Wildfires are burning bigger, faster, and closer to home than ever — from Lahaina to Los Angeles to Spokane. You can meet that threat head-on. This guide arms you with real defensible-space strategies and smarter insurance moves, plus how to protect your lungs from smoke that can travel a thousand miles downwind — with practical countermeasures you can start using today. Preparation makes the difference — start now.
If you spent tens of thousands of dollars on solar + batteries and left the default settings alone, you’re almost certainly not getting the full value of your investment. With the right battery settings, you can claw back savings from your utility, even in places without net metering.
Many people treat car donations as a quick errand: pick a familiar charity, sign over the title, call it a day. But with a bit of guided questioning—using AI as a research assistant rather than a black box—you can turn that same car into targeted climate impact. By layering criteria like “strong charity ratings,” “community‑level work,” “clean energy,” and “benefits for low‑income or frontline communities,” it’s possible to move from generic options to organizations that are building tangible climate solutions on the ground. In the case described in this post, that process eventually surfaced GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit that installs… Read More »How One Old Car (and an AI) Helped Put More Solar on the GRID
Extreme winters are becoming more common. Find out some of the things you need to do to survive and thrive in a changing winter climate.
Flooding is happening more often in a world of ever increasing extreme weather. How can we best prepare ourselves to survive and thrive? Read more to learn about what to do before, during and after an extreme flooding event that is supercharged by climate change.