Dreams for Our Grandchildren
This article is republished with the permission of Desmond Berghober of grandparentsforthefuture (Editor ~ RMontpellier). Introduction I write from a heart filled with love for my grandchildren. With every word I see their eager young faces at play, asleep, or cheerfully engaged in every aspect of their life adventure. I don’t need to introduce them to you, [...]
Energy: Conservation, Efficiency and the Zero Point
In installment 8 of this series on Energy, Desmond Berghofer, the creator of GrandparentsfortheFuture (GftF), dons his Man of La Mancha hat and speculates on one or two things that may be even a better (more practical, more achievable) solution than Renewable Energy. One: GftF cites several sources which argue that between 50 and 90 [...]
Environmental Challenge Day 6: Waste & YERDLE
Cross-posted from climatemama (Harriet Shugarman). Editor ~ R Montpellier. On Earth Day, we launched our first Earth Day Challenge, a full week of “daily” challenges, that gets us thinking about things we use, buy and eat – where it all comes from – and why we need to be mindful about many of the things we in [...]
Renewable Energy – does it have a Chance?
The US currently gets about 4% from renewable sources (and less than half of that is solar and wind); by way of contrast, Germany is on track to have 35% of its energy from renewable sources within the decade. Other countries such as Denmark have also made great strides. What’s going on? Desmond Berghofer of [...]
