In the heart of the Sequoia Redwoods, Kenny Loggins asks us to look inside for forgiveness, compassion and conviction toward each other and the earth. A moving video.

Enjoy…

Where are the dreams that we once had?
This is the time to bring them back.

What were the promises caught on the tips of our tongues?
Do we forget or forgive?

There’s a whole other life waiting to be lived when…
One day we’re brave enough
To talk with Conviction of the Heart.

And down your streets I’ve walked alone,
As if my feet were not my own
Such is the path I chose, doors I have opened and closed
I’m tired of living this life,
Fooling myself, believing we’re right, when…
I’ve never given love
With any Conviction of the Heart

One with the earth, with the sky
One with everything in life
I believe we’ll survive

If we only try…
How long must we wait to change
This world bound in chains that we live in
To know what it is to forgive,
And be forgiven?

It’s been too many years of taking now.
Isn’t it time to stop somehow?

Air that’s too angry to breathe, water our children can’t drink
You’ve heard it hundreds of times
You say your aware, believe, and you care, but…
Do you care enough
To talk with Conviction of the Heart?

From RenewableEnergyWorld.com
2.12.09
Washington, D.C., United States [RenewableEnergyWorld.com]
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The House and Senate conferees have reached a deal on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The agreement was reached late last night and has cut the total value of the bill to US $789 billion. The bill will be a boon for the renewable energy industry. All of the provisions that were contained in the Senate version of the bill were retained. In addition, the grants in lieu of tax credits clause that the House version of the bill contained made the final package.

The renewable energy, transmission and energy efficiency measures of the bill are outlined below.

The new bill contains $20 billion for tax incentives for renewable energy and energy efficiency over the next 10 years including:

A three-year extension of the production tax credit (PTC) for electricity derived from wind (through 2012) and for electricity derived from biomass, geothermal, hydropower, landfill gas, waste-to-energy and marine facilities (through 2013).

Grants of up to 30 percent of the cost of building a new renewable energy facility to address current renewable energy credit market concerns. The grant money was originally slated to go through DOE, but RenewableEnergyWorld.com is now hearing that the money will be distributed through the Treasury Department.

Establishment of a new manufacturing investment tax credit (ITC) for investment in advanced energy facilities, such as facilities that manufacture components for the production of renewable energy, advanced battery technology and other innovative next-generation green technologies.

Clean renewable energy bonds for state and local governments.
Extensions for tax credits through 2010 for purchases such as new furnaces, energy-efficient windows and doors or insulation.
A tax credit for families that purchase plug-in hybrid vehicles of up to $7,500 to spur the next generation of American cars.

In additon, $30 billion will go to smart power grid, advanced battery technology and energy efficiency measures including the Smart Grid Investment Program to modernize the electricity grid to make it more efficient and reliable, U.S. development of advanced vehicle batteries and battery systems through loans and grants.
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Well folks, this is a huge boon for the renewable energy and green building industries! We are moving forward and good new abounds.

This ingenious, simple and amazing invention uses, otherwise wasted, plastic bottles to cleverly harvest the sun light to illuminate windowless rooms in poor countries.

Well done!