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solar: Great Lakes Green 2008 - ECO August Challenge - 08/21/08 11:30 PM
Great Lakes Green 2008 promises to help me meet Stephanie's challenge for August.
Stephanie announced the ECO August Challenge is to
"figure out how green fits in to the Localism Picture!"
Oh boy did I find it in Michigan this weekend!
Fortunately for all of us, 'green' is not a fad, 'green' is not going away anytime soon.
This could be witnessed this evening when I attended the VIP reception for Great Lakes Green 2008 being held at the DeVos Place in Grand Rapids Michigan.

 
 
One of my dealers, FCB Solar invited me to assist in his … (6 comments)

solar: Energy Efficient Log Homes! "How did foam grow in that log?" - 07/25/08 07:30 PM
Are you like me?
Do you love the many opportunities for new products and ideas being brought forth by the green building industry?
It seems daily I come across people and products that keep this industry fast paced and filled with growth and opportunity. I love the challenge of being able to combine several products into a great package for the consumer.
If you haven't noticed....I love what I do. Combining the health aspects of a home with energy efficiency and green building and providing a money saving package for the consumer is the coolest job in the whole world! In my … (19 comments)

solar: Remember the Day...Green building is not NEW...Just Improved!!! - 02/17/08 04:56 PM

This drawing was a GREAT FIND !! A few years ago, my aunt and uncle retired from farming. When they moved my aunt gave me a framed drawing that had hung in my Grandma's farmhouse for years. It was drawn by my great uncle Monsignor Maurice Walsh. The art was framed in a beautiful antique frame. I was honored to be the recipient from among 30+ cousins.
The drawing was very hard to see. I wasn't certain if it was faded from so many years or if the glass was dirty so I took it apart to find out. What a … (32 comments)

solar: My Pink Christmas Wish List - December Challenge - 12/11/07 11:43 AM
This time of year I think about Francis Pharcellus Church, editor of the New York Sun who responded to a letter from Virginia O’Hanlon. Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus has become one of the most reprinted editorials in history.
 
With that in mind, Santa, I have a Christmas Wish List for my new home….
        There are so many things I would like to include but directives on the Dena Stevens - Brad Pitt Pink Challenge dictate 5 features…
The home can be compared to the human body made up of Systems. Each system has several components … (24 comments)

solar: Congress REMOVING Support For Renewable Energy - URGENT Call To Action - 11/14/07 06:48 AM
The 2007 Congressional Energy Bill is being is being pushed to be passed before Thanksgiving Break.
LAST MINUTE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THIS BILL REMOVING SUPPORT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY 
According to a story in RenewableEnergyAccess.com  BY Stephen Lacy, Staff Writer 
titled US Energy Bill - Early Christmas Present or Lump of Coal?
"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi decided to remove a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and all tax provisions benefiting renewables so that they could pass an energy bill through Congress before Thanksgiving break on Friday, November 16." 
WHAT????
This eliminates TAX CREDITS for solar and NOT passing … (61 comments)

solar: Transformation In Michigan - Spotlight...the little LumberYard that Could! - 11/02/07 07:05 PM
Transformation....
    from Wikipedia....
Transformation (root transform) may refer to: Transformation is also referred to as a turn.
Have you ever been a part of or truly seen a transformation? 
Transforming is
        ....altering
               ....changing
                        mutating...
So many companies  these days, are Transforming.
Their transformations are not always for the good of their employees...
Electrolux, in Michigan, transformed to a company of P & L...rather than investing in their Michigan employees, they moved operations to Mexico...leaving the town of Greenville, Michigan also transformed....
THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT!!!!
I would like to discuss … (18 comments)

solar: Twilight or Dawn? The day that was or the day to come...you decide..... - 10/28/07 09:06 PM
Sometimes you just have to repost...to re-read...to remember...
   to get back in the groove....
I don't know if the words were as pretty as the pictures, but here are some exceptionally beautiful moments I captured in Michigan...a couple of moons ago....
 
Please...enjoy and rejoy!
 
As I stand on the balcony I see the faint light of something off in the distance.
    It is barely visible to my eye, yet it exists and it is there... It HAS to be! My camera caught it!

 
An early twilight moon barely transparent in the sky. It tells us … (38 comments)

 
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