November was jam packed with travel and conferences. I attended the 1st Mexico Sustainable Conference and Expo held in Monterey Mexico. The big take-away was that CFE, the national utility, had some projects where they were "buying" back solar power from customers. This is big news for us, it allows Playa Viva to be net neutral or even positive energy producers while still leveraging the grid.
This event was followed by US Green Build Council in Denver. 13,000 attendees demonstrated that green building is not a fad, but a full fledged movement. Lots of great products on display at the expo. The highlight of the show was William McDonough co-author of the book "Cradle to Cradle". Also worth the price of admission was bumping into Gregory Katz who I last saw when I was a freshman in college.
I was able to fly home in time to be with my daughter for her 4th birthday party and then it was off to Santa Fe for the Regenesis Alliance meeting to discuss the future of the Regenerative Design Process with the members of the Regenesis Group. Playa Viva has hired members of the Regenesis Group to assist with the design of this project. We even managed a quick visit to the Georgia O'Keeffe museum.
David Miller, our project manager joined me in Denver and in Santa Fe. We were able to make great contacts including Michael Ogden who "wrote the book" on Constructed Wetlands.
November ended with a great Thanksgiving Feast at Mom's in Scottsdale, AZ.
