Flanigan's Eco-Logic

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Bill Browning, Founding Partner of Terrapin Bright Green, a sustainability consulting firm that helps governments, corporations, and complex real estate projects meet sustainability goals that lead to the improved health and wellbeing of employees and ecosystems, as well as the enhanced performance of their products and systems. Bill is one...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Bryan Jackson, Vice President of Sales for EnergyAid, a leading provider of high-quality service, maintenance, tune-ups, and system evaluations for residential solar customers. EnergyAid bridges the gap and offers dependable assistance, ensuring residential solar investment operates at its peak. The management of EnergyAid has collectively o...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Gareth Evans , CEO and Founder of VECKTA , a platform and team of experts that accelerate and simplify the deployment of onsite energy solutions for businesses globally. With 20 years of experience in the energy and resource sectors, he is an expert in microgrid and distributed energy planning and design, construction and monitoring. Current...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Russell Sturm, Professor of the Practice at University of Virginia, University of North Carolina/ Chapel Hill, and California Polytechnic Institute /Humboldt. He is also an Advisor for the Off-Grid Solar Industry. Russell is an innovator in the field of sustainable energy market development, and has been a sector leader across international...

In EcoNet News, Volume 25, Issue #12, Ted shares his first EV road trip experience in a Tesla from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. He salutes COP28 in Dubai, and highlights EV charging. He also highlights virtual power plant strategies, irrigation canal solar, salton sea lithium, long duration energy storage, repurposing wind turbine blades, and standardizing EV charger connectors / plugs. 

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Scott Case, Co-Founder and CEO of Recurrent EV / Auto. Recurrent is working to define the health of electric vehicle batteries by collaborating with thousands of EV drivers and introducing advanced machine learning. Ted and Scott discuss his background, born in New Jersey, based in the Pacific Northwest since high school, lived in Seattle fo...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Kristian Hansen, aka "the jeans guy," Founder and CEO of Slø Jean Company, a denim power house on a mission to tackle fast fashion issues within the industry.  Ted and Kristian discuss his background, born in Calgary, Canada, grew up in Dubai, UAE, moved to the states for boarding school and university, and has been bouncing around the world...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Dan Brotman, Mayor of Glendale, CA. Dan has had a career in international finance, is an educator, and an activist. He was first sworn in as a Glendale City Council Member in April 2020 and was named Mayor in April 2023. Dan aims to apply his finance experience and environmental passion to create a vibrant and prosperous community for all Gl...

In EcoNet News, Volume 25, Issue #11, Ted shares perspective on the highs and lows of climate change. In advance of COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, he highlights the largest, single-site photovoltaic plant in the world. He also highlights the first sustainably-fueled TransAtlantic flight, New York City's premier building electrification, 1,000 year-old Persian windmills, renaming natural gas, e...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, father-daughter duo, Ted and Sierra Flanigan host the clean energy crash course focusing on campus sustainability, specifically spotlighting EcoMotion's work with the Chula Vista Elementary School District. They start high level, being that working on campuses and sustainability is a shared passion in their professional careers - Sierra more on the strategi...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Feliz Ventura, Resilience Programs Manager for Ava Community Energy (formerly East Bay Community Energy), an innovative Community Choice Aggregator in California providing more renewable energy at competitive rates to its customers. Feliz brings nearly two decades of experience in making the case for investments that ensure communities thriv...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Andrew Jones, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Climate Interactive, and a Research Affiliate at MIT Sloan. Climate Interactive is rooted in the fields of system dynamics modelling and systems thinking. His team creates and share tools that help people see connections and drive effective and equitable climate action. He and Ted discuss ho...

In EcoNet News, Volume 25, Issue #10, Ted shares perspective on tackling the car bloat and transforming social expectations. He also highlights Green Mountain Power's plan for zero outages by 2030, heat pumps, filling the tree equity gap, rural electrification in the Maldives, Ireland rejecting a new fossil fuel import facility, and wind power being harvested in the ocean waters off the Northeast...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Mike Robinson, an Industry Vertical Advisor for the Retail and Consumer Goods practice. He provides expert advice regarding digital retailing, and brings over 30 years of experience from both management consulting and executive operator perspectives.  He and Ted discuss his background, growing up in Northeastern Pennsylvania, in a small, rur...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Chris Larsen, Senior Director for Clean Energy at Dynapower.  He and Ted discuss his background, growing up in Central Florida, just outside of Orlando. He shares his family's agricultural roots, and his exposure to pollution through sugar-cane crop burning, thus developing an awareness early on in his life of the effects of that kind of pra...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Talmage Petty, Founder and President of Hollywood Oyster Company. Talmage is an oyster farmer. He jokes that at times, he considers himself to be an "Oyster Whisperer." Talmage recalls his youth, born in New York City, then raised in Washington, D.C. He and Ted discuss his connections to nature as a child, particularly at his family's 300-ac...

In EcoNet News, Volume 25, Issue #9, Ted shares news on cutting-edge EV technology that get 600+ miles per charge, eliminating EV range anxiety. He also highlights the American Climate Corps, the dual use of land for agriculture and solar production, an age-old practice in winemaking that illustrates a form of smart carbon management, Tesla’s move to buy a wireless charging company, an artificial...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, father-daughter duo, Ted and Sierra Flanigan host the clean energy crash course focusing on the Emissions Time Bomb. They start at the very genesis, when EcoMotion was hired to conduct GHG inventories and climate action plans in the Coachella Valley. To demonstrate to the communities how carbon emissions are compounding, and problems that are caused, Ted de...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Laura Friedman, California State Assemblymember, 44th District. She was first elected to the California State Assembly in November 2016, and represents the cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Los Angeles, as well as the communities of La Crescenta, Lake View Terrace, Montrose, North Hollywood, Shadow Hills, Sherman Oaks, Sunland-Tujunga, Studio...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Beth Vaughan, Executive Director at California Community Choice Association. Beth is CalCCA’s first executive director, overseeing the association’s advocacy, policy, and communications efforts, and coordinating a diverse and growing membership of community choice energy providers serving customers across California.  She and Ted discuss her...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Chelsea Congdon, Co-founder of the Global Biodiversity Narrative Project. She also served as a Water Resources Specialist for the Environmental Defense Fund, Water Program Director for Public Council of the Rockies, and is a Film and Media Producer. Chelsea considers herself to be a western water junkie with two decades of work with Natural...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with Chéri Smith, President and CEO of the The Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy. ATCE is an Indigenous-led nonprofit that supports the self-determined efforts of Native American tribes transitioning to a clean energy future. It was founded in 2016 by Chéri, and formerly known as the Indigenous Energy Initiative (IEI). Chéri also serves as an Advi...

In EcoNet News, Volume 25, Issue #8, Ted shares highlights from his daughter's wedding weekend, and just how honored he was to be the father of the bride. He also highlights Maine boasting heat pumps, BTS fans taking on coal, the formation of the charging coalition, Porsche's charging lounges, powering Rivian's adventure network, and rural electrification in Africa. 

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, father-daughter duo, Ted and Sierra Flanigan host the clean energy crash course focusing on the Millbrook solar story, a  project in which all the stars aligned. Not only did the solar system take a huge chunk out of an institution's carbon footprint, but it was a good deal from the start, no money down and first year savings of over $50,000. They start at...

In this episode of Flanigan’s Eco-Logic, Ted speaks with George Lindsay, Jr., President of the Christeen Oyster Sloop Preservation Corp, a non-profit in Oyster Bay, Long Island with the mission of preserving Oyster Bay's Marine Heritage by involving the community in traditional boat building.  He also serves on the boards of the Atlantic Class One Design Association, Camp DeWolfe, Concerts By The...