Eastern Oregon Renewable Energies Non-profit

08/09/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19G83zAnhH/

The Solar Pioneers of the New Mexico Desert — 1977
During the 1977 energy crisis, the town of Taos, New Mexico froze. Gas was rationed and propane cost a week’s pay. So 38-year-old physicist-turned-homesteader Dr. Lila Begay and her Pueblo neighbors built the first solar village.

They used old car windshields, black-painted oil drums, and adobe to make passive solar homes that heated themselves. Lila taught everyone to angle glass for winter sun. She ran workshops for kids called “Sun School.” When a New York Times reporter visited, he found elders cooking on solar ovens in January. Lila told him: “The sun has no bill. That’s the best kind of power.”

07/25/2026

This page is usually not political, but today's politics are interfering with renewable energy's proven ability to improve our lives. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1QRHncGW1o/

07/03/2026

This is vindictive and dangerous towards the American people. The message here is "if you can't afford to throw energy at your inefficient house, just die. If you need help in Oregon, start here https://www.energytrust.org/residential/diy/ (more tips in comments).

07/01/2026

Remember this cartoon from the 1990s? Greed is arming up against renewable energy again. The problem? it doesn't enrich the investor *enough*.

05/18/2026

However you feel about the "pain at the pump" right now, this long article is worth the read. "Despite the deep pockets of the backers of fossil fuel fascism, their resistance will be futile... ultimately, the planet will have the final say."

China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing result, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock