(I did some semi-live updates during the installation, which helped work out some nervousness on my part. So that’s how this blog is organized.)

4:31 am. So excited about my solar panel installation! I would say that is why I’m awake at 4:31 AM, but really it’s due to insane jet lag. But excited none the less. The very cool thing is, that my installation was delayed, so now it gets to happen on Earth Day!

Unfortunately, I have to wait at least another four hours for the process to begin.

05:35 AM – Managed to drift back to sleep a bit there, but now wide awake. I’ve decided to go ahead and publish this blog and update it along the way today, in case people want to check out how its going – and also talk about what all is involved in turning a city rowhouse as much as…

So as I already posted in our Climate Steps Facebook Discussion Group (www.fb.com/groups/ClimateSteps) – I have discovered one of the most fun ways to fight climate change – throw a climate party. My friends Max, Nick, and I did, and it was a total success. We invited friends, and then we put an invite up on the neighborhood listserve. We had at least 32 people show up – including six who came due to the list serve. But then we also had a killer invitation:

My friend Max and I are finally fulfilling our New Year’s resolution: to throw a vegan/vegetarian (more vegan) potluck at my place. I’ve been vegetarian now for 25 years, and Max has been a vegan for eight, so this potluck is to celebrate and share the great, great recipes we’ve been tasting.

But there’s more. Green Neighbors DC is helping sponsor the event by paying…