The Realist Idealist

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Clean Energy in the Blood

Posted by Jake · September 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

As many of you know… and as many of you don’t know… I recently took up work in the clean energy field as the Internet Director/Chief Technology Officer/Strategic Communications guy of the Energy Action Coalition.
James Hansen has testified that Energy Action is one of the only environmentally or energy-focused organizations truly doing what needs to [...]

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Category: Innovation · Personal · Small/Medium Enterprise · Technology
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So Much Done. So Little Said…

Posted by Jake · September 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I’ve been busy.
(even as I write it, I wonder why it’s necessary to put it out there… we are strange creatures to need to say such things for validation! ;-))
Since my last post here on July 28, I’ve changed jobs, moved my house, traveled extensively (including 9 days in Denver for a Democratic National Convention [...]

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Doing Good, Having a Life, and Staying Sane

Posted by Jake · May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I recall very well in college how a relatively small (though seemingly ubiquitous) cohort of do-gooders on campus made a lot of the best things happen. At least things that I thought were “best.” Organizations like Alternative Spring Break, Habitat for Humanity, Manna Project and others that were making incredible things happen, were all [...]

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Category: Nonprofits · Personal
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