So we backed off on our doom and gloom environmental reporting for December but sadly the environmental disasters continued.  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil is flooded, Brisbane, Australia is flooded and Atlanta is under snow and ice. So much for a vacation!   As we start 2011, the effects of the global temperature rise are more evident than ever. We wish we could ignore it.  The images are horrific and the reality that it is only going to get worse is terrifying.   But … Read more

Dear Friends A couple of weeks ago my coworkers at HPE convinced me to go to what I believed would be the snooze fest of the year:  A summit sponsored by the Palm Springs Sustainability Office headlined by a guy who has written books about global warming for the last 20+ years. I was sure it would be gloom and doom and nothing new for me on the global warming front. Well, I was right about one thing, it wasn’t the most … Read more

Hi Friends, Sorry this month’s the letter is so late. I was originally planning on hitting you with the hard sell and direct you to our new web site, blog and Facebook and tell you why now is the time to get off the pot and get serious about renewable energy and HPE (which it is). But the month was a busy one. And who knew social media would require so much great socializing? The precious time to spend … Read more

Last Friday, October 15th, the Palm Springs Office of Sustainability hosted the Electric and Alternative Fuels Vehicle Fair at the Palm Springs Convention Center, in partnership with Clean Cities Coachella Valley. Hot Purple Energy participated in the event through the exhibition of our clean, carbon neutral Veg-E-Powered fleet of Mercedes. Many other promoters, distributors and users of electric and alternative fuel vehicles attended the event: Assemblyman V. Manuel Perez attended the fair, showing his support for reducing carbon emissions in … Read more

Dear Palm Springs Residents and Visitors. If you are looking for great local restaurants that are doing something for the environment, please consider Las Casuelas (www.lascasuelas.com),El Mirasol (http://elmirasolcocinamexicana.menutoeat.com), El Taco Asado, Tlaquepaque (www.yelp.com/biz/taqueria-tlaquepaque-palm-springs) and Noura Café (www.yelp.com/biz/eat-a-pita-palm-springs#query:noura café) We love their food, but also the fact that they are helping us recycle their used vegetable oil! If you haven’t met Thrasher or JR yet, they are the Rally Race inspired ’85 and ’87 Mercedes 300 Turbo Diesels … Read more