Coleen Chase
@coleenc.bsky.social
Co-founder of The Solar Foundation: New tech + local partnerships to accelerate access to solar power for off-grid communities in Africa☀️Radical imagination, inspiration & action for building a flourishing future on a thriving planet🌍💚
I believe in the transformative potential of decentralized (distributed) clean energy, especially from plug-in solar + batteries—affordable, portable, plug-&-play solar systems owned by individual households to generate & store their own free energy from the sun. Learn more: brightsaver.org
September 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I believe in the transformative potential of decentralized (distributed) clean energy, especially from plug-in solar + batteries—affordable, portable, plug-&-play solar systems owned by individual households to generate & store their own free energy from the sun. Learn more: brightsaver.org
"We’ve passed some invisible line where sun, wind & batteries have become cheaper & that gives us a chance to unweave the dependence on fossil fuel. That comes with many bonuses—a world that runs on a resource that you can’t hoard or fight wars over & that's available everywhere."☀️Pre-order now ⬇️
July 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"We’ve passed some invisible line where sun, wind & batteries have become cheaper & that gives us a chance to unweave the dependence on fossil fuel. That comes with many bonuses—a world that runs on a resource that you can’t hoard or fight wars over & that's available everywhere."☀️Pre-order now ⬇️
Now is the time for solidarity: "In order to sustain a just and solidaristic society, we have to become a just and solidaristic people." ⬇️ 💙📚#BookSky
Time to wake up to how powerful people manipulate us by using the divide-and-conquer strategy at every.single.bloody.opportunity #togetherwecan
Time to wake up to how powerful people manipulate us by using the divide-and-conquer strategy at every.single.bloody.opportunity #togetherwecan
July 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Now is the time for solidarity: "In order to sustain a just and solidaristic society, we have to become a just and solidaristic people." ⬇️ 💙📚#BookSky
Time to wake up to how powerful people manipulate us by using the divide-and-conquer strategy at every.single.bloody.opportunity #togetherwecan
Time to wake up to how powerful people manipulate us by using the divide-and-conquer strategy at every.single.bloody.opportunity #togetherwecan
Another reason why the time has come for affordable, simple Plug-In (aka Balcony) Solar in the US ☀️Learn more by watching the recent "Democratizing Solar: From Berlin Balconies to Utah Backyards" webinar from Bright Saver: www.brightsaver.org/webinars
July 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Another reason why the time has come for affordable, simple Plug-In (aka Balcony) Solar in the US ☀️Learn more by watching the recent "Democratizing Solar: From Berlin Balconies to Utah Backyards" webinar from Bright Saver: www.brightsaver.org/webinars
Interested in learning how Plug-In (aka Balcony) Solar is transforming & democratizing access to solar power worldwide, and how Bright Saver is jumpstarting the Solar for ALL movement in the US? Join today's exciting webinar to learn more ☀️ ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/company/brig...
June 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Interested in learning how Plug-In (aka Balcony) Solar is transforming & democratizing access to solar power worldwide, and how Bright Saver is jumpstarting the Solar for ALL movement in the US? Join today's exciting webinar to learn more ☀️ ⬇️ www.linkedin.com/company/brig...
"When you can't change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. #inspiration
June 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"When you can't change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. #inspiration
"Only by cultivating solidarity will we be able to resist the destructive politics of divide & conquer; challenge the special interests profiting from perils including war, climate change & technologies like AI & reconstruct political institutions corroded by decades of profit-seeking." #booksky ⬇️
June 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Only by cultivating solidarity will we be able to resist the destructive politics of divide & conquer; challenge the special interests profiting from perils including war, climate change & technologies like AI & reconstruct political institutions corroded by decades of profit-seeking." #booksky ⬇️
So 💔 that MP Penny Sharpe in NSW #australia has decided to manage the beloved wild Brumbies thru violence & suffering (aerial shooting) starting June 10th. Pls speak up for these magnificent animals! How about PZP humane birth control? How about citizen sanctuaries? Info: @brumby_strong (Instagram)
June 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
So 💔 that MP Penny Sharpe in NSW #australia has decided to manage the beloved wild Brumbies thru violence & suffering (aerial shooting) starting June 10th. Pls speak up for these magnificent animals! How about PZP humane birth control? How about citizen sanctuaries? Info: @brumby_strong (Instagram)
"We are the music makers,/ And we are the dreamers of dreams...." Inspired today by this poem called "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy about the role of art & artists in our world 💙💚 "For each age is a dream that is dying,/ Or one that is coming to birth."
May 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"We are the music makers,/ And we are the dreamers of dreams...." Inspired today by this poem called "Ode" by Arthur O'Shaughnessy about the role of art & artists in our world 💙💚 "For each age is a dream that is dying,/ Or one that is coming to birth."
"My consciousness doesn't linger in the problems of the world. My daily thoughts are immersed in the process of creating solutions that are building a new world." - @katiepatrick.bsky.social
📚💙 #booksky Super inspiring, action-oriented framework taught at Harvard & recommended by the UNEP
📚💙 #booksky Super inspiring, action-oriented framework taught at Harvard & recommended by the UNEP
April 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"My consciousness doesn't linger in the problems of the world. My daily thoughts are immersed in the process of creating solutions that are building a new world." - @katiepatrick.bsky.social
📚💙 #booksky Super inspiring, action-oriented framework taught at Harvard & recommended by the UNEP
📚💙 #booksky Super inspiring, action-oriented framework taught at Harvard & recommended by the UNEP
"The world sings of an infinite love: how can we fail to care for it?" - Pope Francis 💚My heart is sad today; I have much gratitude for his leadership: "We must move beyond the mentality of appearing to be concerned but not having the courage needed to produce substantial changes."
April 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"The world sings of an infinite love: how can we fail to care for it?" - Pope Francis 💚My heart is sad today; I have much gratitude for his leadership: "We must move beyond the mentality of appearing to be concerned but not having the courage needed to produce substantial changes."
"The inability to imagine a world in which things are different is evidence only of a poor imagination, not of the impossibility of change." - Rutger Bregman
March 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"The inability to imagine a world in which things are different is evidence only of a poor imagination, not of the impossibility of change." - Rutger Bregman
"I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills. When all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils;" - William Wordsworth #inspiration
March 22, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"I wandered lonely as a cloud, that floats on high o'er vales and hills. When all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils;" - William Wordsworth #inspiration
"I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway...I believe that unarmed truth & unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant."- MLK (Yerba Buena Park, CA)
March 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway...I believe that unarmed truth & unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant."- MLK (Yerba Buena Park, CA)
Today's inspiration: “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” - John Muir
March 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Today's inspiration: “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.” - John Muir
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." - Arundhati Roy #inspiration
March 1, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing." - Arundhati Roy #inspiration
Today's inspiration: The glorious rainbow sunrise this morning reminds me that "beauty abounds" all around us💚
February 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Today's inspiration: The glorious rainbow sunrise this morning reminds me that "beauty abounds" all around us💚
"It is a bad move, history warns us, to start by pawning our values, hoping to recover them later. Those most likely to win with this strategy are the least scrupulous...and always the tyrants." - José María Arizmendiarrieta, Reflections #booksky 💙📚 I highly recommend this inspiring book!
February 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"It is a bad move, history warns us, to start by pawning our values, hoping to recover them later. Those most likely to win with this strategy are the least scrupulous...and always the tyrants." - José María Arizmendiarrieta, Reflections #booksky 💙📚 I highly recommend this inspiring book!
Today's inspiration: "The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
February 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Today's inspiration: "The mountains are calling and I must go." - John Muir
Many great resources on the Town Team Movement website for those looking to become active citizens in their local community, including this graphic on what a Town Team is and what it is not:
February 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Many great resources on the Town Team Movement website for those looking to become active citizens in their local community, including this graphic on what a Town Team is and what it is not:
Today's inspiration: The need to reorient from seeing ourselves as self-interested Consumers to being Citizens "who are by nature collaborative, creative & caring." Love this book by Jon Alexander & it's even more relevant today! #booksky 💙📚
February 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Today's inspiration: The need to reorient from seeing ourselves as self-interested Consumers to being Citizens "who are by nature collaborative, creative & caring." Love this book by Jon Alexander & it's even more relevant today! #booksky 💙📚
Yes, this is my mood, but this book is surprisingly uplifting
February 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Yes, this is my mood, but this book is surprisingly uplifting
"There's too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair." - Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems #booksky 💙📚
November 29, 2024 at 3:32 PM
"There's too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair." - Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems #booksky 💙📚