Dear Friends,

We are thrilled to invite your organization to participate in this year's Peace Day Global Broadcast - Building Peace Through Sustainability.  Held annually on September 21st, the United Nations International Day of Peace, the Peace Day Global Broadcast is a 24 Hour Internet, TV, and Radio event that showcases the efforts of organizations, like your own, working to preserve the planet and improve the living conditions of people worldwide through the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals.

The Peace Day Global Brodcast is organized by www.PeaceDay.TV; a collaboration between Culture of Peace Initiaitve, Unity Foundation, Peace Portal, and ShockRa Entertainment.

Established by U.N. resolution in 1982,  "Peace Day" has grown to include millions of people around the world who participate in all kinds of events, both large and small. Since its inception, the International Day of Peace has been a focal point for Peace-building organizations to educate and advocate on behalf of the solutions they offer to the world community.

In the past few years, it’s been a day of global ceasefire, having tremendous impact on the lives of millions of children who’ve been immunized, had food delivered, and received educational supplies. Increasingly, Peace Day is being adopted as a day to unite the world community in addressing the most urgent issues of our time: climate change, the environment, hunger & poverty, social justice, & human rights.

The Peace Day Broadcast is a means to further connect individuals with groups and educate people around the world.

Your participation will help us achieve these goals. There are several different levels at which you may choose to participate that include; providing content about your organization's work, allowing live feeds from the events you may be planning, promoting the event, sponsorship, or sharing the www.PeaceDay.TV community website.

GOALS

SOLUTIONS

Trees For Life

One Laptop Per Child

PlayPump Water Solutions

Rocket Stove

We invite you join the movement, contribute, and promote the important work of your organization. 

Your kind consideration of our request is greatly appreciated.  Please feel free to contact us for more information or to discuss how you can participate in the "PEACE DAY" 2010 Global Internet Broadcast.

Sincerely,

And now, still learning educating and training the younger generation’s to involve individually and collectively in all eco-development activities and decision makings  I have individually conducted hundreds of seminars and converted them to eco-actions,

24 hour x 7 days Snake Rescues along with a trained team,

Free seminars, slid shows and movie for the all local and surrounded educational institutions,

Conservation based weed removal action for Tribal livelihood development trainings

Clean renewable energy solar lamp implementation to rural and tribal those not accessed with power,

And many innovative initiatives like craft from the plant lantana camera which is considered as a weed destroying native forest and farm lands, GREEN CROSS eco action clubs, and more to bring a change in the un-mind full living of the most populace   even though we find very tuff and hard to move every step without any support, I believe that we can make it, I also swear that what ever happens I am not going to quit my duty towards nature, of conserving the only home at least in this 11 hour... 

Homemade solar cells are gaining a lot of recognition as a alternative form of energy for our daily needs and are increasingly being installed at every home.  Apart from the initial investment of installing a solar panel, by it to power your house doesn’t need any money and they are simpler to install too. When you are by a free resource to power your home, your dependence on the thrilling companionship also reduces. As a result, you delight in free energy and a reduced electricity bill.

Homemade Solar cells

Building Solar Panels

This is GREAT and gave me a good belly laugh. 

The spirit of Christmas is all about LOVE, and not how much lighting one has in front of their home. I find it refreshing when people don't try to keep up with the neighbors. You can have a Less is More attitude about Christmas lighting and still be in the spirit of Christmas.


The Ditto house owners are very clever, creative and obviously have a great sense of humor.

http://www.dsireusa.org/

Wind-generated electricity increased by 45% between 2005 and 2006 and by 21% between 2006 and 2007, more than any other renewable source of generation in both years. These increases were due, primarily, to newly- constructed wind power plants.

Hydroelectric generation increased by 7% between 2005 and 2006, second only to wind power. However, between 2006 and 2007, hydroelectric generation decreased by 14%. These changes were primarily due to variation in the amounts of rainfall and snowfall occurring in watersheds where major hydroelectric dams are located.

Renewable Energy Plays a Role in the Nation’s Energy Supply (2007)

Renewable energy consumption decreased by about 1% between 2006 and 2007, contributing 7% of the Nation’s total energy demand, and 8.4% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2007.1

Electricity producers2 consumed 51% of total U.S. renewable energy in 2007 for producing electricity.3 Most of the remaining 49% of renewable energy was biomass consumed for industrial applications (principally paper-making) by plants producing only heat and steam. Biomass is also used for transportation fuels (ethanol) and to provide residential and commercial space heating. The largest share of the renewable-generated electricity comes from hydroelectric energy (71%), followed by biomass (16%), wind (9%), geothermal (4%), and solar (0.2%).4 Wind-generated electricity increased by almost 21% in 2007 over 2006, more than any other energy source. Its growth rate was followed closely by solar, which increased by over 19% in 2007 over 2006.5

China leads the world in total renewable energy consumption for electricity production due to its recent massive additions to hydroelectric production, followed closely by the United States, Canada, and Brazil. However, the United States consumes the most non-hydro renewable energy for the production of electricity. The United States consumes twice as much non-hydro renewable energy for electricity production as Germany and more than three times as much as Japan.6

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that renewable-generated electricity will account for 15.8% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2030.7This growth (from 8.5% in 2007 to 15.8% in 2030) is fueled by the extension of Federal tax credits and the new loan guarantee program in the February 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

However, EIA projects renewable energy’s share of total worldwide electricity generation will decrease slightly: from 18% of generation in 2005 to 15% in 2030.8 Although worldwide renewable energy is expected to increase, it will be outpaced by growth in other electricity generation sources.

Renewable energy sources and generating technologies are environmentally benign compared with fossil fuel and nuclear technologies, but there are two main reasons why we don’t use more renewable energy.

1. Renewable Energy is Expensive and Capital-Intensive: Renewable energy plants are generally more expensive to build and to operate than coal and natural gas plants. Recently, however, some wind-generating plants have proven to be economically feasible in areas with good wind resources, compared with other conventional technologies, when coupled with the Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (described below).

2. Renewable Resources Are Often Geographically Remote: The best renewable resources are often available only in remote areas, so building transmission lines to deliver power to large metropolitan areas is expensive.

Policies Aim to Increase the Use of Renewable Energy

Three kinds of policies to increase the use of renewable energy are:

1. Tax credits: The Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit, a federal incentive, has encouraged a quadrupling of wind energy capacity over the past few years. EIA’s projections assume these credits will expire at the end of 2008, as provided for under current law. Extension of the credit would increase the projected growth in renewable generation.

2. Targets: Many States have Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS), which require electricity providers to generate or acquire a percentage of generation from renewable sources.9 However, many RPS programs have “escape clauses” if renewable generation exceeds a cost threshold. Some States have delayed compliance and others lack enforcement procedures. As a result, States may not always meet their RPS goals. Since it is difficult to project which States will have success, EIA assumes nearly all States will meet their mandated generation.

3. Markets: A number of States have built Renewable Energy Certificates/Credits (RECs) into their Renewable Portfolio Standards.10This allows electricity providers to sell renewable energy certificates/credits and use their proceeds for renewable projects. Some States have made REC markets mandatory, requiring electricity providers to produce or acquire renewable generation to reduce reliance on fossil fuels to generate electricity.

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1Energy Information Administration, Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2007 Statistics, Table 1, (May 2008). 
2Electrical utilities, independent power producers, and combined heat and power plants. 
3Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2007, Tables 8.4b and Table 10.1(June 2008) . 
4Energy Information Administration, “Renewable Energy Consumption and Electricity Preliminary 2007 Statistics,” Table 6 (May 2008). 
5Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly, Table ES1.B (March 2008) 
6Energy Information Administration, International Energy Annual 2005, Table E.5 and Table E.7, (June-October 2007). 
7Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2008, Table A8 (June 2008). 
8Energy Information Administration, International Energy Outlook 2008, Table H7 and Table H12 (June 2008). 
9Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Renewables Portfolio Standards:A Factual Introduction to Experience from the United States, (April 2007).
10U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Power Partnership, Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs), accessed March 24, 2008.

Greenbuild 2009 International Conference and Expo is being held in Phoenix, Arizona from November 11th - 13th.

Former Vice President Al Gore will be the opening Keynote speaker tonight, November 11th at the Greenbuild conference. You can watch his speech and other keynote speakers live or as archived video later here at GreenbuildExpo.org.

The Ki is hosting a CleanTech Road Rally along with our premium sustainable lifestyle event.  The road rally will have checkpoints at Bio-dynamic and organic wineries in addition to the Gaia Hotel and Spa in Napa Valley, eventually ending at The Ki flagship event.  The goal is to raise awareness about the need for clean, efficient vehicles and demonstrate technologies that exist today.  We are accepting entries including electric cars, clean diesel vehicles, hybrids or alternative solutions.  Would love to talk to some people about our event and interested participants.  Please check out our website at www.theki.net and e-mail me at david@theki.net for more information.