Such an honor to sit down with Drew Simon on the Crypto Altruists podcast to discuss our work on Solar Saving Circles in Tanzania. Be sure to follow @cryptoaltruists.bsky.social for more valuable episodes & resources around the intersection of Web3 for good ☀️⬇️

"This is the OpEX trap: every gas boiler, every fuel import is a recurring invoice payable to geopolitical instability. Renewables & renovation are CapEx—you pay once, the exposure disappears."☀️⬇️ Read more in @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest & always super-relevant substack:

I love multifaceted solutions. Check out this remediated golf course that has been transformed into a beautiful local park which absorbs water while providing numerous benefits for the local community and ecology.💚

Finally a way to circumvent Citizens United, thank you, Montana! Every state needs to look at doing this as soon as possible (including my own, beautiful WA State: @alexramel.bsky.social)

Don't miss this informative substack from @billmckibben.bsky.social on the exciting pace of battery innovation providing much-needed hope for "liberating ourselves from that old energy storage medium, the barrel of oil, before more people die in the ugly wars being fought over its ownership."☀️ ⬇️

Super excited to dive into this incredible resource, especially interested in the part about how Library of Things contribute to community resilience: 🌱

Looking forward to this discussion on Wednesday, Mar 18th, on our Solar Saving Circles project, empowering women's savings circles with solar power + productive appliances for energy independence, financial sovereignty & community resilience ☀️

"Instead of a New Deal, we have a Great Society for white-collar crime, a New Frontier of executive lawbreaking, a No Rich Crook Left Behind..." ⬇️ Yes, so proud that we have the best democracy that fossil fuel & tech billionaires can buy. 🔥🙃

Really looking forward to this Bread Cooperative webinar this week: 💚🌱

Besides the fact that they are super fun and safe to drive, healthier for people & the planet than polluting gas cars, and have insanely low maintenance costs, here is more good news about EVs: 💚

Scientists warn that Earth is warming faster than at any time in the past millions of years. 47% say they have personally experienced its effects, underscoring how climate change is increasingly being felt. (Sources: Inside Climate News & YPCCC)

"Right now...we need to create. We need the plays & the songs & the murals & the prophetic words that help us imagine a place better than this one. We need beauty & melody & drama & dissonance." 🎶🔥 open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...

The latest from Bill McKibben: How the GOP became the party of lies + actions to take: 1. Keep telling the truth (& record it); 2. Support independent media; 3. Remind yourself that the truth has intrinsic value ⬇️🔥 ➡️Truth: ICE is killing good people; the past 3 yrs ARE the hottest on record...

We're hiring a development director! Come help us take our nonprofit, clean energy-covering newsroom to the next level by building on our strong base of foundation and donor support. www.canarymedia.com/careers

A vision: "The suite of policy and technology shifts I like to call “solarpunk urbanism,” a mix of public transport and electric vehicles and green spaces and urban wetlands and walkability…it just works. It’s a civilizational best-practice." 🌱 ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/sammatey...

"Imperfect people doing imperfect work." 💚

Love this focus on Community Resiliency Hubs which is what we are doing with The Solar Foundation in Africa, and I'd like to do this in my own community as well ☀️💚🌱 dailyyonder.com/weathering-t...

It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰

Totally agree: "I think renewables & EVs are the power of peace, & fossil fuels are the power of war, & we need to choose peace. Not just in the way we conduct our politics, but in the way we conduct our energy systems." ☀️ ⬇️ www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ven... 💚: @outrageoptimism.bsky.social

"a rare positive vision for the nation’s energy future: The companies that stand to make boatloads of $ on data centers could fund grid upgrades that benefit everyone, as opposed to the general public subsidizing those upgrades to pad the profits of AI ventures" www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Important Reminder: "A solar panel is a valuable tool, a valuable symbol & a peace sign for our age. Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict & tyranny." - @billmckibben.bsky.social ☀️

Join TODAY! ☀️👈 Greenlight Action’s Solar Power Hour at 5pm to learn more about how solar works, what reliable and affordable solar energy means for our region, and what a new county solar ordinance could mean for local jobs, tax revenue, and energy independence. ✨️https://bit.ly/4qCJtBK

Even today's White House would have a hard time fighting a war over sunshine: "A solar panel is the new peace symbol...Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict and tyranny." - @billmckibben.bsky.social

#tzeporahberman #climateaction #apocaloptimism

The climate crisis affects everyone in increasingly tangible ways: "Drought in the UK led to poor grass growth, hitting butter and beef production, while extreme heat and rain in west Africa pushed up cocoa prices and droughts in Brazil and Vietnam led to a surge in coffee prices." 🌱⬇️

Amazing @outrageoptimism.bsky.social with the author of one of my all-time favorite climate books: Ministry for the Future. KSR mentions "balcony solar going up everywhere" as a solution to help avoid the worst effects of wet bulb events: www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/kim...

"BlackRock has scaled back “climate engagement in ways that put our investments at risk needlessly...Climate risk is financial risk. You can see it all around you in increased number of flash floods and wildfires.” 💚⬇️

Lots of valuable resources on the new Shareable website including Social Cooperatives, Mutual Aid resources and (my personal favorite) emergency battery networks! ☀️

@permitpower.bsky.social's new report, "As Cheap as Our Peers," shows how cutting red tape could make home solar and batteries affordable for millions of Americans. permitpower.org/resources/as...

"We, the people, are the superintelligence. Let us design AI to serve at the speed of society, and make democracy fast, fair, and fun." Highly recommend Audrey Tang & Caroline Green's 6-Pack of Care AI Manifesto: 6pack.care/manifesto/

@brightsaver.bsky.social is "advocating for legislation to make plug-in solar more feasible, and selling systems to early adopters – to help people in the U.S., like those in Europe, enjoy this simple, low-cost form of clean energy." ☀️ yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/the-...

Thank you, @billmckibben.bsky.social for speaking out: "Any conversation about Bill Gates and climate should begin by acknowledging that he’s been wrong about it over and over again." open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

And now for some good climate news: "Last year alone, the world installed 553 GW of solar power—roughly as much as 100 million US homes use—which is 1,500% more than the IEA had projected: ☀️⬇️ www.fastcompany.com/91430305/ren...

Another inspiring rescue by Skydog, saving and caring for our beloved wild ones: 💗

Parts of Jamaica may see more than 30 inches of rain from Hurricane Melissa This is the mark of an overheated earth, and the damage it causes will be terrifying. Please be prepared to help those providing aid

Super inspiring work from Vote Solar ⬇️ Solar power = people power ☀️

Yes! And plug-in balcony solar can also help with increasing access to solar for ALL ☀️ for lower energy bills and the ability to generate renewable power from the sun.

SWB (solar, wind & battery storage) is for everyone, everywhere, and it's exciting to see that Bright Saver is on a world-changing mission to make it easy to become a "solar guerrilla" with affordable, simple to install & flexible plug-in solar. ☀️ ⬇️ #solar

Don't miss this informative Sept. 27th episode of the Clean Energy Today podcast with Cora Stryker of Bright Saver & Ben Edgerly Walsh from @vpirg.bsky.social entitled: "Plug-in Solar is for 'Everyone, Everywhere,' Says Nonprofit..." #solarenergy #pluginsolar #balconysolar

New record battery output of 47.2 GWh on the California ISO grid on Sun 10/5/25. 9.2% of all demand was met by batteries. Now 191 days of 2025 with > 100% WWS for part of day. Gas is down 18% v '24, 37% v '23 Solar up 15% v '24, 45% v '23 Demand down 1.7% v' 24, 1% v '23 despite more AI

Solar power is growing across the world including in Nigeria where 1/4 people are disconnected from the power grid. "For Nigerians, the cost savings from ditching diesel mean that a solar panel pays for itself within 6 months, according to energy think tank @ember_energy." ☀️⬇️

We invite you to join Kevin Chou, Bright Saver cofounder & ED, for this enlightening session on Friday, Oct. 17th, in NYC at the innovative DERVOS event. You can learn more about the agenda here: www.dertaskforce.com/p/announcing...

@grist.org Balcony solar is available in Utah as of May 2025 & we are working to bring it to all Americans! Let us know if you'd like to learn more.☀️ @greenjimll.bsky.social it may be coming to the UK as well: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

We are at a crossroads: Will we power forward with cheap, clean SWB (solar, wind & batteries), or will we allow fossil fuel greed to keep families paying more while the planet burns? ⬇️ newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/sun-day-so...

Do you live in the San Francisco Bay area in CA? Are you looking to increase your rooftop solar system's clean energy generation? ☀️ We invite you to learn more about our Backyard Solar 2.0 pilot which includes a Net Metering Expansion product, prices from $1,499. See our website for info.

Join Bright Saver co-founder, Cora Stryker, for this amazing @third-act-michigan.bsky.social event for the @sundayofaction.bsky.social ☀️ Cora will be joining virtually for an inspiring plug-in solar webinar. Get ready to join the plug-in solar revolution! Learn more: Brightsaver.org

❤️❤️ this from one of my favorite writers: "My home is an island of people committed to kindness, inside a country devoted to violence. No amount of hatred will make us hateful. But that feels lonely right now. Reaching out a hand here to every other household feeling the same."- Barbara Kingsolver

I believe in the transformative potential of decentralized (distributed) clean energy, especially from plug-in solar + batteries—affordable, portable, plug-&-play solar systems owned by individual households to generate & store their own free energy from the sun. Learn more: brightsaver.org

Join us in taking this Sun Day Joint Action to call on our local elected officials to implement policies that remove barriers to clean energy access, including plug-in, balcony solar, for all residents and businesses☀️https://actionnetwork.org/forms/build-clean-energy-now?source=direct_link&

It's not a clean energy transition, it's a complete energy transformation: ☀️ "We're completely transforming human lifestyles on a global basis—how we live, the energy that powers us & what we do with that energy." - Assaad W. Razzouk, #94, The Angry Clean Energy Guy podcast