Living Lightly

My friend Hugh Robertson has been writing on sustainability issues for a number of years. His core belief is one that I share: all change starts with the individual. Progressive politicians are either responding to the will of individual voters/citizens, or they are enlightened individuals prepared to lead the way but in need of the [...]

There may not be a lot of humour in home energy retrofits and tackling climate change, so you have to seize the moment when it arises. Well, this one came my way courtesy of the Green Collar Association website — thought I would venture it has been going around for awhile (who actually starts a [...]

I have learned the hard way that making films takes patience and perseverance. Well, and money too, but I knew that. In my efforts to complete Powerful – Energy for Everyone, I have needed to find all three of these valuable resources. Fortunately between me and my team of editors and network of supporters, we [...]

Interest in Be the Change (and the upcoming film Powerful) continues to grow. Let’s hope the donations and investors needed to complete Powerful follow soon.
In May and June I am participating in a flurry of screenings, talks and fundraisers in different parts of Ontario. On my “to visit” list are the Southampton/Port Elgin area, Barrie, [...]

Two photos from my recent trip to California

The huge solar panel array installed on the site
of the closed nuclear energy plant at Rancho Seco, CA.
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Two Stanford students with their model “solar concentrator”
to bring electricity to homes with none.
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Just imagine what a cleaner, safer, healthier world could look like!
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Photos © David Chernushenko

To keep making inspiring independent films and videos, we need the participation of engaged viewers — people who want to see more documentaries like Be the Change.
We are aiming to raise an additional $40,000 by March 31, 2010, to fund production of our next major film, Powerful: Energy for Everyone.
The Living Lightly Project is a [...]

Radio listeners in the Ottawa area may have caught some of my recent Eco Voyager and Living Lightly radio spots on the local CHUM radio stations. One of them goes like this:
“Many of us have an old bicycle that is, umm… under-used. And a little bit rusty. Here’s a suggestion, several local groups fix up [...]

I am reminded today of a favourite quotation from John Maynard Keynes, the maligned and now rediscovered British economist. I had the opportunity to live in his former house — now the “Keyneside” student residence of Clare Hall at Cambridge University —  while taking my masters degree in international relations. Okay, that is completely irrelevant, [...]

The inauguration of President Barack Obama has shown us two things: First, that the desire for positive change can manifest itself as an unstoppable force of hope and optimism. Second, that millions of ordinary people coming together to pool their energy and resources can ultimately overpower a legion of vested interests who are working to [...]