For the second time this week, I was in Mar Vista (a neighborhood in the Los Angeles metro area near Venice) to attend a community event focusing on environmental issues. Earlier in the week I presented at the Wise Water Use Expo, and last night I presented at the GoSolar Mar Vista Launch Party and Neighborhood Mixer. This community really seems to know what they want and are working hard to help their neighbors share information and knowledge through a group called Open Mar Vista. With a turnout between 85 and 100, the event was surprisingly well attended for a Saturday evening.





























we need a sustainability race
While special interest groups representing big energy, coal, and oil industries continue their campaign of deception against climate change legislation, the rest of the developed and developing world is moving toward sustainability. They are not waiting for us to weigh in on the issue. They are moving forward without the United States. [...]