How I became an environmentalist and a promoter of passive solar design solutions in the 1970s
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With Earth Day this past Sunday, I'm inspired to reflect on what motivated me — some 45 years ago(!) — to focus on a career of environmental protection and improvement, a career that has ledLight-emitting diode. Illumination technology that produces light by running electrical current through a semiconductor diode. LED lamps are much longer lasting and much more energy efficient than incandescent lamps; unlike fluorescent lamps, LED lamps do not contain mercury and can be readily dimmed. me to a significant focus on more sustainable energy solutions. Back in the late 1960s at age 12 or 13, I became immersed in "conservation" and decided that this would be my life career. This was before the modern "environmental" movement really began, and "conservation" was the term used to describe environmental protection.
[1]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/Silent_Spring_7611.jpg (Silent Spring cover)
[2]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/energy-solutions/earth-day-and-my-career-path-sustainable-energy
[3]: http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/blog-river/Greenhouse_Wksp_NM_005_0.jpg (Solar greenhouse workshop in New Mexico)
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