OK, following up on what I shared a couple of days ago, here are the rest of the notes I hastily scratched during the BALLE workshop on newly evolving alternative methods for funding businesses. Hopefully it’s of use to those of you in the audience who are thinking about such things. Here’s what the speakers […]
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By Mark | September 19, 2011
I think I may have mentioned some time ago that the folks at Google were working on a video piece about Dave Strenski and his work through Solar Ypsi. Well, the piece is now online and it’s pretty incredible… Congratulations to Dave and everyone else who has pitched in over these past few years to […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Detroit, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Corinne Sikorski, Dave Strenski, opportunity, Paul Schreiber, ruin porn, Solar Ypsi, Sustainability, video, Ypsi Food Coop |
Our friend Dave Strenski was recently featured on Concentrate, talking about his Solar Ypsi initiative. Here’s the video, which is pretty cool… Congratulations, Dave, on the well-earned recognition.
I just received the following update from Ypsi Solar’s Dave Strenski and thought that I’d pass it along: Ypsilanti’s City Hall solar graphs are now online. You can find the graphs here. Many thanks to EMU student Nik Estep for doing a wonderful job on the SolarYpsi.org website… As expected, the solar panels are only […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, energy, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cool local initiatives, Dave Strenski, DPW, DTE, energy usage, HDL, Nik Estep, River Street Bakery, Solar City Hall, Solar Currents, Steve Pierce, Wireless Ypsi, Ypsi Food Co-op, Ypsi Solar, Ypsilanti CIty Hall |
I’m struggling with what to write about tonight, as I’ve just been made aware of two equally good stories. On one hand we’ve got Glenn Beck, who, determined to push the insanity throttle even further into the red, recently encouraged his followers to leave their churches if they didn’t immediately abandon the mission of “social […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, energy, Environment, Health, Politics, Science | Also tagged churches, Dan Nocera, Glenn Beck, Hitler, hydrogen, Meals on Wheels, MIT, optimism, personalized solar energy, Sarah Palin, scientists are witches, social justice |
