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A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Electric Mashups (+ Quiz!)Utilities across the state have been told to lower emissions and use more renewable power sources. How are they doing? It’s surprisingly fun to look at the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 7, 2019Last comment by doniya, on May 16, 2019 at 12:00 am | 13 comments | 18555 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The Other Greenhouse GasOne of the things that I think has given global warming a bad name (besides, well, the fact that it’s global warming), is that it can seem like everything...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 17, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 21, 2019 at 6:41 am | 8 comments | 18483 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Vehicles turning right pose a danger to cyclists and pedestriansLast week I biked to Ace Hardware, just over a mile from my home, and when I came back I thought “Whoa, that was not fun.” There are some big four-way...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 20, 2022Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Mar 30, 2022 at 7:38 pm | 33 comments | 18464 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Smart meters: The easy part and the hard partThere’s an easier part and a harder part to a smart meter rollout. The easier part is installing the new meters and radios and associated software. I say this...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 26, 2021Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Oct 10, 2021 at 3:13 pm | 22 comments | 18367 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Skeptics, Dupes, and ParanoidsI am a natural-born skeptic. I like to question things and play devil’s advocate, so much so that for a while some friends called me “Sherry Contrary”....
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 1, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 9, 2019 at 9:41 am | 33 comments | 18346 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Flying: How to lower your impactI expect a lot of you felt like this after reading the previous blog post...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 23, 2020Last comment by Sociology Is Not A Science, on Feb 27, 2020 at 2:41 pm | 19 comments | 18250 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Is there a polite way to say "Too much plastic"?I probably should have held my tongue. It was a nice event, organized and executed by volunteers. But I was already aggravated because the outdoor lunch was being...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 20, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 26, 2020 at 8:57 pm | 31 comments | 18191 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Doug Forcett's lesson? It's hard to be good these daysMost of us don’t wake up and think: “I’ll go to work today and overheat the planet!” or “Let’s enjoy some snacks while de-homing...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 1, 2020Last comment by MD Mom, on Mar 8, 2020 at 1:15 am | 3 comments | 18083 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Hey! Leggo My Beef!And now a word from our guest blogger, Sam. Thoughts? If you don’t mind, I’d like to have a real conversation here. Because if by ==I “A...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Mar. 3, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Mar 9, 2019 at 6:57 pm | 24 comments | 18038 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
What is your climate personality?People react to climate change in different ways. How do people in our area think about it? Do we accept it? Fight it? Fight against the fight against it? Are we...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 11, 2019Last comment by Game Over, on Aug 18, 2019 at 1:22 pm | 35 comments | 18025 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Two degrees can do all that?It’s hard to believe that if the temperature goes up by only two degrees, our world will change so much. When I walk outside, I can barely tell the temperature...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 21, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jul 29, 2019 at 6:59 pm | 26 comments | 17886 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How a 1960s apartment complex is going greenSunshine Gardens Apartments in Mountain View is a modest two-story 44-unit complex, with ten 1960s-vintage buildings circling a small pool. Tenants at this complex...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 7, 2021Last comment by A, on Feb 8, 2021 at 11:54 am | 4 comments | 17839 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Reader QuestionsI love the great comments and questions you contribute each week, so I thought for a change I’d answer a few of your questions in a blog post proper instead...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 4, 2019Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Aug 13, 2019 at 7:55 pm | 17 comments | 17811 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
If you do nothing else, do These Three ThingsThe bad news: The Earth is sick, and getting sicker. The good news: We know how to make it better, and we can all help! Earth Day is this Monday (April 22), so...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 21, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Apr 29, 2019 at 10:27 am | 51 comments | 17706 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
The Loch Ness Monster and Climate AdaptationI believed in the Loch Ness monster for an inordinately long time. I remember learning about it as a kid and thinking it was the coolest thing that there was still...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 30, 2020Last comment by Staying Young Through Kids, on Sep 7, 2020 at 5:08 pm | 16 comments | 17644 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Bold coyotes at Windy HillIn late summer last year I was walking my dog across the top of Windy Hill when I ran into a guy going the other way with his own dog. He stopped me and said they...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on May. 17, 2021Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on May 23, 2021 at 2:48 pm | 13 comments | 17520 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
A Pragmatic Approach to A Trillion TreesAs this quarantine continues, many of us are taking more pleasure in time spent outdoors. Trees in particular seem to uplift and inspire us. Yet they are also workhorses...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Apr. 5, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Apr 8, 2020 at 3:26 pm | 4 comments | 17482 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Clouds of UncertaintyClouds have a cooling effect on the planet. “Yes, and the sky is blue”, you may be thinking. “Isn’t that obvious, and why should we care?”...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Feb. 9, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Feb 15, 2020 at 7:16 pm | 13 comments | 17475 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
A Climate-Friendly 2020‘Tis the season to make New Year’s resolutions, though any time is a good time to be a little climate-friendlier. If you are interested in making some changes,...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Dec. 29, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jan 9, 2020 at 12:57 pm | 32 comments | 17434 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Local Pols Debate ClimateWe have discussions in this blog about the relative merits of individual action vs political action, so I thought it would be useful to spend some time on the policy...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jan. 19, 2020Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jan 24, 2020 at 7:07 am | 11 comments | 17310 Views
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