean heating, and electric cars
Deep dives into utility and government incentives
How to evaluate your unique situation, build a vision of where you’d like to be, and create a strategy that will reduce your energy costs, improve your family’s health, and create a proud legacy for your grandchildren
How to generate additional income – or build your own clean energy business – without having to learn complex technologies - in the $13 TRILLION clean energy economy.

On our website, AWESomeEarthKind.com, you’ll discover a community of fellow AWESome EarthKind people who will answer your questions about clean energy - and help you figure out how to have an impact and save money in your personal transition.

AWESome EarthKind Energy releases new podcast episodes every Monday with interviews of fascinating EarthKind people doing AWESome things with clean energy. We introduce you to individuals who are “walking the talk” and share SuperNova ideas that aim to entertain, enlighten, and inspire you.

You’ll hear what other homes, workplaces, and communities are doing to evolve to clean energy technologies, the challenges they faced, and the solutions they created.

On the podcast, we’ll explain how LED lightbulbs are so much more efficient that regular incandescent lights because LEDs provide the same visible light - without wasting 90% of the energy creating heat.

We’ll let you know that, wherever you live or work, you can have some type of renewable electricity. Even if you can’t put solar on your roof, there are other options on your property; additional ways to gain the benefits of solar in your community; and even options to purchase clean electricity from your utility or energy service company.

We’ll enlighten you with the knowledge that your refrigerator is one type of heat pump that we all have - and how you other types of heat pumps can you save money when you shift to clean heating & cooling in your home, school, and workplace.

We’ll be examining air source heat pumps, which are simply air conditioners that both cool AND heat.

We’ll be doing deep dives into the most efficient forms of heating and cooling – ground source, or geothermal heat pumps. You’ll hear how St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City installed a zero-emission, quiet, and comfortable geothermal system that was less expensive in upfront capital costs – and reduced their energy expenses by 30%

And how geothermal systems under new homes, multi-family and office buildings are providing all the heating, cooling, and hot water for buildings as tall as 25 stories.

Lastly, we’ll be energizing you with the ability to transition to your choice of over 50 Electric Vehicles that are Faster, Cheaper & more Reliable than gas cars, trucks & SUVs.

We launched this podcast on Aug 6, 2020 – the 75th anniversary of humanity’s destructive use of nuclear power.

Today, Covid-19 has given everyone on Earth a massive wakeup call that reminds us that life is short, and fragile. Our lives, and the lives of all we love and everyone we know, now depend on our making the transition to clean energy.

Together, we are all now an AWESome Force of Nature.

Thank you for joining with fellow AWESome EarthKind Energy people who are taking their next step to create a clean, safe, just, prosperous & sustainable future for our children & all future generations.

Please go to our website, AwesomeEarthKind.com. Send us a message with your questions, comments and ideas. Take a survey telling us what you’d most like to hear, and gain the opportunity to win a high-efficiency LED Light Fixture.

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You are AWESome, and we’re looking forward to meeting you.

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The Energy “Big 3”

Electricity, Heat & Transportation are responsible for ~90% of the Greenhouse Gas emissions that are fueling more frequent & intense extreme weather events and threatening the lives of everyone we know & love.

AWESome = A.W.E.S. (Air, Water, Earth, Sun)+ M.E. (you and me)

All women & mankind. All EarthKind.

This year-end summary highlights:

Awareness, Hope, & Opportunity

Earth Day Everywhere to Proving the Possible Denis Hayes Earth Day Network
Creating Environmental Awareness & Change via Mass Media Jason Evans of Xploration Awesome
Solar: Slow-No to the Speed of Light Scott Sklar The Stella Group
Clean Energy: The Greatest Opportunity of the 21st Century Steve Melink Melink Corporation
3.4 Million Clean Energy Jobs Bob Keefe, E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs
Saving $5 Trillion with the “Value of Solar” Karl Rabago Rabago Energy
Healthy Clean Cities Rich Kassel Capalino an Urban Strategy Firm

Health

Our Children’s Health & Nature Stephen Cowan, MD
Fighting Covid-19 with UV Lighting and Ionized Air Bernie Erickson, FSG & Jeff Barat D&B Engineering
Priceless: Healthy Buildings Rick Alfandre, Architect
Clean Cooking Creates a Healthier Home & World Jessica Azulay AGREE NY
Co2 & Odor Absorbing Paint for Your Home, Workspace & the Environment – with Adam Huss of Smog Armor

Efficiency & The Big 3 of Clean Energy: (Solar Electricity, Clean Heating & Electric Vehicles)

The Least Expensive Energy #1: LED Lighting Bernie Erickson Facilities Solutions Group (FSG)
Cattle Cowboy to Wind Entrepreneur to UL Microgrids Andy Kruse HOMER Energy
Solar That’s Not “Too Good to Be True” Anthony Mongeluzo PCS IT
Solar and Battery Storage Powering a Puerto Rican Home/Office EO Fire Founder John Lee Dumas
Solar Pitfalls: What Homeowners & Real Estate Agents Need to Know Christina Mathieson the Solar Lady of Real Estate & Leap EDU
Media Leader & Electric Car Groundbreaker Rob Greenlee Libsyn
Solar Car Ports & Electric Car Chargers Sass Peress iSun Energy
Heating & Cooling with the Energy Under Our Feet Jack DiEnna, Geo-nii
Geothermal Heating & Cooling – and Solar in Suburban Westchester, NY Sung Pak, My Body Mechanics
Frugal Family Transforms 200-Year Old Home With Efficiency, Solar, Geothermal & a Used Electric Car – with Hydrogeologist Russell Urban-Mead
Family’s New Home Balances Pocketbook & Environment Laurie & Roger Husted
Solar, Geothermal, Electric Cars & Resilient Fine Wines Suzanne Hunt Hunt Country Vineyards

Business Voice & New Business Models

Building the Business Climate Voice Bill Weihl Climate Voice
Game-Changing the Roofing Industry with Sustainable, Eco-Friendly Green Roof Coatings Tatsuya ‘Tats’ Nakagawa
High Impact Clean Energy Community Action Jeffrey Domanski Community Choice Aggregation
Stopping Natural Gas Leaks & Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions NOW using Community Geothermal Systems Audrey Schulman & Zeyneb Magavi, HeetMa

Environmental Justice

Transportation Nexus: Environment, Economy, & Equity Renae Reynolds Electrify NY
Clean Energy Jobs, Justice & Community Development Soulful Synergy Founders Dwayne Norris

Clean Energy Investments

Invest with Your Values & Maximize your Impact Geri Eisenman Pell Pell Financial Advisors

Starting your own Ecopreneur Business

Using the Power of Business to Restore Global Harmony — with Ecopreneurs & Conscious Consumers Grant Kendzior and Cary Jack

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Quantum Quote: “If we want to change the world and implement clean energy everywhere, we have to make it capitalistic friendly. You make money, make a difference, and focus on that triple bottom line — the people, the planet, and the profits.”

Are you a purpose-driven leader who wants to make a positive impact on the environment?

Do you want to achieve your breakthrough, make an appeal to the growing number of conscious consumers, and create a sustainable company?

If you are looking for the opportunity to create sustainable businesses and enterprises using frameworks, tools, and the resources of mentorship, this episode is for you.

Grant Kendzior is a businessman, impact investor, philanthropist, avid outdoorsman, and all-around grateful guy. Grant has led projects around the world using innovation and sustainability, balanced with empathy and strategy, to solve ecological problems through entrepreneurship. Grant thrives when he can be a bridge between worlds, working hand-in-hand with folks in rural indigenous villages or speaking to audiences of all sizes and backgrounds - from students in schools and universities to speaking at the United Nations in both Switzerland and NYC.

Cary Jack is a lifestyle entrepreneur, author, podcast host, professional actor/model, biohacker, and eco-warrior striving to make a positive impact on this planet.

In this episode, Grant and Cary share how they are striving to create more harmony in the world and use business as a force for good. They talk about what they do with their three companies, fighting the plastic pollution epidemic and their consulting projects with major corporations helping position companies as the ECO-LEADERS in their industry.

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SuperNova #1. “This pandemic has shown everyone how interconnected we all are, and how we really need to work together in every regard, especially to fight for our existence and overcome climate change. Clean energy is a great way to start moving in that direction.”

SuperNova #2. “Private interest and corporate greed - this is why things aren't changing, why you see big oil, big tobacco and factory farming still reigning supreme, It all comes down to money and private interest.”

SuperNova #3. “What's working is people voting with their dollars. Conscious consumers taking the power that they possess in their pocket, and putting it into companies that are doing good in the world.”

Worst Clean Energy Moment – "We were hustling but not happy. We were grinding six months straight working 100 plus hour weeks to launch a tech startup, which was a very solid idea. We had interest from IBM, Microsoft and a bunch of other venture capitalists. We were soliciting a seven figure funding deal, got all the way to the money, and actually earned the contract for the seven figure funding deal. But we were just so burnt out, and we weren't happy. So we walked away. That was actually a catalyst and a turning point in both of our lives."

Ah-Ha: The Happy Hustle was born when we realized that we wanted to work with passion, purpose and positive impact while being happy within the hustle - so we created a whole proprietary framework around how to do so.

Best Advice ever received: You're limitless. Everything in moderation.

Internet Resources: The Happy Hustle, www.greatday.com

Book Recommendation: Manifesto for a Moral Revolution by Jacqueline Novogratz, The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

Magic Wand – Empathy and accountability.

One thing that Energizes today – This podcast and seeing people taking a stand and putting out good content. Pachamama - the Earth Mother

WTF or F – Fudge: Hurricanes, wildfires Fun: Skiing in Nevada

Parting Advice – “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it” (Robert Swan). We all need to be action oriented and do something to make a difference.

Balance equals happiness. Find balance both in your personal life and your professional life and you will just flourish with fulfillment.

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Podcast: The Happy Hustle
Website1: https://ecopreneurevolution.com
Website2: https://www.sustainablebreakthroughs.com/
Instagram1:https://www.instagram.com/cary__jack/
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Quantum Quote: “Do or Do Not. There Is No Try.” - Yoda

Are you concerned about the air quality in your home, workplace and environment?

When you paint your home or workplace - do you have to wear a mask, then leave and air out the rooms?

What if you are able to use a safe, natural paint product that not only has no toxic fumes - but also eliminates up to 95.1% of indoor air pollution and absorbs Carbon Dioxide - in just ONE HOUR!

Imagine “Smog Armor” - a remarkable paint that can bring the power of nature to your space so that painting your home reduces as much CO2 as 12 trees.

Adam Huss joined the Smog Armor team in early 2020 as the VP of Innovation and spearheads the creation and implementation of sales and marketing strategies as well as contributes to new innovation ideas for future eco-sustainable products.

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Adam went to school in Miami, he worked in the Consumer Electronics sector for 17 years for fortune 100, 500 and 1000 companies developing marketing and product management programs.

In this episode, Adam shares their social mission to protect and improve personal and public spaces with environmentally friendly carbon tech solutions that lead the way towards eco sustainability through technology. He also shares how he got involved with sustainable paints and how they were able to develop a way that their paint is not harmful to the person using it.

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SuperNova #1. “We are known primarily for sustainable paint. But, we are not a paint company. We are a carbon tech company striving to innovate and lead the way towards eco sustainability through carbon reduction technology”.

SuperNova #2. “We ended up taking a naturally made mineral, something that, unlike fossil fuels, is never going to run out.”

SuperNova #3. “The best thing you have to offer is yourself. Don’t come off as being too pitchy.”

SuperNova #4. “Don't always be on the hunt for what you are looking for. Turn the tables and see what the capabilities are of working together with somebody else.”

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Ah-Ha: “Knowing how I want to be treated and seeing how I should be treating other people.”

Best Advice he’s ever received: “Be yourself. And if somebody doesn't like you for being yourself, screw them.”

Personal Success: “Remember, there are certain things in the world and in your life in particular that you can control. There's a ton of stuff, that no matter what you do, no matter your action, no matter what you say. It's going to happen. Practice conscientious thinking. Be aware that you can't control everything in the world. Take that deep breath, and relax.”

Internet Resources: Networking Opportunities in Linkedin, Lunch Club, the Happy Networking Project (https://happyneighborhoodproject.com/network)

Magic Wand: Eliminate sickness and disease. Selfish answer: I want to see success.

WTF or F: WTF. Hurricane Andrew.

One thing that Energizes today – “33 patents of our products that we’re already developing.”

Parting Advice – “It's never too late to learn something, it's never too late to dive headfirst into something new.”

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Connect:

Email:Adam@SmogArmor.com
Website: https://www.smogarmor.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smogarmor/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smogarmor/
Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/smog-armor/

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Quantum Quote: “Escape competition through authenticity.” - Tats Nakagawa

Are you tired of your roof always needing replacement and thinking of ways to prolong its life?

If you have an old or damaged flat roof, chances are you’re exploring all your options to address the problem.

While a roof replacement is a great long-term solution, it’s also an expensive one.

An eco-friendy roof coating can add years to the lifespan of your roof while costing much less than a roof replacement.

If you are looking for an eco-friendly roof coating and repair solution that can help you save money on roofing expenses, lower your energy costs, and reduce your carbon footprint - this episode is for you.

Tatsuya “Tats” Nakagawa is the Co-Founder and COO of Castagra, a manufacturer of sustainable roof coatings. Castagra’s Ecodur roof coating is used by world-class companies such as General Mills, Tyson Foods, Sysco, the NFL, MLB, and McDonalds. Ecodur was also voted top “Greenvention” by the reality show Dragons’ Den.

In this episode, Tats shares how he got started in manufacturing sustainable coatings and the benefits of using this plant based material to prolong the stability of infrastructures, particularly roofs.

SuperNova #1. “I started to really question what I was promoting. Someone came and said that they wanted to promote this plastic thing. I looked at it and wondered - does the world really need another one of these? I started to raise my awareness on what we are doing and what we want to leave as a legacy.”

SuperNova #2. “Our sustainable green roofing product allows you to just coat over top of an old roof and extend its life. That saves the client money, and it's also better for the environment.”

SuperNova #3. “I love the gold standard of striving for the economic piece to be in line - because then you can approach mass adoption. I'm loving that a lot of these sustainable technologies are getting closer and closer- and some already save you money - even without subsidies. I'm really encouraged by that.”

SuperNova #4. “For anyone that's innovating in this space, you always want to think about execution It's better to come in narrow and focused, and then later expand out to fill that need. It's tough for entrepreneurs, they think big and they want to change the world right away. But you have to think narrow and small to grow faster.”

SuperNova #5. “Inside of each and every one of us, we have this brilliance, this untapped ability to make an impact. My question is: How do we get that out of ourselves? How do we forget about our fear? When I'm at the end of the line, I don't want to regret what I did - and part of that is the impact on the Earth, what we leave behind, and what we want to achieve while we're still here.”

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Worst Clean Energy Moment – “I remember going to tie my shoelaces, and I felt a pain in my stomach. It freaked me out because it hurt. When I came back from vacation, I went to the doctor and the doctor said - the long and short of it is that your body is falling apart. I was 252 pounds. I'm 5'1. That's quite overweight.

It gave me a huge wake up call. I asked myself - what have I been doing? I can't play the ignorance card, I know better. It just woke me up. I started eating healthier, or else I'm not gonna be around for my kids.”

Ah-Ha: “I try to hold myself accountable. And I try to hang around people that will openly call me out if I start going in the wrong direction.”

Best Advice he’s ever received: “Just be yourself and execute.”

Personal Success: “I have a good way of just working into routines and working out of routines. So I'm good with change.”

Internet Resources: Text Expander

Super Connector: The All-In Podcast with Nate Peo: https://www.natepeo.com/

Book Recommendation: Big Leap by Gay Hendricks

Magic Wand – For people to get over their number one fear.

One thing that Energizes today – “The silver lining of covid is that our ability to connect with different people with great ideas has gotten better. We get to meet and develop relationships with amazing people from all over the world in a much more efficient and effective way.”

WTF or F – Fun: Sailing. The incredible power of the wind & water.

Parting Advice – “Each one of us has an amazing ability to make an impact on the world. There are tons of great tools to help you do that. Don't be too proud to ask for help. Don't compare yourself to people further along and get discouraged. Everyone has some struggle they're going through. Nobody is perfect. The key is just to focus on the next step.”

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tats_talks/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatsuya
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TatsuyaNakagawa
Podcast Website: https://tatstalks.com/

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Quantum Quote: "We had identified methane as a greenhouse gas on steroids, with 84 times the impact of carbon dioxide in the first 20 years. If you cut methane, you get a bigger impact faster. It's a huge lever in a positive sense."

Did you know that some natural gas pipes were installed when Lincoln was President? And that there are thousands of utility-reported gas leaks in many old gas pipes around the country?

Energy efficiency is great for lowering emissions, and should always be our first choice. But building emissions are still high. The culprit? Natural gas used for heating our buildings, hot water, and cooking.

How do we transition off natural gas while maintaining reliable and affordable heat - and keeping local jobs?

Audrey Schulman & Zeyneb Magavi are the Co- executive Directors of the Home Energy Efficiency Team Massachusetts (Heet MA) organization. They first started in 2008 when a handful of local people were terrified by climate change. They organized work parties on weekends to cut emissions and energy bills by making their homes more energy-efficient, and eventually created HEET.

They are now on a mission to create the biggest energy shift: Providing thermal energy to homes & buildings with community geothermal boreholes that are connected by a shared loop - using the rights-of-way of the natural gas utilities.

In this episode, Audrey and Zeyneb talk about the danger of gas leaks in our communities. How we are still using old gas pipes that were installed 100-200 years ago. They also talk about community geothermal heating and cooling systems that replace leaking gas pipes in a more natural way that is not only safer for everyone - but helpful to the environment as well.

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SuperNova #1: [on Gas stove poisoning the air in your house] "Burning gas produces carbon monoxide. People don't necessarily turn on their hoods, and their hoods may not be connected outside. Most houses are often air sealed, particularly in the winter. If you have a gas stove, the chances of childhood asthma increases by 40%. Whenever you turn on your gas stove, always make sure you have proper ventilation, either with the stove hood or fans & open windows.”

SuperNova #2: [How our generation is still using the old natural gas pipe system.] "Some of the natural gas pipes were put in the ground in Lincoln's presidency. They are still there and still working, which is actually kind of incredible. However, like other problems with old infrastructure, the gas pipes are leaking and can cause catastrophic explosions.”

SuperNova #3: [Using induction cooktops for a more convenient, healthy lifestyle.] "Induction cooktops are faster, more precise, more efficient, cleaner and healthier. The induction only heats up your pan. There's no external heat. So you don't have to worry about a young or older person getting burned. There are no emissions, so you don't have to worry about the carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides. The air quality in your home is better."

SuperNova #: “We saw we had a process already in place. We were going into our communities, ripping up the streets, taking out the old gas pipe and spending money on putting new gas lines in. So we said, well, if we pull out that branch, What could we do instead?. We wanted it to be safer, lower cost, zero emissions, equitable, & accessible to everyone. We wanted to keep good jobs for the workers. We came up with the idea of interconnecting geothermal vertical boreholes and delivering temperature to the customer homes where a heat pump is waiting to pull off either heating or cooling for their homes.”

SuperNova #5: [The use of Geothermal Boreholes] "Basically, it's a little mini geothermal heating system. So you're just drilling holes, you're letting the earth heat this fluid, and then you pass in the fluid around to the various different homes and whoever else is in the neighborhood."

SuperNova #6: “At the time that I began, this was just feeling a little bit powerless to affect the change that was needed. I saw the scale of the change needed for my children's future - for all children’s future, for this awesome world. It's a great world. And we're not doing right by it right now. I just didn't have the capacity personally.What I had to learn was that I could do something about it if I worked with a large network of other people. And if we just opened ourselves to the risk of trying and really imagining what could be. And, I'm demanding that our imagination for that future be not just okay - but better.”

Connect:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/heet_ma
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heet_ma/
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/HEETMA
Website: https://heetma.org/
eMail: info@heetma.org

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Quantum Quote: "I am always intrigued by the resistance to change, especially with clean energy. We can get rid of coal & oil. We really can. We just need the willingness to adapt”.

Do you want to take action to protect wildlife and reduce pollution?

Do you want limits put on carbon pollution, action on climate change, and a faster transition to clean energy?

Mass media plays a big role in creating clean energy and environmental awareness. Keeping humankind entertained, while keeping us informed.

Jason Evans is the founder of the Maui-based production company, Silvershark Media, with a strong background in storytelling. Silvershark produces national campaigns, marketing videos, and webisodes. In the television realm they’ve had a hand in producing content for FOX, Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, Food Network, Golf Network, TLC, HGTV, among other networks.

Jason has been involved in the TV industry since 2000 is a 4x Emmy Nominee for the Best Daytime Travel Series. He is the producer for Xploration Awesome Planet (a Steve Rotfeld Productions featuring Philippe Cousteau, grandson of the legendary Jacques Cousteau) geared toward 13 to 19 year olds.

In this episode, Jason talks about how our way of living affects the natural habitat and the wild animals living around us, and how every decision we have has a connection to the changes that every living creature on earth is experiencing right now. He also shares how mass media helps humankind be entertained and informed about ongoing policies from the comfort of their home.

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SuperNova #1: [Our lifestyle affects wild-life] Whether it be contaminated water that is endangering populations of certain animals or whether it be development, it's all connected together.

SuperNova #2: United Technologies is working on an Otis Elevator that uses only 10% of the electricity of current elevators. It uses the hybrid idea of regenerative braking to capture the energy of the elevator going down and uses that energy to bring the elevator back up.

SuperNova #3: [Characteristic of wild-life in their natural habitat] In this case, a shark. Sharks are not mindless killers. When you do free swims, you see them in their natural habitat. Some people might have hesitation when they don’t see 20 sharks rushing right up to them. Maybe they have a different perspective of sharks in the wild. It's really a conservation approach through emotion and inspiration.

SuperNova #4: [Having a Younger Generation knowledgeable about the importance of clean energy]. The younger generation (that's now not so young anymore), is entering & maturing in the workforce, and coming with a heavy hand of ‘Hey, we don't have to always do things like they used to be done.’ That's going to be an important thing to see these young leaders really push the capabilities of what's possible [in using clean energy].

Worst Clean Energy Moment: I love seafood, and working on an Earth Science show I learned about where my food is sourced from. When you look into seafood, you can certainly find areas that are wrecking reefs, wrecking habitats, wrecking ecosystems, wrecking mangroves. I became more conscious of what I was buying at restaurants and trying to make sure - as much as I could - that everything was done sustainably because I know that everything's related whether it be storm protection, whether it be ecosystem habitat, whether it be keeping our waters in a clean state by not wrecking oyster beds and filter feeders.

Ah-Ha: Paying attention to what I was purchasing, and really taking that extra step to be informed and not just blindly taking what I wanted.

Best Advice: The best advice I ever received was not to be scared of the word, no.

Personal Success: I'm very organized. Organization to me is one of my traits that I am proud of, and I think absolutely contributes to workflow success and future success.

Internet Resources: BBC Science; Outside Online

Book Recommendation: The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Magic Wand: If I could change one thing with a magic wand, I would eliminate the fossil fuel industry and instantly convert it to something better. There's so much impact on air pollution, water contamination to our drinking waters, not to mention just burning, burning, burning all these resources. That would be one wand swipe that could knock out a lot of different problems.

WTF or F: Done a couple of really, really heavy cold-weather things above the Arctic Circle. To me, that was the most intriguing weather that I've experienced personally. Negative 40 negative 50 - barely no daylight at nine o'clock, or you get basically a sunset hue for two hours. And then it's dark again, which takes some adjustment getting used to.

One thing that Energizes Jason today: The one thing I'm most energized about today is tomorrow. I think that we have such potential and a rolling ball of momentum. Seeing the private sector take on a lot of these challenges (clean energy), and say we're not waiting around any more - that excites me.

Parting Advice: If you have the influence to help give sparks to younger generations - do so and give opportunities. I think it goes a long way. And for me that's that's one thing that I really kind of take pride in and try to focus on. Telling the stories of up and coming youth leaders that are going to be our leaders of tomorrow, and also telling the stories of people that inspire those youth leaders to get involved in the first place. So my advice is: if you can give that spark to anyone, it goes a long way.

Connect:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/silversharkjay?lang=en
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/silversharkjay/?hl=en
FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/silversharkmedia
Website: http://silversharkmedia.com/
eMail: jevans@silversharkmedia.com

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Quantum Quote: "Anybody who tells you they know what the future is going to be in 10 years is either lying to you or they're lying to themselves."

Over half of all the people in the world currently live in cities - and the number is expected to increase to two-thirds of the world by 2050.

Cities need large amounts of energy, water, food - and transportation - for millions of people every day.

How can we create sustainable, healthy, and environmentally-friendly cities?

Rich Kassel has been a leader in the environmental community for more than three decades, including 21 years as a Senior Transportation Attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council. He works with new and established companies and non-profit groups to develop low-carbon, sustainable business strategies and to facilitate the adoption of innovative building, energy, resiliency, transportation and water technologies.

He also currently co-chairs the US EPA’s technical review subcommittee on transportation and air quality issues, and serves on the boards of several environmental organizations.

In this episode, Rich talks about sustainable clean-energy driven cities where everyone can experience a healthier life and a clean, pollution-free environment.

He also talks about decarbonisation. Where passenger vehicles are all electric; heavy-duty vehicles use low or zero carbon fuels; and big companies and industries use clean energy for their electricity, heat and transportation.

SuperNova #1: [Electric Vehicle vs. Liquid Fuels]. “People should think first: what is the goal? Electrification or decarbonisation? How you answer that leads you to a different solution. For me, it's decarbonisation. The key is to not pick the technology, but to pick the outcome.”

SuperNova #2:”Electrification and decarbonisation are both useful in their own way. If you're going in for light-duty family cars, commuting cars, passenger cars, that is for electrification. It's different with a heavy duty truck or bus. As the engines get bigger and the duty cycles get harder, electrification becomes harder, and the answer starts to be much more around decarbonizing the fuel.”

SuperNova #3: “People can do a lot to help companies succeed in their decarbonisation journey. A lot of people might not want to be vegetarian, but your burger is one of the biggest carbon contributions of your daily life. Be mindful of your choices and support policies that will help us decarbonize.”

Worst Clean Energy Moment: “ had a lunchtime debate with the head policy guy for the South African oil company. We went on with 200 people in the audience, and it was great. I scored my points. I was smart. And I had a response to anything he said, and so on, so forth...

Afterwards, as he and I were walking out of the room, he said to me, ‘You know, Rich, you can't beat me. Today's Tuesday, I'm willing to bet by Monday, you're going to be back at your desk in New York and I'm going to be here, lobbying parliament against everything you just said. You can't beat me from a desk in New York.”

It was a kick in the gut. But it was an important lesson about the importance of boots on the ground and recognizing that, when you take on an issue, you have to be willing to dedicate the resources that it's going to take to really achieve your goals.”

Ah-Ha: When I realized that in order to convert the MTA fleet to a cleaner fuel, I would have to spend my whole life waging 19 different ground wars to convert 19 different depots across their system, one by one by one. Instead, we focused on fuel-neutral, technology-neutral solutions that were outcome-based. We reduced pollutants by 95%, and created a new model that is now used around the world.

Best Advice: Set your goal, stick to it and trust yourself.

Personal Success: I really like to ride a bike to figure stuff out. At least once - and usually twice a week - I get on a bike for two or three hours. I actually spend most of my time thinking about whatever vexing problem I have. By the end of the ride, I usually know what to do.

Internet Resources: World Economic Forum and Adam McKenzie

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): https://www.nrdc.org/

Book Recommendation: Anything by Haruki Murakami

Magic Wand: I got three. 1: Wave the magic wand and we have solved climate change, as it is the existential threat that we face. 2: Go back to my early days and really focus my environmental advocacy around health issues. 3: I have dinner with Bruce Springsteen one night, and we have a good long talk because his music and his words have been the soundtrack of much of my life.

WTF or F: I grew up by the beach.I used to love going out to the beach to watch the waves and watch the clouds.I have so many vivid memories of specific hurricanes and tropical storms as they came towards the south shore of Long Island or other beaches.

One thing that Energizes Rich today: Today, Monday, November 9. I'm just super energized by Joe Biden. On a deeper level, I'm really energized about the next generation.

Parting Advice: Stick to it,.Think about what we want to achieve, whether that's energy or otherwise. Keep rowing the boat in that direction and know that with each day, we get a little bit closer.

Connect:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/cleanairrich?lang=en
Website: https://www.capalino.com/team/rich-kassel/
eMail: richardkassel@gmail.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richkassel/

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Quantum Quote: "I'm an innovation architect. I like innovating. As regards to clean energy and clean mobility, I don't think you can have mobility without clean energy."

Everyone wants to improve our shared planet in a way that leaves it better for our children.

How would you like your community, workplace or home to be empowered in the energy revolution with distributed clean energy sources, increased mobility options, and improved communications - saving money, increasing resiliency, and creating positive health & environmental impacts?

If you wish to take your next step to a sustainable and healthy future for our children and families through clean mobility and carbon free air quality. - you’ll be interested in the iSun Energy & Mobility Hub.

Sass Peress is the founding president and CEO of iSUn Energy. Named by Ernst and Young as a finalist in their "Entrepreneur of the Year" award in Canada, Sass is frequently featured as an energy and electric vehicle strategy expert in the media, and regularly advises business and government leaders on the potential of renewable energy and electrification strategies.

He is a social entrepreneur motivated to elevate the discussion on how to ‘make a difference’ and do better each and every day.

Inspired by the core values of innovation, exceeding expectations, integrity, commitment and the creation of shared value for all. Sass crafts unique approaches to the marketing of solar systems worldwide by paying more attention to the "watt for" than the "watts".

In this episode, Sass takes us to a whole new level of discussing solar energy - how important and beneficial it is for you and the environment. He discusses the misperception that Electric Vehicles and Solar Energy Carports are inconvenient and expensive - and how that misunderstanding hinders your mobility.

SuperNova #1: [Aren't EV's and solar are too expensive than fossil fuels?] "What we have is an imbalance in value sets. In fossil fuels, you have to create secure shipping lanes and channels, and you expand emissions. We don't have a level playing field, because when it comes to solar energy, you don't have those issues. Nobody's ever attacked a solar farm or created a war over a solar farm. So there's an imbalance in the costs allocated to the different energy sources”

SuperNova #2: [What people should watch for when they move to clean energy?] "Nothing. Solar is the fastest-growing industry in the world today. Jobs are being lost in coal, jobs are being lost in oil - but jobs are not being lost in solar. That's for sure.”

Worst Clean Energy Moment: My worst moment was when I had to sell off a part of the company that was no longer sustainable and 30 jobs were affected.

Ah-Ha: In 1999, I sat in front of an iMac. And I looked at it and I went: “iSun”, and registered the brand before the iPod, iPad, iPhone, or everything else "i”. Then we launched the original iSun solar mobile charger with the sun brand in 2002. We went to Radio Shack and they said: “when can we have it and how many?” It was amazing.

Best Advice: Listen more than you speak.

Personal Success: Tenacity - don't quit.

Internet Resources: isunenergy.com

Book Recommendation: The Power Of Intention By Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Magic Wand: No more fossil fuels.

WTF or F: Ice storm in Montreal in 2002. It was horrendous. All the power was knocked out. And that was a moment I said, ‘If only we had solar on our home and a battery, life would have changed. No food would have been lost, we would have stayed in the home instead of moving out.’

One thing that Energizes Sass today: The adoption rate of clean energy and clean mobility is going up every day. And that energizes me.

Parting Advice: Don't quit. If you have a dream, go for it and be tenacious about it. Understand you're going to have setbacks. There is no straight line to success.

Connect:

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/isunenergy
iSun Energy Website: https://isunenergy.com/
Sass Website: http://www.sassperess.com/
eMail: sass@isunenergy.com

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Quantum Quote: “Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is something that brings in a beautiful win-win scenario. It's a program that allows towns, cities and villages to pass a local law, decide how they want to administer the program to get their power, and then go out into the marketplace with all that aggregate demand to purchase renewable electricity - and get it for less than people have been paying for dirty power.”

What if you can join together with your community to have a sustainable source of energy?

What if you can help with climate change and provide your children with a better place to live?

Do you want to use your buying power in cooperation with your community to aggregate demand and gain leverage to negotiate better electricity rates with competitive suppliers and choose greener power sources?

Jeffrey Domanski has worked for more than 25 years as a multi-disciplined environmental professional focused on sound economic development and resource conservation strategies in the built environment. He is also the executive director of a nonprofit called the Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership.

In this episode, Jeffrey talks about how Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) programs allow communities to procure power on behalf of their residents, businesses, and municipal accounts from an alternative supplier - while still receiving transmission and distribution service from their existing utility provider in a more wholesome, environment-friendly, no-hassle way - with less expense and many consumer safeguards and cost advantages.

CCAs are an attractive option for communities that want more local control over their electricity sources, more green power than is offered by the default utility, and/or lower electricity prices.

SuperNova #1: “A very common question that we get from people is, ‘Are you replacing my utility?’ A lot of people have an interesting relationship with their utility. But most people are concerned about losing reliability With a CCA, they keep the utility’s distribution and reliability - but now have a better, more environmentally responsible, and less expensive electricity supply.”

SuperNova #2: “[on CCA’s consumer protection ] It's simple. You're not locked into anything, you can opt-in and opt-out at will.

SuperNova #3: “We're [Community Choice Aggregation] a resource to the community, to make sure that they know what's happening with the programs and how it compares to what's happening in the marketplace, what's coming on the horizon, and what they should be looking for.”

SuperNova #4: Nine states – California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Virginia – have enacted Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) legislation that empowers local governments to aggregate the electricity loads of residents, businesses, and/or municipal facilities. In 2016, community choice aggregations sold 8.7 billion kilowatt-hours of green power to 3.3 million customers. A number of other states are also exploring CCAs. To learn more on the status of states' efforts to enact CCA-enabling legislation, visit: http://www.leanenergyus.org/cca-by-state/.

Worst Clean Energy Moment: “I'd say it was kind of the arc of the career. It was a bit of an extended bad moment where I'd worked for a number of years as a technical resource, a technocrat of sorts, and recognized that we were not changing the world that we worked in.”

Ah-Ha: “That sad realization about the way people think and act on environmental and energy issues was also coupled with that aha moment about how to change behavior - and that's really had an impact.”

Best Advice: “Have low expectations.”

Personal Success: “Good record keeping and project management.”

Internet Resources: Living on earth podcast resource.

Book Recommendation: Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth And Happiness By Richard H. Thaler and Cass R Sustein

Magic Wand: “I just want to just put a bubble around my kids in a very unobtrusive way, just to protect them. Because they're phenomenal people. I got two kids. And I can't wait to see the impact they have on the world.”

WTF or F: “A nominally downpouring experience of hiking the Adirondacks.”

One thing that Energizes Jeff today: ‘Being a crazed evangelist about behavioral strategies.”

Parting Advice: “Remember that we are storytelling animals. If you want somebody to be moved - tell a story. That's really essential. That is how we remember and what motivates and moves us. And so that's a really worthwhile effort.”

Connect:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sustainbehavior?lang=en
Website: https://www.hudsonvalleyenergy.org/
email: jeff@hudsonvalleyenergy.org
Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-domanski-484aa34/

Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness

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Quantum Quote: “As we rolled into the future, I saw technology starting to develop, I'm a technologist and kind of a green energy geek. I love technology around creative ways to generate electricity and make the transformation away from fossil fuels over the long term.”

How would you feel if you were one of the first adopters of the ‘cars from the future’?

Imagine being involved in the baby stages of an electric car revolution -- traveling during the time when electric driving wasn’t that popular yet...

Rob Greenlee, VP of Content and Partnerships at Libsyn.com and LibsynPro.com, is a well-known evangelist of the podcasting industry. He is working with content creators, platforms like Spotify, Google, and the big listening platforms around the world.

In this episode, Rob talks about being one of the early adopters/owners of electric cars. He shares how scifi TV shows influenced him to buy his very first electric vehicle -- a Nissan Leaf - and what inspired him to be an advocate of the clean energy electric car revolution.

SuperNova #1: “If you go very back to my childhood, I kept seeing TV shows talking about the future. Space 1999 was a good example. When I was a little kid, they had an electric vehicle in that TV series. It had a bubble shaped vehicle that - back in the 80’s - was like looking into the future.”

SuperNova #2: “I only paid $34,000 for my first LEAF. When the Model S came out, they said it was only going to be like $49,000, but when it was released, it was more like $110,000. So I'm glad I didn't put down my $5000 down payment on a Tesla. But I did proceed to buy a bunch of Tesla stocks for $26 bucks when it went public. So, I'm a proud beneficiary of Tesla stock now.”

SuperNova #3: “The early model LEAF didn't have environmental controls of the battery compartment area to keep the lithium batteries cool. That was one of the downsides of the LEAF at the time (but it’s been corrected now). What it does is create a difference in the capacity of the battery at different times of the year. In the Seattle area, where I lived, there was a lot of fluctuation in the seasons and temperature.

Worst Clean Energy Moment: When the auxiliary battery died it would cause the dashboard to flicker on and off.

Ah-Ha: The first time he drove an electric car. Fast, Quiet. Cool.

Best Advice – To be thoughtful about others. To listen to others and be a good person to other people.

Personal Success – Wanting to meet other people and help other people. Build trust and relationships with people.

Internet Resources – Wayback Machine website resource.

Book Recommendation – “How to Profit from Podcasting” by Dave Jackson

Magic Wand – Overcome the challenges we have in our culture around race relations.

One thing that Energizes Rob today – The opportunities that are out there for anyone who wants to build a brand, a reputation and build a career for whatever they have a passion for.

Parting Advice – Chase your passions. It keeps you excited in your life. These are challenging times that we live in, so living in your passions is really the best thing that we can do for our mental health. And just stay positive.

Connect:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/robgreenlee
Website: http://www.robgreenlee.com/
Podcast: https://newmediashow.com
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robgreenlee

Profit from Your Podcast: Proven Strategies to Turn Listeners into a Livelihood

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Quantum Quote: “What they found was that gas stoves release several hazardous pollutants. Homes with gas stoves had nitrogen dioxide concentrations 50 to 400%, higher than homes with electric stoves. And that can really have an impact on respiratory systems.” - Rocky Mountain Institute

Do you cook with a gas stove?

Did you know that recent studies have shown that gas stoves emit pollutants that can increase your child’s risk for asthma?

And that gas stoves can make the air quality in your home so bad that - if it was outdoor air - it would be illegal?

By switching an induction stove - you can prevent the respiratory impacts caused by the release of nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide when using gas stoves.

And - you can take one more step to transitioning to a renewable energy future - with a cleaner - and more controllable - method of cooking.

With the magnetic technology’s efficiency, power and precision, induction cooking may be the ‘iPad’ of the kitchen that could forever change everyday cooking tasks.

Jessica Azulay is Executive Director of Alliance for a Green Economy, which works to advance a just transition to a 100% renewable energy system in all sectors. Jessica is a policy analyst, researcher, and activist, who fights to eliminate dirty energy in all forms. She is also an avid cook who used to love her gas stove - but discovered that her induction stove is more controllable, cleaner - and healthier.

In this episode, Jessica shares her knowledge of thermal energy, her experience in cooking with gas stoves, and why she made the switch to induction cooking.

SuperNova #1. “This statistic that they found, which kind of floored me when I read it, was that this really impacts children and increases their risk of asthma. The study found that homes with a gas stove increase the risk of childhood asthma by 42%.”

SuperNova #2. “We need to educate people about the health impacts of gas stoves, and also the climate impacts and the path to renewable energy by electrifying everything. Some people, they'll start out small, because maybe they can't afford a full range or they can't afford to replace their stove right now.”

SuperNova #3. “The work that we do to change the energy system is really just another way to make a fairer, and more just country and world because our energy system has so many implications for people's lives. It's all about whether people have access to their basic necessities like heating, electricity, the ability to cook and refrigerate your food, get to your job, and get to your family.”

Worst Clean Energy Moment – None. Had cooking disasters - but those were “operator errors”, and not the fault of the induction stove.

Ah-Ha: Turning on the stove for the first time and seeing how fast it boiled water, and how much control there was on the temperature.

Best Advice she’s ever received: Saying yes to doing hard things makes all hard things easier.

Personal Success: Go outside into nature.

Internet Resources: Energy Information Administration - state energy statistics.

Book Recommendation: The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben

One thing that Energizes today – Intervening with the utility rate cases and going toe to toe with the utility companies and the regulators, putting in expert testimony and having an impact.

WTF or F - Fun: Taking a natural shower in the rain.

Parting Advice – Get involved somehow, do what you can. All of us pulling together can make an impact.

Important Link: https://rmi.org/press-release/health-air-quality-impacts-of-cooking-with-gas/

Connect: Email: jessica@AGREENewYork.com

Website: www.agreeNewYork.org
Twitter: @agreeNewYork
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AGREENewYork

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Quantum Quote: “What is stopping YOU from taking your next step in moving to clean energy?”

Are you concerned about climate change and the extreme weather events that are more intense frequent?

Do you want to do something – but aren’t sure what to do, think that it won’t make a difference and that it will cost too much?

Ron Kamen is the CEO of EarthKind Energy Consulting and the host of The AWESome EarthKind Podcast. Ron’s life mission is to empower everyday people to make clean energy transitions to reduce their carbon footprint– and save them money. For more than three decades, Ron has energized communities, governments, non-profits, and businesses to take their next step and increase energy efficiency, use renewable energy, and lower electricity, heating & transportation costs. He’s now building an online community of AWESome EarthKind people ready to “Go Clean and $ave Green.”

Supernova 1: Burning fossil fuels for our electricity, heat, and transportation is now the cause of ~90% of the greenhouse gases that are fueling extreme weather events around the globe – threatening our loved ones, all those we know, everyone currently alive - and all future generations.

Supernova 2: The AWESome EarthKind Energy system promotes solar at the main power source for the vast majority of our energy needs. The Sun provides us with a thousand times more energy than we need, and solar electricity has now become the CHEAPEST source of power on the planet. In the Clean Energy Demonstration, Ron will show you the 4 different ways you can get solar on your home, and the pros and cons of Owning, Taking a Loan, having a Lease, or signing up for power purchase agreements that immediately save you money with no-cash-down. Supernova 3: We start with Energy Efficiency, because “the cheapest energy is that which we don’t use”. The simplest example is the lightbulb. In the incandescent lightbulbs that we grew up, only 10% of the energy creates visible light, while 90% of the energy creates HEAT. In a Light Emitting Diode – or LED Lightbulb – most of the energy creates visible light. That’s why we can replace a 100-watt incandescent bulb with a 23 watt LED lamp – and still have the same amount of light. Supernova 4: Most of us have been impacted by the more frequent and intense hurricanes, tornados, microbursts, floods, droughts, and fires. On the video episode section of the AWESome EarthKind website, you can listen to a few stories of some of the Weather Time Fudge experiences of our guests – and Ron’s family’s experience with a tornado in upstate New York.

Important Links:

https://awesomeearthkind.com/demonstration/

Contact:

Ron@AWESomeEarthKind.com

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Quantum Quote: “The Green of The Dollar is just as important as the Green of the Earth for Solar Homeowners. As an industry, it’s time we empower them with the info they need beyond the solar installation.” - Christina Mathieson

Does solar add value to your property?

Solar on your home can be one of the best investments that a person can make. But representing clients in transactions for homes that generate their own power with solar panels requires a special kind of expertise. As more homeowners seek to get control of their energy costs and reduce the use of fossil fuels with sustainable energy sources, more solar-powered homes are coming onto the real estate market.

The rapid growth and the lack of education and real knowledge on how solar and solar project financing actually work can create a great deal of misunderstanding. Cristina found her passion and purpose when she realized that real estate professionals needed to be educated to the many positives - as well as some of the unique details - that need to be addressed when you buy or sell a home that has solar.

Christina Mathieson is an Educator, a Coach,a Residential Solar Expert, a GREEN Realtor and a vocal Clean Energy Advocate striving to help those who’ve gone solar overcome obstacles when selling their homes. She is known in the real estate world as “The Solar Lady of Real Estate”.

She is proud to be a part of the team of educators at Leap EDU and to continue to develop the Green EDU programs for real estate professionals as well as community education programs as part of a newly-launched partnership with Hofstra university.

Christina’s “Becoming A Solar Specialist” program is the first of its kind to educate on residential solar power and energy efficiency and how these upgrades affect a real estate transaction.

In this episode, Christina deep dives into how solar can add value to your property, the kind of tax breaks you can get from your solar property, and the process you need to have in place in case you want to sell your house with solar. She also shares her mission to make sure that before she leaves this earth, those people who should be applauded for going solar reap those rewards and are not penalized for having done so because real estate professionals .

Listen and be energized about The Solar Lady’s advocacy and why she is very passionate about solar.

Supernova 1: “When you're going solar, the biggest piece of it is to determine whether or not you can use those tax credits. ALWAYS consult you tax advisor. Then decide on how to finance the solar in the way that makes the most sense for you.”

Supernova 2: “When you go solar, do your homework, ask for references. Many solar companies have done the door to door. And they're able to reach out to many people and help them go solar by bringing awareness. Even though that person comes to your door, check out the company just like you would with any other home improvement contractor.”

Supernova 3: “In terms of thinking of selling the house [with solar], you want a real estate agent that really gets it and that can really explain to you, you want them to guide you through the process and not for you to have to guide them.”

Supernova 4: “Whether you purchase the solar system for cash, included the purchase in your mortgage or home equity loan, leased it or have a Power Purchase Agreement - ALWAYS keep all your documents”

Supernova 5: “Read your solar agreement. It may request that you let that solar company or that finance company know 60 days before you intend to transfer that system over to somebody else. Sometimes that second generation home buyer has to be approved by the solar company. Those documents and understanding what you signed are really the key to a successful, simple transaction”

Book Recommendation: “Think and Grow Rich” by Napolean Hill

Important Links:

https://www.leapedu.com/become-a-solar-specialist/
https://therealdeal.com/tristate/issues_articles/bae-of-light/

Contact:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinamathieson/
https://www.facebook.com/ChristinaMathiesonSolarLady
https://www.solarinrealestate.com/blog
https://christina.kw.com/

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Quantum Quote: “When my friend came in and proposed a solar solution, number one, I trusted him fully. But sometimes when someone tells you something that seems too good to be true, it seems like it is. But when I checked with my bank and my CPA, they said he told me the 100% truth. Over two years has passed since we turned the solar on - and it's all true. It's unbelievable.” - Anthony Mongeluzo

Have you looked into going solar but have been scared because it “sounds too good to be true”? Do you have naysayers telling you that you “need to watch yourself” because “you're going to get ripped off”? Have you been told that “these solar companies are fly-by-nights” and “nothing is that good”?

Anthony Mongeluzo is the president of PCS, a 150+ person, national Information Technology services and support company based in New Jersey that helps businesses, nonprofits, and government entities with their technology needs. PCS offers true monthly fixed fee support, project based work, help desk, outsourced CIO, and general consulting for any technology need. Aside from general IT solutions, they also help with risk assessment, education on cyber security, and IT budgeting.

In this episode, Anthony shares how he moved to clean energy when he bought his office building and a trusted friend told him that he should go solar. He shares the due diligence he did with this accountant and bank, and how he now “can’t say enough good things about solar”.

Supernova 1: “I went to solar one, because we're environmentally friendly. If you look at the amount of trees that we’re saving, carbon offsets, things of that nature - it's a tremendous impact for the environment. But financially, there's a tremendous impact as well.”

Supernova 2: “The system we subscribe to takes those Solar Renewable Energy Credits, or SRECs, and sells them. On average, we're getting $10,000 a month. In August, it might be 14 to 15 thousand dollars, and December it might be 6 - but averaging out, we’re looking at 10 grand a month in money that comes wired right to my bank account.”

Supernova 3: “When people drive past our building, we're one of the few buildings in Morristown, New Jersey that has solar. So it also creates a little purple cow. Everyone stops when they see that purple cow, because you don't see that too often. It gives a little extra attention to our business.Without saying anything, we're showing that we're environmentally friendly, and that we're innovative. There are some intangibles that you don't think about when you're doing the project.”

Supernova 4: “Make sure you have your professionals lined up. You need to have the right banker. A lot of banks will not mortgage solar. If you're going to buy a building and you're planning on doing solar down the line, make sure the bank holding the mortgage will help you.

Supernova 5: “Know your town. Your municipality can create a lot of bureaucratic hurdles and delay your project by months”.

Book Recommendation: “Think & Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill

Advice: “Never give up” and “hustle”

Contact: . Anthony Mongeluzo at Anthony@helpmepcs.com, connect with him on Twitter @PCS_AnthonyM, or visit www.helpmepcs.com.

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Quantum Quote: “Never put a period where the universe may have placed a comma” - George & Gracie Allen

Are your investments managing your money effectively AND also helping the environment with clean energy?

Do you want to have confidence that you are not going to outlive your money?

Did you know that Exxon, the largest fossil fuel company and the most valuable company on the planet in 2014 - has lost 2/3s of its value (from $500B to under $150B), and was kicked off the Dow Jones Industrial Average in August? And that today clean energy businesses are now more valuable - and employ 3 times more Americans - than fossil fuel companies?

Geri Eisenman Pell is the CEO of Pell Wealth Partners, a financial planning and wealth management company that helps people come to peace with money and their finances and gain peace of mind. She lives in Stamford, Connecticut, and her business is located in Rye Brook, Manhattan, and Orange County, New York.

Geri shares how you can “Do good with your heart, do good with your brain, and do good with your pocketbook.” She discusses the types of clean energy investments that achieve financial goals, and how shareholder advocacy is a tremendously powerful way for you to help create change.

SuperNova #1. “I wanted to make sure that we were looking forward to the future and not backwards. When I got into the business, responsible investing was about not investing in apartheid, guns, tobacco and alcohol. Now, it's about what the right thing to do is - and how to achieve financial goals while driving a positive impact”

SuperNova #2. “There is such a change in the sentiments and the interest in clean energy. The market has grown from just a few billion dollars of interest to over $15 trillion of investments.”

SuperNova #3. “All behavior is truth. Demonstrate what you believe in”.

SuperNova #4. “When you invest in clean energy and sustainability, you first scan the stocks and make sure that they meet all of your financial screens.”

SuperNova #5. “I love stories about the power of shareholder proxy and what the shareholders want. The companies are responsible to their shareholders, to their employees, and to their products. So... to everybody.”

Worst Clean Energy Moment – Holding on to things emotionally when it's against your values and when it is dissonant with your portfolio has been a disaster for people.

Ah-Ha: Having more power as a shareholder to change something big

Best Advice she’s ever received: When you get to a wall, don't stop, figure out a way to get over it, go around it. Or if you have to - go through it. Just keep going.

Personal Success: Meditation is the key to remaining level, being a good leader, and being able to focus. Have a clear mind, a Buddha mind.

Internet Resource: Yoga works website.

Book Recommendation: Socially Responsible Investing - Making a Difference and Making Money, by Amy Domini. Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value, and Build Competitive Advantage, by Daniel C. Esty.

Magic Wand – Water security. The sheer number of people in the world that do not have access to clean water, the parasites that live in the water. and the amount of death that it causes is just horrible. And it's so easily solvable. There are lots of companies doing fantastic and creative things to get clean water to places, especially places like in Sub Saharan Africa.

One thing that Energizes today – This show. A blue wave will mean great things for sustainability. And for the future of the planet. But no matter who wins the election - humanity will innovate and we will come out ok.

WTF or F: Fun - Ziplining!

Parting Advice – Have a chat with a financial advisor who can help answer the question: “Will I run out of life before I run out of money?” Find and talk to one. Consultations are usually free and it is the most releasing, freeing peace of mind that you can do - a gift to yourself.

Connect: Web: Pell Wealth Partners. Phone: 914-269-6732. / geripell.com

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Quantum Quote: “It's great to get people from point A to point B, but we should also look at ways to avoid harm in doing so,” said Renae Reynolds, “We need to move around. And so we engage in modes of transportation that, depending on how they are fueled, lead to impacts on our health and environment.”

Renae Reynolds is the Transportation Planner for the NYC Environmental Justice Alliance and the statewide coordinator for Energize New York. Her work focuses on advocacy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector by electrifying New York’s transit buses, municipal fleets, and medium and heavy-duty vehicles.

In this episode, Renae shares the importance of understanding how transportation intersects with equity and public health in communities of color & low income. She discusses advocacy efforts to evolve public transit buses to clean energy across the state, while creating good jobs and transitioning workers who currently manufacture diesel buses into building cleaner electric buses.

The advocacy started with pilot projects, first getting the MTA (the New York City Transit Authority, the nation's largest transit agency) to commit to transitioning its entire fleet to zero-emissions, all-electric public buses by 2040. A congestion pricing plan will now reduce traffic, improve air quality and provide a dedicated funding stream to improve the public transportation system, and neighborhood-based grassroots campaigns are making transportation improvements that equitably serve all New Yorkers.

Supernova 1: “ElectrifyNY is a statewide coalition of advocates from environmental justice, environmental advocacy, transit, advocacy, and labor who came together to advance vehicular electrification. We focus on public transit electrification as a way to tackle the public health and the climate impacts that the transportation sector has in its emission of greenhouse gases.”

Supernova 2: “A lot of things are challenging our communities. Greenhouse gas emissions are predominantly coming from the on-road traffic of diesel buses, trucks, and all kinds of vehicular traffic that traverse our neighborhoods. That means we have an extreme level of exposure to different pollutants, including fine particulate matter that has negative health impacts on our community. “

Supernova 3: “Predominant users of public transit are folks from low income communities and communities of color. We represent 75% of the ridership on the MTA fleet. “

Supernova 4: “We needed to engage with a large authority, the MTA, to secure that commitment. We did that through rallying and through cooperative meetings with the Authority. Similar activities will advance other fleet transitions.”

Important Links: www.electrifyny.org , www.nyc-eja.org

Connect with Renae Reynolds: https://www.facebook.com/NYCEJA/

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Quantum Quote: “In nature, nothing exists alone.”– by Rachel Carson as quoted by Laurie Husted

Do you know what it takes to build a sustainable and energy-efficient house from scratch?

Have you ever wondered the things you need to put into place and consider in order to build a house that supports a ‘clean energy lifestyle’ --- a lifestyle with freedom and safety, that’s better for your kids and their kids, self-sustaining, energy-efficient, with less pollution, as well as cost-effective?

Laurie and Roger Husted are a power couple who support sustainability. Laurie and Roger met at Cornell, arriving from each coast (Queens / LA) and spent 5 years in the middle, doing graduate work in Pittsburgh, PA. They built a home in the Hudson Valley where Laurie works in sustainability at Bard College and Roger is an ophthalmologist. Daughter Tessa is a rising senior at Red Hook High School and Ethan is back in the ‘Burgh at Carnegie Mellon.

In this episode, Laurie and Roger Husted share their journey to sustainability and what it took for them to build their 3-bedroom, 2300-sq.ft sustainable home in the forest by the lake - solar-powered, with air-source heat pumps, and connected to the Red Hook’s clean energy grid - with electric cars zeroing out their carbon footprint.

Hear the Husteds share their commitment to support a clean energy future - and get energized.

Sign up for the AWESome EarthKind™ Clean Energy Master Class to discover 3 simple actions you can take to start saving money and make the world a better place – without having to learn complex technology

Supernova 1: “Clean energy is freedom, safety, and a better future for our kids and their kids.”

Supernova 2: [How did you wind up choosing what to do and how to do it?] “We tried to find someone who shared our values and spoke the same language in terms of wanting to do right by our pocketbook - and the planet. Investing in relationships not only builds a better house - it builds a better life”.

Supernova 3: “It's hard to know what your baseline is when we build from scratch. We did what we did because it was the right thing to do, and it was a good investment in the long run. This house is something that's going to be here for 100 years, or maybe longer. And the lifetime costs of this house being here is more than what we spent upfront.”

Supernova 4: Even with a good architect and builder, it’s important to double-check everything, because everyone is human and we all make mistakes.

Connect with Laurie Husted: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-husted-a05a3922/

Connect with Roger Husted: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roger-husted-a090305a/

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Quantum Quote: “America! God shed His grace on thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood. From sea to shining sea!”- by Katharine Lee Bates quoted by Steve Melink

Do you agree that sustainability is the heartbeat of every business? As for Steve Melink, supporting Green Building is the right thing for businesses. It’s proven, practical, and profitable. And, above and beyond the energy savings, it's an enhancement to your brand, your reputation, and what your customers think of you.

Steve Melink is a national clean energy expert, founder, and CEO of Melink Corp, a global provider of energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions for commercial buildings. Steve is a believer that the core meaning of being a conservative is “preventing the wasteful overuse of our natural resources and protecting our environment from harm or destruction.”

In this episode, Steve shares his mission to change the world one building at a time by helping decision-makers implement energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions in their commercial facilities. He also shares the back story of how attending a LEED conference introduced him to countless architects, engineers, and other building professionals who were all intent about changing the unsustainable building industry; how the exposure resonated with him, and how he came to become part of this clean energy and green building movement.

Sign up for the AWESome EarthKind™ Clean Energy Demonstration to discover 3 simple actions you can take to start saving money and make the world a better place – without having to learn complex technology

Supernova 1: “I believe that everybody in the building industry is looking at new buildings. We have proven that there is the opportunity to have a net-zero energy building at a cost premium of only 9%. Even without the current lucrative incentives - it's not only a wise financial investment, but it's a smart investment in our brand, people, and customers.”

Supernova 2: “For me, it's about education and inspiration. If we allow ourselves to think purely in financial terms, that's good. But an even better way is to view Green Buildings as the right thing for businesses, above and beyond the energy savings.”

Supernova 3: “Fusion capitalism” has both positive and negative connotations. But in my way of thinking, it is the best way to move markets to adopt what we need to do in this global economy in which we live.”

Contact Steve Melink: https://melinkcorp.com/

Steve’s Book: Fusion Capitalism: A Clean Energy Vision For Conservatives

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Quantum Quotes: “The economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment.” – Gaylord Nelson

“Sustainability is living on nature’s income rather than living on its capital.”– Murray Gell-Mann

How much is it worth to not get sick?

What would you pay to not get COVID where you work or live.

Most of us spend 90% of our lives inside a building at home or work. And the COVID pandemic has made it clearer than ever that we need Clean Indoor Air.

Architect Rick Alfandre’s mission is to create healthy, sustainable buildings. For nearly 40 years, Rick has worked to create homes and workplaces where fresh, clean indoor air enhances people's health, improves the ability to think clearly, and increases productivity.

Today, Rick discusses how the productivity benefits of a healthy building can be worth 30 times the value of the energy savings and how the US military and many others have documented that a healthy building decreases sick time. And the lifetime improvements to productivity can be worth more than the cost of the entire building.

Rick and his wife built a healthy office building in the Hudson Valley of New York that not only creates more clean energy than it uses, but has an air filtration system that eliminates COVID and other pathogens makes working there safe and gains higher rents from their tenants.

Get ready to hear Rick Alfandre’s inspirational story and energize.

Supernova 1: “We need to change the paradigm from Return on Investment to what would you pay to not get COVID? What would you pay to not get sick? What would you pay to feel comfortable in your work environment or in your living environment?”

Supernova 2: “If one person uses 300 square feet and that person gets paid however much in a year, you can begin to quantify the dollars per square foot in payroll costs for that space, which turns out to be orders of magnitude higher than the energy costs - 30 times more perhaps. At that point, it comes back around to the building owner or the tenant being able to say, well, for me, the return on investment is the productivity enhancements, the health and wellbeing of my employees; or my tenants or my students.”

Supernova 3:”Doing something new isn't necessarily more expensive. Often subcontractors and contractors want to try something new if it looks like it's going to be a good thing. They want to learn from it and find a way to implement it going forward.”

Contact: https://www.alfandre.com/

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Quantum Quote: “I like being self-sufficient. I like being off the grid.”

Are you someone who aims to be living off the grid and be self-sufficient?

Do you promote a lifestyle that encourages less pollution, better health, as well as cost-effectiveness?

On today's show, we interview John Lee Dumas or JLD - the multi-millionaire founder and host of the incredibly successful podcast, Entrepreneurs on Fire. After interviews with 2600 of the world's most successful entrepreneurs, EOfire now averages more than 1 million unique downloads every month and generates a 74% profit margin on over $2 million dollars of annual revenue.

JLD lives and works out of his 5600 sq.foot home in Puerto Rico. He installed solar, batteries, and air source heat pumps to provide virtually all of his electricity and air conditioning and to carry him through the island’s extreme weather events and frequent power failures. With zero government grants and no tax incentives, JLD still realized a 12% annual return on his clean energy investment. Get ready to hear JLD’s inspirational story and energize.

Supernova 1: “I moved to clean energy for a lot of reasons. It was the right thing to do. I just didn't want to contribute to dirty energy.”

Supernova 2: “I love the fact that I'm investing my money that I'm earning as an entrepreneur into programs that are going to make Puerto Rico - not to mention the world -a better place.”

Supernova 3: [What the next clean energy step for JLD?] “One thing that we're doing next is I'm putting a 1000 gallon water receptacle right in my side yard. to catch rainwater. And so we're going to utilize all of the rainwater to water our garden and our plants. We might even pipe it in and start using it for showers and drinking, using UV light filtration and things like that.”

Visit EOFire.com to set YOUR Entrepreneurial journey ON FIRE!

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*Quantum Quote:*“Humanity is the immune system of the planet - we're the only creatures that can adapt to almost every type of environment on this planet and make it healthier.”

Dwayne Norris and Alex Alvarez are the founders of Soulful Synergy, LLC, a full service, minority-owned, socially conscious consulting company that takes a multifaceted approach to sustainability, workforce, and community development. Their goal is to empower people, organizations, and communities to thrive, by connecting them to opportunities that maximize the resources available to them.

In this episode, we build on the story of how 3.4 million Americans are currently working in clean energy jobs and look at the intersection of clean energy, environmental and economic justice, and job training with a specific focus on connecting the people who most need work with the work that most needs to be done, and fight pollution and poverty at the same time.

Supernova 1: “Clean energy is going to be one of the biggest transfers of wealth that we've ever seen. This is a great chance for communities that have been left behind to get back into things and create healthy, sustaining neighborhoods.”

Supernova 2: “I never let my schooling interfere with my education. Always keep learning, keep striving to better understand what's happening and how you can play a role.”

Supernova 3: “Clean energy can connect the people who most need work with the work that most needs to be done - and fight pollution and poverty at the same time.”

Supernova 4: “To see the change that we want to see in the world, we need to help individuals be the best versions of themselves with the training that will get them good jobs.”

Learn how activists have been leading the charge for transformational change across the country, and what you can do to get involved!: www.activateyourcommunity.eventbrite.com

Contact: https://soulfulsynergy.org/ Info@soulfulsynergy.com

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Are you a homeowner looking for ways to be environmentally friendly and at the same time save money on your heat, electricity, and transportation? Do you want to be inspired by other people’s renewable energy journey?

Listen in to this episode and get energized.

Russell Urban-Mead is a senior Hydrogeologist at the Chazen Companies who specializes in groundwater supply, remediation, and natural resource management projects for Towns, brownfield site owners, stream and shoreline sites, and urban redevelopment centers.

In this episode, Russell shares how he made his 200+-year-old Hudson Valley NY home 99% fossil fuel free by applying his scientific skills, patience, and elbow grease. Russell first applied inexpensive energy efficiency measures to reduce his family’s energy consumption. Today, Solar Photovoltaic energy supplies his family’s electricity, powers a geothermal heat pump for all their heating and cooling – and reduces the other 1/3 of their greenhouse gases with a 2-year-old electric car (that they purchased for the price of a Honda Civic.)

All at the daily electrical equivalent cost of less than $2 a day.

Quantum Quote: "I was fascinated with the idea of energy efficiency. In pompous words, I'm a fiscal conservative, I love saving energy and I like smart investments in energy. I care a lot for the environment." - Russell Urban-Mead

Supernova 1: “The most, most effective energy solution is not to need it. Efficiency and conservation are your first tools. Work your consumption down to kind of a bare minimum.”- Russell Urban-Mead

Supernova 2: “It's useful to understand what the energy conservation value is. This past summer, we've had some very hot days. The energy equivalent cost of the air conditioning to cool the house was about 75 cents a day . So geo is just unbelievably efficient.” - Russell Urban-Mead

Supernova 3: “I'm always conscious that I would like a technology to have been around long enough that when it needs servicing, there's somebody to call. I don't want to be the first one on the block. But I'm happy to be among the first 10” - Russell Urban-Mead

Contact: Russell is a volunteer coordinator for a monthly water resource speaker series for the Hudson River Watershed Alliance. Anyone interested in attending these talks can contact HRWA or email Russell at rum@chazencompanies.com

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Quantum Quote: Margaret Mead “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

“With the greatest crises come the greatest opportunities. It's hard not to see what we can’t accomplish as a state, a country, and globally to put ourselves back on a track and define what clean energy development can be.”

Today, we hear how Ethan Blumenthal, a young entrepreneur just a few years out of law school, created Good Solar as a new way to provide low-cost community solar to nonprofit organizations, as well as low and moderate-income communities in North Carolina.

Discover how North Carolina became the number two state for solar installations in the United States and how Ethan sees the current economic, environmental and social crisis as an unprecedented opportunity for the clean energy transformations we all want and so clearly need.

Sign up for the AWESome EarthKind™ Clean Energy Master Class to discover 3 simple actions you can take to start saving money and make the world a better place - without having to learn complex technology

Supernova 1: North Carolina is second only to California in the amount of installed solar. NC is also the second biggest financial hub in the US.

Supernova 2: Everyone has solar opportunities, no matter where they live, or what their utility structure is like. While many states, like New York, have deregulated electricity supply, NC and other states have “vertically-integrated” utilities who generate, transmit and distribute their electricity.

Supernova 3: Non-Profit organizations and governments can partner with for-profit companies to leverage capital, gain solar investment tax advantages – and provide solar to low and moderate income communities.

Supernova 4: Look local to find success. Find a non-profit advocacy or work organization. Provide written testimony or speak to your government leaders.

Supernova 5: Seek out and find a mentor – don’t wait for one to find you.

Supernova 6: The value of participation cannot be underestimated. There is always a way to have your voice heard. Reach out to your city council, county commission, local leaders, state legislators and governor. Let your voice be heard, whether you testify in person or submit written comments.

Supernova 7: Change always takes a tremendously long time, much longer than you expect. Then, when it happens, it's always faster than you ever thought possible.

Internet Resource: DSIRE - Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency https://www.dsireusa.org/

Book Recommendation: Lighting the World: Transforming Our Energy Future by Bringing Electricity to Everyone byJames E. Rogers, Jr. and Stephen P. Williams

Contact: Ethan@goodsolarusa.org /goodsolarusa.org

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Quantum Quote: “When we talk about people who are concerned about the environment and look at the macro scale of what's happening in the world, it can really make you a little bit crazy. The only way to really deal with that is to start within, make your own small impact, and know that you've done your part.”

Today, we explore how one family made the transition in their single-family home in a suburb just outside of New York City.

Sung Pak is an American immigrant success story. Sung is a renowned functional neural mechanic specialist, better known as a brain trainer. He trains the brain to create movement efficiency and control pain, helping people with neurological illnesses like Parkinson's improve their lives and training athletes to achieve peak performance.

Sung's resiliency philosophy extends to his family's efforts to have an impact on climate change by starting at home. Sung shares his family story about why they move to solar electricity and geothermal heating and cooling and how they saved money doing it.

Supernova 1: Even a family living on a small property in a New York City Suburb can get solar and geothermal to dramatically reduce their environmental impact and save money.

Supernova 2: Question authority. Ask around. Do your own research and due diligence. Check references. Get multiple bids & compare companies.

Supernova 3: The human brain can rewire and repair itself more than we ever imagined. People can train their brain to create movement efficiency and control pain. Those with neurological illnesses like Parkinson’s can improve their lives, and athletes can achieve achieve peak performance.

Supernova 4: Sung’s aha moment is “…the fact that yes, we made the right decision. The only way to really do it to start within. We are doing everything we can to minimize the impact. I feel like my wife and I have done it, we're still doing it, and we're setting an example for our children”

Supernova 5: When the screw doesn't loosen - tighten it, and it will come loose. If somebody doesn't want to cooperate, instead of trying to convince them, go along with them. Then they’ll loosen and soften their tone.

Supernova 6: “Polish the stone” - Always fine-tune your skills and strive to improve.

Book Recommendation: The Brain that Changes Itself, Norman Doidge, MD

Lighter Side: Any David Sedaris book

Contact: https://mybodymechanics.com/

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Quantum Quote: “We have the technologies that we need. The challenge is on the human side. We have to have the political will. That's often harder than the technological side or the financing.

Do you want to move to clean energy & save money? Would you like a fine wine that is resilient, organic, and helps fight climate change?

Regenerative agriculture with organic farming can provide our food supplies with greater resiliency against extreme weather events - and draw carbon down out of the atmosphere.

Today, solar and wind can supply low cost clean power for all our daily needs. Susanne’s 7th generation family farm produces fine wines using solar electricity, geothermal heating & cooling, and electric car chargers.

Supernova 1: The number one factor of whether someone has solar is not income nor education - it is how close you live to someone else who has solar.

Supernova 2: Home owners gained zero heating costs in rural upstate New York when local banks first started offering loans for solar projects - then provided 0% loans for geothermal heating systems if residents moved their home mortgages to the bank.

Supernova 3: Always be a good consumer. Check things out with friends & make it fun by researching it together. Get several quotes and compare. Talk to your local bank about ways to reduce your financing costs. Join an online forum and find a community to help answer your questions.

Supernova 4: Take a holistic approach and try to solve different problems at the same time. If you have an old house, insulate it first to make it more comfortable and reduce the size of the heating system. If you’re doing solar and can use more storage, build a lean-to shed or other structure for the solar - and gain the storage area underneath.

Supernova 5: Regenerative Farming with organic soil provides the opportunity to draw down carbon and improve resiliency.

Supernova 6: While the Air, Water, Earth & Sun (the Forces of Nature that AWES us) can supply clean electricity, heat & hot water and reduce carbon emissions by ~ 90% - Advanced biofuels can supply the remaining clean fuel replacements for aviation, shipping & heavy duty equipment.

Internet Resource: The Bee Report: https://thebeereport.com/

The American solar grazing association https://solargrazing.org/

Climate-Resilient Fine Wine: Uncharted Terroir: https://www.huntwines.com/Wines/Uncharted-Terroir

Book Recommendation: The Hidden Life of Trees - Peter Wohlleben Peter Wohlleben

Contact: suzanne@huntgreenllc.com

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Quantum Quote: “Though I may not be here with you. I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe” – Congressman John Lewis

Are you seeking a good new paying job doing something meaningful? Are your children thinking about “what they want to be when they grow up?

3.4 million Americans now work in clean energy in America - more than all schoolteachers, farmers, or bankers. Clean energy employs three and a half times as many people as work in fossil fuels.

Bob Keefe, Executive Director of E2, the Environmental Entrepreneurs, shares how the economy and the environment go hand-in-hand, and how the 2 fastest growing job categories in the US are in wind & solar energy.

Supernova 1: The 3.4 million clean energy jobs “...aren't green jobs, they're not blue state jobs. They're not red state jobs. They are red, white, and blue jobs that are in every state”.

Supernova 2: The entire US coal industry only employs 60,000 Americans. The pandemic has resulted in 100,000+ clean energy workers getting laid off

Supernova 3: Investing $100 Billion in US clean energy programs would create over 870,000 good paying jobs, doing energy efficiency in schools and workplaces; manufacturing & installing solar, wind & clean heating systems; and creating electric cars & charging stations

Book Recommendation: The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien

Contact: www.e2.org bkeefe@e2.org

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Quantum Quote: The only thing you don’t need in a geothermal house is a carbon monoxide detector – because there is nothing being burned!

Are you a new homeowner looking for ways to save money for your HVAC system?

Does your school have an aged heating system and you are looking for ways to save on operating and utility costs?

Geothermal may save you money, especially if you heat with oil or propane, are constructing a new home or other building, or are a school with an aged heating system.

Buildings consume 36% of the energy used in America. The Earth’s constant underground temperature can provide all our heat & air conditioning – without burning fossil fuels.

Jack DiEnna is an Ambassador for the US & International GeoThermal Heat Pump Industry.

In this episode, Jack shares how we can save money with geothermal, and how new financing models are making geothermal even more affordable for our homes, schools, and other buildings.

Supernova 1: Commercial & non-profit buildings can get geothermal systems with zero cash. Third-parties will install & own the systems- you just pay for the energy delivered over time (“energy as a service”). Homes in some areas may have a similar opportunity. Jack is working to have utilities & other 3rd parties provide this same model everywhere.

Supernova 2: Many schools, US Department of Defense (DOD) bases, and other buildings already have geothermal. We just can’t see it because all the equipment is hidden underground and inside the buildings.

Supernova 3: Moving to Geothermal for 30% of our buildings would create 5 million jobs

Book Recommendation: Powerful Stuff by Rich Wilkins

Contact: John (Jack) P DiEnna Jr. jdienna@geo-nii.org 610-659-4998 https://geo-nii.org/

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Quantum Quote: “the iPhone has 100,000 times more computing power than an entire Apollo rocket ship that went to the moon”

Karl Rabago led renewable energy research and development programs for the United States government, did advocacy work with the Environmental Defense Fund, consulting work with engineering firm CH2M Hill, policy analysis with the Rocky Mountain Institute, ran Regulatory Affairs in 28 countries for AES, and launched a greenhouse gas credit business with GE energy.

Karl is the founder of the groundbreaking “Value of Solar” concept where we move beyond paying for what solar costs. Where CONsumers become PROsumers who also generate our own energy and are paid the real higher VALUE that energy is worth.

SuperNova #1. “When we run a scenario to electrify the economy and reduce carbon emissions by 95%... we can see 5 trillion dollars in energy savings for the people in the United States by 2050… It’s a win win, win, win win win scenario - you notice everything about it and the jobs, multiply… and the savings multiply, and the rates go down.”

SuperNova #2. What stands in the way is anything we've ever done before, which is usually what stands in the way of everything we want to do.

SuperNova #3. Here it comes again. It's going to come in another way, and it'll work for you. And it'll probably be better. And you'll be telling stories to your great grandkids about how you were here when they used to just make electricity at power plants.

SuperNova #4. Think of all the ways to ask good questions. If you need something from someone, especially a bureaucrat, the best question to ask is: what would you do if you were me? It invites them to be in your space.

Worst Clean Energy Moment – Coming up with a great new idea – the “Value of Solar” – and then getting attacked for it by his friends in the solar industry because it was too different.

Ah-Ha: Deciding to call it a simple name - the value of solar - so everyone (regulators, utilities, average people) could understand it.

Best Advice he’s ever received: “Saw the wood that’s in front of you”. Focus on what you’re doing and do it as well as you can, and that will lead to great opportunities.

Personal Success: Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Try ideas out on people. Ride a bike or spend other time NOT thinking about work. Start the day with an hour of current industry news so that the patterns form in the back of your head while you work on the stuff in the front.

Internet Resources: Energy and Environment Twitter sources.

Book Recommendation: Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn. Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold.

Magic Wand – The best part of COVID without the disease. Talk to our neighbors instead of driving by each other. Be polite while standing in line, because we believe we are sharing in a common effort. Ask questions about what is important in life. Spend more time with our family. Get back to community.

One thing that Energizes today – Community Solar & Vibrant Clean Energy https://www.vibrantcleanenergy.com/. Applying big data modeling to the energy sector and finding the savings that we can have. Getting carbon-negative jet fuel from corn & good farming.

WTF or F - Looking up into the eye are the center of a hurricane in 2008

Parting Advice – Step up and step in. Everybody has something to offer in solving the problems that affect us all. Step up and listen to other people, and step into the dialogue. Because being a bystander is not an option - we all have a responsibility.

Connect: Twitter @RabagoEnergy. http://www.rabagoenergy.com/ Email: karl@rabagoenergy.com

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Quantum Quote: “The best way to predict the future - is to invent it”. - Alan Kay, former Xerox researcher.

Bill Weihl started his career in computer science on the faculty at MIT, then led climate and sustainability work at Google & Facebook. He founded Climate Voice to empower the workforce to urge companies to go “all in” on climate, both in business practices and policy advocacy. Take the Climate Voice Pledge at climatevoice.org

SuperNova #1. Google, Facebook, Apple, Ikea, Walmart, Amazon, Sales Force & other large companies already are - or soon will be - climate neutral and 100% powered by clean energy.

SuperNova #2. While it’s important for all of us - and all companies and organizations - to make the right decisions and move to clean energy - EVERYONE needs to do it. The only way to have everyone do it is with government policy, because that policy reduces the risk and drives innovation.

SuperNova #3. Policy is about influence. Businesses have a lot of influence. If businesses say they want good carbon policies - we’ll get them.

SuperNova #4. Carbon reductions of 8-9% / year are necessary, technically doable, & make economic sense. But - we need to change the rules of the system.

SuperNova #5. Companies can’t just “stay in their lanes”. Even though different policies might not directly apply to their particular situation - we need to unite around the comprehensive policy changes that are being held back from the established fossil fuel companies.

SuperNova #6. Get involved in local & state policy regarding utilities and local zoning. Over 30 communities have banned fossil fuels in new construction.

Ah-Ha: Decide on where you want to go, then figure out how to get there

Best Advice he’s ever received: Fear is normal. The right response is action, not paralysis.

Personal Success: Questioning many things - assumptions, statements of fact, received wisdom - leads to creative approaches & solutions

Internet Resources: Climate Nexus: climatenexus.org

Book Recommendation: Designing Climate Solutions by Hal Harvey

Magic Wand: Restore trust in expertise. Question assumptions & facts, but trust experts & their expertise.

One thing Energized about today: This is a complicated time. Lots of disruption, and the world is turned upside down. But the door is opening for BIG CHANGE - racial, economic, & climate justice and civil rights.

WTF or F: On the beach having fun in North Carolina in 2004. Didn’t know that there was a hurricane coming & had to evacuate.

Parting Advice: Don’t just think about where we are and what seems possible - think about where you want to go and what it will take to get there - then go do it.

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Quantum Quote:Albert Einstein: “Knowledge is limited. Imagination circles the world.”

Stephen Cowan MD is a board-certified pediatrician with over 30 years of clinical experience working with children. He has a subspecialty in Developmental Pediatrics and is a fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics serving as a member of the AAP section on Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Cowan helped children with chronic asthma get completely off medications within 4 weeks by connecting with their bodies & nature.

SUPERNOVAS

Our whole society has ADD - we’re all on the spectrum
We evolved on this planet - we are nature, too
- The “Reptilian Brain” is the “Rhythm Section” - our brain from the neck down
- Emotional Limbic (Middle, Animal) Brain are our Passions - Fight, Flight, Excite.Parasympathetic nervous system. Just survive.
- Higher Human Brain. Purpose. Hope. Connect the Past to Future through imagination. Problem solving. Inner peace, freedom, harmony, grace. Entrepreneurial Spirit.

3. Cosmic Snowman– Click to View. Everything is built from the bottom up

Teach our kids from the ground up. How to Sit. Be in their body, Be half full.
Spend more time in your body– feed the body before you feed the mind
Nature favors diversity. Society favors conformity.
Sleep is critical to memory– connects the past to the future.
Fear paralyzes & limits imagination.
Change takes place from the ground up.
Nature is “Organic Growth Mind Thinking”– like a tree’s branching vs. Fixed-Mind, Black & White thinking (which leads to “I can’t”).

11. Exercises for home: While eating, ask yourself and your family to raise their hand when they are half-full. This extends beyond self awareness and can improve a child’s imagination, long term health.

Recommended Book: “Mindset” by Carol Dweck

Web Resources:

Tournesol Kids: tournesolkids.org/
Environmentally friendly products for your house:Ewg.org
St. John’s Well Child and Family Center: wellchild.org
The Whole Child – Serving children and families through mental health, housing, parenting and nutrition services: thewholechild.org
Dr. Cowan’s personal practice: drstephencowan.com

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Andy Kruse was a cowboy living off the grid on a cattle ranch when he started building small wind turbines out of car alternators. Southwest Windpower went on to sell 175,000 of windmills around the world until they were overrun by the tidal wave of cheap solar. Now Andy runs Underwriter Laboratories’ HOMER Energy, the world leader in optimization software for microgrids that transforms energy CONsumers into PROsumers where our homes & buildings create energy, eliminate blackouts, and move us all to true energy independence.

SuperNova #1. We need to optimize energy technologies for each location and different times. Solar, Storage, Wind, Geothermal, Fuel Cells, & Grid Power.

SuperNova #2. Microgrids can lead to the end of blackouts. We are close to the day when every house will have a battery and solar generator, and where we can be producing energy for an indefinite period of time. When the grid goes down, you won’t even know it, and the house will think about what to turn off (ice defroster, wait for the laundry, etc…)

Ah-Ha: Around 2008 in the midst of the Great Recession, everyday people started to say “I want to reduce my energy bill and produce my own energy."

Best Advice he’s ever received: Always be learning. Think in a 3-dimensional way – look at every idea from different angles.

Personal Success: Write down everything.

Internet Resources: https://microgridknowledge.com/

Book Recommendation: The Wind Power Story: A Century of Innovation that Reshaped the Global Energy Landscape by Brandon N. Owens

One thing that Energizes today. Evolution of the home. End of blackouts. Energy independence like we’ve never seen before.

Magic Wand. Equal access to science-based education

Parting Advice. Never Stop Learning– The world is evolving so fast. Write everything down. Always be connecting and develop the relationship– how they benefit from you and how you gain from them. We are all in this together. We have this one planet. There is only one race– the human race.

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The Energy “Big 3” – Electricity, Heat & Transportation – are responsible for ~90% of our Greenhouse Gas emissions.

AWESome = A.W.E.S. = A (Air) W (Water) E (Earth) & S (Sun) + M.E. (you and me)

Previous Episodes:

1. Earth Day’s Denis Hayes – Organized the 1st Earth Day & the Earth Day Network that made Earth Day the largest non-religious holiday in the world.

“The impossible” has already been done – with buildings that create more energy than they use
“Never give up” - there is always hope.

2. Clean Energy Pioneer Scott Sklar. Ridiculed for 40 years, Scott has now –

Built clean energy projects on every continent– including Antarctica.
Pays $39 a month for electricity, heat & hot water in his VA suburban home– and the same amount for his 2 story VA office building.
Solar & Wind are now the cheapest sources of energy on the planet.
Renewables are now the primary source of new electric generation everywhere

3. “How to choose LED lighting” with Bernie Erickson, who installed LEDs in the $4 Billion Oculus center next to the 911 memorial in NYC.

4. Fighting Covid with UV Lighting & Ionized Air. Bernie Erickson and Jeff Barat, an energy and ventilation expert, share:

How UV lighting and Ionized Air can eliminate 99.999% of the virus in 30 minutes.
You can get the technology for your home, workplace or school.

Click HERE to let us know what YOU want to hear in future episodes. You automatically be entered to win an LED Light Fixture. Your response will determine the future episodes of AWESome EarthKind.

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SuperNova #1. UltraViolet (UVC) kills COVID-19 and other viruses and bacteria when people are not in the space. Portable units are relatively inexpensive and are being used by schools, offices and other buildings.

SuperNova #2. Needle Point BiPolar Ionization creates ion molecules that kill covid-19, other viruses, bacteria, mold & mildew in the air (and even removes animal & cigarette odors) while people are present. It goes into your Ventilation (HVAC) system and a unit for the average house costs about $1,000 installed. Many local supply houses carry the units. Ask your air conditioning maintenance company for a price to purchase & install a GPS Needlepoint BiPolar Ionization system.

SuperNova #3. Change the filters and maintain your air ventilation system. You’ll save energy and money, improve air quality – and keep your internal AC coils from freezing and breaking.

SuperNova #4. Some utilities will pay incentives to commercial installations of NeedlePoint BiPolar Ionization since you lower energy consumption and reduce outdoor air requirements.

SuperNova #5. FEMA will fund 75%- 100% of ANY type of disinfection equipment for public entities (schools, governments, etc…) – including UVC Lighting and GPS Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization units. Click here for FEMA fact sheet.

SuperNova #6. A commercial “Performance Contract” can provide new, energy efficient equipment - without a capital investment by the building owner. The energy savings pays off the equipment over time, and the savings are guaranteed.

Bernie Erickson: see Bernie’s background in the August 10th Episode: “The Least Expensive Energy #1: LED Lighting”.

Jeff Barat: In HVAC industry for 40 years & still loves his job.

Best Advice he’s ever received: Don’t take no for an answer– and don’t piss people off when you’re not accepting no.

Personal Habit that contributes to Jeff’s success: Perseverance. Win-Win-Win

Internet Resources: UVWebinars.com; DisinfectionLighting.com

One thing Energized about today – Keeping people safe with Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization.

Parting Advice – Be safe, wear a mask, social distance, and clean, clean, clean.

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The least expensive energy is that which we don’t use.

SuperNova #1 – LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are the most efficient lighting today. Choose the right color temperature for your application and aesthetics. In a bathroom or living room, you may prefer a “warm” color light. Outside or in other areas, you may prefer a white or “cool” temperature lamp.

SuperNova #2 – Look at the rated life, and choose a quality manufacturer like Phillips, Sylvania, GE, Home Depot’s “Commercial Electric”, or Feit Electric. Different lamps are for inside or outside, for an enclosed fixture or can, on dimmers on not.

SuperNova #3. Be All In, All the Time. Most people are doing things because they have to do it, or were told to do it. Would you rather deal with someone like that? Or someone who passionately believes in what they’re doing?

Quantum Quote: “If you find a job that you’re passionate about, you’ll never have to work a day in your life”.

Worst Clean Energy Moment – On a multi-billion US Hospital Ship changing out indicator lights with LEDs. The panel was not de-energized as the ship’s engineer said – and a whole deck was flooded. Lesson Learned: Believe – but verify!

“Ah HA!” moment. Idea to relight the $4 Billion World Trade Center Oculus with controllable LED lights that could save energy & get everyone united around the additional color-changing capabilities.

Internet Resource: Informational webinars – www.uvwebinars.com

Best Advice he’s ever received: Always plan ahead 5 years. Look at what the next thing is going to be.

Personal Habit that contributes to his success: Whatever you’re doing – do it for yourself with excellence. Always do the best you can, no matter what anyone is doing.

WTF or F: Weather Time Fudge (extreme weather experience) – Surviving the Anthem of the Seas in a hurricane in 2016 during the SuperBowl.

One thing that Energizes today – providing disinfectant lighting and air ionization technology to take care of people.

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Quantum Quote: "The extraction, conversion and use of energy is the single largest cause of air & water pollution, single largest consumer of clean water, single largest funnel of resources supporting terrorism, and the single largest emitter of greenhouse gases ---- time for that to stop." –Scott Sklar

1st SuperNova. With wireless Cellular & Internet, if one tower or data center fails, the rest of the system picks up the pieces and keeps everything going. The electric system is following the same path– smaller, more distributed, integrated & self-sustaining.

SuperNova #2. Technology always morphs & evolves. With music, we advanced from vinyl records to cassettes to 8 tracks to cds to dvds to mp3s. Energy is following a similar evolution.

SuperNova #3. Always get several estimates. Check referrals. Were the contractors on time and on cost. Was the customer happy? What would they change? Look for contractors in your state or regional Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) or Renewable Energy Association.

Worst Clean Energy Moment –Many. Scott was ridiculed most of his career. Example: the US Senate Chief of Staff of Appropriations & Energy Committees during the Arab Oil Embargo– “there will never be solar or wind farms."

“Ah HA!” moment. Solar was originally most cost effective in developing countries & remote areas where people don’t have good access to electricity.

Best Advice: Don’t take things personally. Be thoughtful about what the other person is looking for, and do your best to meet their concerns.

Personal Habit that contributes to success: Extreme stubbornness & perseverance. “There is nothing like a Fine 'Whine' to get what you want.”

Internet Resources: State & Regional Chapters of the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) for contractors who operate under ethic guidelines. American Solar Energy Society (ASES) for technologies. World Resources Institute (WRI).

Books: Any Amory Lovins book. Lovin’s quote: "Electricity without fire." (quote: “The Stone Age didn’t end because we ran out of rocks”). Thomas Friedman: “Hot, Flat & Crowded” & “Lexus & the Olive Trees.”

WTF or F: Arlington, VA– 5 minutes from DC. Lots of trees, but storms knock down wires. Scott installed solar & batteries– first to run his sump pump to keep his basement dry during storm outages, then for his whole house. Neighbors come to Scotts to drink his scotch & bourbon during power failures. He makes the neighbors who hate solar say why they don’t like it– and admit that it’s cool to have power when everyone else doesn’t.

What energizes Scott today: New emerging technologies. New Sensors & Apps. Material science renaissance– great for off-shore wind, tidal, wave, & ocean thermal power. Most people live next to rivers & the shoreline – they can now gain 24 hour access to clean power.

Last Advice:“Take a small step and do something. Screw in an LED lightbulb. Get a smart thermostat. Get a small solar system for your garage or garden shed, or some power to run your refrigerator, wifi, & lights so you can ride out power outages. And, you’ll save money every day. The step you take will make the world a better place for your kids. And if you do it, others will too!

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Denis Hayes dropped out of Harvard in 1970 to become the national coordinator of the first Earth Day– and expanded Earth Day to 180 nations where it is now the most-widely-observed non-religious holiday in the world.

SuperNovas:

“If it has been done, it must be possible.” While everyone said it was impossible, Denis developed the first 6 story 52,000 sq ft building to be Net Energy Positive– it creates more energy than it uses.
Most of the things we need to do are simple– become super-efficient and let the forces of nature provide our power.
We live in a SEA OF ENERGY. If it wasn’t for the sun, it would be hundreds of degrees below zero. The furnace just tops it up.
Utility scale “Solar On Demand” (Solar with batteries) is now the lowest cost power in the US.

Worst Clean Energy Moment. During the Arab Oil Embargo, Denis promoted that we do for solar electricity what Nasa & the defense department did for computer chips– buy in bulk and drive down prices. There was Good & Bad News.

“Ah HA!” moment. “Energy is the capacity to do work.” Drying clothes outside takes as much energy as in the dryer. But we don’t pay for the sun and air to dry our clothes.

Best Advice Ever. When you hit the wall with a complex problem– take a break. Go into nature, do something else. When you come back– you’ll have the answer.

Personal Success Habit. Pessimism provides no survival advantage– it only leads to giving up. There is always hope– even in the face of incredible challenges (like Churchill in England during WWII).

Internet Resources. Grist.org, The New Yorker cartoon page, & the Borowitz Report satire

WTF or F. Siberia in winter without a coat.

What Energizes Today. The Green New Deal. The Cares Act $3 Trillion was passed with only a few weeks debate to avoid economic catastrophe. If we can come together and decide that we are going to make the transition to a super efficient renewable energy powered civilization.

Last Advice. Even when everything is stacked against you–never give up.

Sponsors. Entrepreneurs on Fire. AWESomeEarthKind.com/eofire

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Welcome to the AWESome EarthKind Podcast!

Almost every day, we stand in AWE of extreme weather events that demonstrate the incredible power of the Air, Water, Earth, and Sun (AWES).

The GOOD News is that these same Forces of Nature offer us a thousand times more energy than we use.

The BETTER News is that human ingenuity and innovation have created the technologies that are harnessing these 4 Elements. We can now use this AWESome Energy for all our electricity, heating, cooling, and transportation.

And the BEST News is… we can save money doing it!

If you believe that humanity is at the tipping point – that either we make the transition to clean energy, or we will suffer the catastrophic consequences – then this podcast & the AWESome EarthKind community may be for you.

What’s stopping you from making your transition to clean energy? What’s holding you back? What is your biggest concern with moving to clean energy for your electricity, heat, and transportation in your home, workplace, and community?

YOU, me, and all humanity are now an AWESome Force of Nature. We, the 5th Element, are “EarthKind”.

AWESome EarthKind is a community of people who want to move to clean energy – but don’t quite know-how. And, to be truly sustainable - we need to save money doing it.

Join us every Monday for thought-providing conversations with Climate Activists, Clean Energy Entrepreneurs, and average families who are figuring out how to make the clean energy transition.

Find out more at www.AWESomeEarthKind.com.

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