Press Coverage

Environmental Stewardship Award and TBR Article
by brettex on June 8th, 2017 No Comments »

Many thanks to all our friends, old and new, who participated in the Green Idea House Award Ceremony and Tour.  Mayor Hany Fangary was a most gracious and eloquent M.C for the event.  The superhero speakers included: Dency Nelson, Alison Diaz, Professor Marcela Oliva and Monique Ehsan.  We are grateful
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Green Idea House Featured in Buzzfeed Film
by brettex on May 3rd, 2017 No Comments »

Many of you wanted to know what Buzzfeed was filming at our Green Idea House. They wanted to shoot a short film in an affordable, net positive energy, zero carbon, all electric “House of the Future”.
Monica and I had fun working with them. The cast and crew experienced Hermosa Beach
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Love a Good Road Trip!
by Robert Fortunato on May 2nd, 2015 No Comments »

Thanks to Eric for the great article  – Tom, Kristy and Ann, and Diane Moss for making it happen and Mayor Parris and his staff for the very informative tour.  Also I appreciate Councilmembers Fangary and Barrigan and the other 12 residents who made the effort to educate themselves on
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Let’s bring it – or lose the opportunity!
by Robert Fortunato on March 29th, 2015 No Comments »

Many thanks to Rachel Reeves for the excellent article. Both the Keep Hermosa Hermosa and the Protect Hermosa’s Future people promised to redouble their efforts to find a viable financial solution after the election. Being one of the first cities to harvest more renewable energy than it uses (carbon neutral)
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How Do We Find Meaning?
by Robert Fortunato on November 14th, 2014 No Comments »

Weaving meaning into the fabric of our lives and communities makes everything we do better.  So I was pleased to be contacted by Dean Bokhari of the Meaningful Show for an interview.
The conversation was a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy it as well.  We discussed everything from
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Sierra Club Does it Again!
by Robert Fortunato on September 7th, 2013 No Comments »

We are honored to be mentioned in the latest Sierra Club Newsletter.  Eva Cicoria did an excellent job profiling our Green Idea House project in their May newsletter.  We are pleased to be mentioned in their piece about the environmental and economic issues related to a proposed oil drilling project
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Sierra Club, SouthBay Chapter Newsletter Features the Green Idea House
by Robert Fortunato on June 7th, 2013 No Comments »

Eva Cicoria attended our dedication ceremony, went on the tour and did a terrific write up!  Thank you Eva for sharing your experience at the Green Idea House.
http://angeles.sierraclub.org/pvsb/foggy-view/2013-05/index.asp

Green Idea House Dedication Ceremony Featured in this Week’s Easy Reader
by Robert Fortunato on April 12th, 2013 No Comments »

Many thanks to Chelsea Sektnan for the excellent article in this week’s Easy Reader!
 
 
 

CBS News Covers Green Idea House Dedication Ceremony
by Robert Fortunato on April 8th, 2013 No Comments »

We were so busy getting ready for the Green Idea House dedication that we didn’t have time to post the excellent piece Julie Sharp did to promote the event on the CBS evening news.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/04/05/hermosa-beach-family-to-open-eco-friendly-home-to-public/
 
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Well done Julie!

The Award Goes To…Dency Nelson!
by Robert Fortunato on February 25th, 2013 No Comments »

We just got back in town to find our good friend and passionate environmental advocate, Dency Nelson, on the front page of Sunday’s Los Angeles Times!
We all know Dency as the die hard environmentalist who is often the first to speak and last one in the audience at City Council
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