Our friend Ewen, from Scotland, wanted to know if we were going to pack up our “tree” (see Christmas Rocks! post), put it in the attic and pull it out again next year. We had other plans for it…
Our High Water post explained why we want to keep the storm
Read more…
Well it is finally time to go! Yes, the permits are almost ready and we are moving out on Feb. 1st to start the deconstruction.
We are looking for a place to live, so if you know anyone that has a cool rental at a decent price within a
Read more…
The rubble in our front yard gave us a opportunity to build something while waiting for our building permits. In the spirit of the holidays it is titled “Love, Joy and Peace(s)”
Seasons Greetings to everyone and all the best in the New Year!
We all know fresh water is a precious commodity in So. California. Hearing what the TreePeople are doing to harvest rainwater and manage the overflow on site to replenish the aquifer sounds like a good idea. This benefits the ocean water quality by keeping that storm from running into the
Read more…
We are tackling the site work on our project while we wait for our plan set revisions from the city to go back through our engineers and draftsman. The site work includes undergrounding the utilities. By code we have to underground the electrical, cable and phone to
Read more…
I am honored to be a lecturer at an innovation school in Denmark. The school, interestingly called KaosPilot, is doing amazing things in the world and is at the cutting edge of social and business innovation.
Half way through my week long series of lectures, one of their former students, Lukas
Read more…
As we approach out fall start date, it is time to think about undergrounding our utilities. This is mandatory as we are doing a more than 50% renovation. In meeting with our local Edison Service Planner, Ryan, he had some great ideas for saving money. One of them was to
Read more…
Our Family is in the process of designing a green showcase home and office in Hermosa Beach, California that has been chosen by Southern California Edison as the cornerstone “case study” for their net zero energy initiative. Our objective is to create a groundbreaking net zero energy, zero carbon renovation
Read more…
We started the project with a system of interdependent objectives that acts as a map and a compass. No project is perfect and this one won’t be either; but being mindful of these objectives keeps us on track when making decisions. We have found that it is particularly
Read more…
On February 1, Energy Champions, Leadership Hermosa Beach and USGBC-LA, joined forces to bring together the co-hosted Upgrade In Action event for the Green Idea House. These two Energy Champions were a part of the planning of this successful event reaching over 200 people. During the event community members toured
Read more…