Author: <span>J Dearing</span>

He Had Holes in His Steel Toe Boots

Some years ago I was working from the site building at a customer’s utility scale wind farm in rural Iowa.  A man came to the door and asked for the Site …

Making Power from Thin Air

It is the basis for so many magic shows, to appear to draw things from thin air. How much of a miracle is it in our everyday lives, if we …

Five Ways Frugality and Sustainability Overlap to Make the World a Better Place

We’ve been on our sustainability journey for nearly two decades so far, working in utility scale renewable energy, challenging ourselves to live sustainability at home as well as at work. …

Be bold! Choose Your Own Adventure and Keep It Weird

I used to read those children’s books that let you choose your own adventure, picking whether you take one fork in the road, or the other.  Real life is the …

Don’t Throw Your Scarce Time in the Trash

Time is money, Waste is money Benjamin Franklin wrote ‘Time is Money’ nearly 300 years ago, and even in 1748 that was probably an old thought. We all have limited …