The Power of the Sun, inCA Productions, 2005 Executive Producer: Walter Kohn, Nobel Laureate Produced by David Kennard and Victoria Simpson Written by John Perlin and David Kennard Narrated by John Cleese   This hour-long examination of the sun as an energy resource is an affirmative statement that closely mirrors John Perlin’s Let It Shine. […]

California Green School Summit Highlights Prop. 39 Funding at Mid-Course   In November 2012, California voters approved Proposition 39, which changes the state tax structure for some multi-state businesses and directs the proceeds over the next five years to support energy efficiency and clean energy projects in schools and other public buildings. Most of the […]

Q&A with USGBC’s Mahesh Ramanujan   His biography sketch describes new US Green Building Council President and CEO Mahesh Ramanujan as having a clear vision for the continuing evolution of the green building and sustainability movement: True global market transformation for the built environment can be achieved through building healthier, more sustainable communities where buildings […]

Q&A with John Perlin   UCSB physicist John Perlin’s Let it Shine: The 6,000 Year Story of Solar Energy, (New World Library, 2013) is a comprehensive look at the evolution of solar energy as a viable energy resource. Originally published in 1980 as A Golden Thread: 2,500 Years of Solar Architecture and Technology, the book […]