@coleenc
Co-founder of The Solar Foundation: New tech + local partnerships to accelerate access to solar power for off-grid communities in Africa☀️Radical imagination, inspiration & action for building a flourishing future on a thriving planet🌍💚
"Instead of a New Deal, we have a Great Society for white-collar crime, a New Frontier of executive lawbreaking, a No Rich Crook Left Behind..." ⬇️ Yes, so proud that we have the best democracy that fossil fuel & tech billionaires can buy. 🔥🙃
Really looking forward to this Bread Cooperative webinar this week: 💚🌱
Besides the fact that they are super fun and safe to drive, healthier for people & the planet than polluting gas cars, and have insanely low maintenance costs, here is more good news about EVs: 💚
Photo of an orange thermometer with text above the icon that states, “New Research Shows Rapid Global Temperature Acceleration.”
Scientists warn that Earth is warming faster than at any time in the past millions of years. 47% say they have personally experienced its effects, underscoring how climate change is increasingly being felt.
(Sources: Inside Climate News & YPCCC)
"Right now...we need to create. We need the plays & the songs & the murals & the prophetic words that help us imagine a place better than this one. We need beauty & melody & drama & dissonance." 🎶🔥
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The latest from Bill McKibben: How the GOP became the party of lies + actions to take: 1. Keep telling the truth (& record it); 2. Support independent media; 3. Remind yourself that the truth has intrinsic value ⬇️🔥
➡️Truth: ICE is killing good people; the past 3 yrs ARE the hottest on record...
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A vision: "The suite of policy and technology shifts I like to call “solarpunk urbanism,” a mix of public transport and electric vehicles and green spaces and urban wetlands and walkability…it just works. It’s a civilizational best-practice." 🌱 ⬇️ open.substack.com/pub/sammatey...
"Imperfect people doing imperfect work." 💚
Love this focus on Community Resiliency Hubs which is what we are doing with The Solar Foundation in Africa, and I'd like to do this in my own community as well ☀️💚🌱
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It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰
Thank you for your response. I can't wait to read this!💚
Totally agree: "I think renewables & EVs are the power of peace, & fossil fuels are the power of war, & we need to choose peace. Not just in the way we conduct our politics, but in the way we conduct our energy systems." ☀️ ⬇️ www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/ven...
💚: @outrageoptimism.bsky.social
ooops, probably should have tagged @share-able.bsky.social
Love your new site! I am looking for a resource mentioned on a podcast recently: How to start a community mesh network for internet access. Can you pls share the link?
"a rare positive vision for the nation’s energy future: The companies that stand to make boatloads of $ on data centers could fund grid upgrades that benefit everyone, as opposed to the general public subsidizing those upgrades to pad the profits of AI ventures" www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Important Reminder: "A solar panel is a valuable tool, a valuable symbol & a peace sign for our age. Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict & tyranny." - @billmckibben.bsky.social ☀️
Join TODAY! ☀️👈
Greenlight Action’s Solar Power Hour at 5pm to learn more about how solar works, what reliable and affordable solar energy means for our region, and what a new county solar ordinance could mean for local jobs, tax revenue, and energy independence.
✨️https://bit.ly/4qCJtBK
Even today's White House would have a hard time fighting a war over sunshine: "A solar panel is the new peace symbol...Every one that goes up incrementally reduces the attractiveness of the oil that underlies so much conflict and tyranny." - @billmckibben.bsky.social
#tzeporahberman #climateaction #apocaloptimism
The climate crisis affects everyone in increasingly tangible ways: "Drought in the UK led to poor grass growth, hitting butter and beef production, while extreme heat and rain in west Africa pushed up cocoa prices and droughts in Brazil and Vietnam led to a surge in coffee prices." 🌱⬇️
Amazing @outrageoptimism.bsky.social with the author of one of my all-time favorite climate books: Ministry for the Future. KSR mentions "balcony solar going up everywhere" as a solution to help avoid the worst effects of wet bulb events: www.outrageandoptimism.org/episodes/kim...
"BlackRock has scaled back “climate engagement in ways that put our investments at risk needlessly...Climate risk is financial risk. You can see it all around you in increased number of flash floods and wildfires.” 💚⬇️
Lots of valuable resources on the new Shareable website including Social Cooperatives, Mutual Aid resources and (my personal favorite) emergency battery networks! ☀️
@permitpower.bsky.social's new report, "As Cheap as Our Peers," shows how cutting red tape could make home solar and batteries affordable for millions of Americans.
permitpower.org/resources/as...
"We, the people, are the superintelligence. Let us design AI to serve at the speed of society, and make democracy fast, fair, and fun." Highly recommend Audrey Tang & Caroline Green's 6-Pack of Care AI Manifesto: 6pack.care/manifesto/
@brightsaver.bsky.social is "advocating for legislation to make plug-in solar more feasible, and selling systems to early adopters – to help people in the U.S., like those in Europe, enjoy this simple, low-cost form of clean energy." ☀️
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/11/the-...
Thank you, @billmckibben.bsky.social for speaking out: "Any conversation about Bill Gates and climate should begin by acknowledging that he’s been wrong about it over and over again."
open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
And now for some good climate news: "Last year alone, the world installed 553 GW of solar power—roughly as much as 100 million US homes use—which is 1,500% more than the IEA had projected: ☀️⬇️ www.fastcompany.com/91430305/ren...
Another inspiring rescue by Skydog, saving and caring for our beloved wild ones: 💗
