UU Church of Berkeley

I am not sure, but I sometimes reflect on how one could overlook the pressing issues of an individual for focusing on the issues of whatever 'group' they belong to. I believe that society will not have fully evolved until we stop seeing, judging, addressing, and connecting to other human beings through the filter of association.

I have begun using my motorcycle for daily commutes and shorter trips that do not require going on the highway.

It is commercially driven in the USA, and also linked to our pioneer heritage.

Hi, Ecochallengers, I'm still here, doing my climate work regularly but posting infrequently. I think we're all Californians here, and we're all aware of the drought. I learned from my neighbor that we can go onto the East Bay Municipal Utility District website, create an account, and monitor our water use. Ours was fairly low, but I could see...

I used the time to get a refresher on some of the energy solutions. For instance, biomass is very controversial now. And it is suggested as only a bridge solution. I read about distributed storage and that piece reminded me that electric vehicles can be used to power, say, your cell phone in a power outage. I want to keep reading more in this...

Shared an indepth article with other advocates on the best ways to distribute clean energy, through rooftop solar and microgrids versus large scale transmission lines. This is a very important and controversial topic right now in California, with legislators and now regulators advocating for rule changes that would discourage the use of rooftop...