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William Knauss

William Knauss

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Member SinceMay 29, 2014CoLab Points (actual)
7
CountryUnited StatesCoLab Points (max. potential)
1,232

After graduating from college (Sociology) I worked for about ten years in the tool and die industry in Detroit.   After that I spent 25 years designing and building passive solar housing in the Southwest.  In my old age most of my effort spent in in developing the distributed production of biochar in our homes.where we can use all of the excess heat that is produced for cooking, space heating and hot water. 

Throughout most of my life the issue has been how we could finance what needs to be done to be good stewards of creation, not the technology.  Never has the financing issue been in such sharp focus as it now is with our man made climate issue now threatening our entire planet.  

Proposals

Reinventing Money To Address Climate ChangeJul 24, 2014
NEGATIVE INTEREST FINANCING FOR A CARBON NEGATIVE BOULDERJan 21, 2016
An alternative to bank mortgages can make energy efficient homes affordable.Jul 3, 2014
An alternative to bank mortgages can make energy efficient homes affordable.Aug 11, 2014

Proposal Links

Reinventing Money To Address Climate ChangeJul 31, 2014
Europe's Integrated Climate Action PlanAug 31, 2015

Supporting

Tying the Economy to the EnvironmentJul 19, 2014
Scaling, blindspotting, unblocking and integrating solutionsJun 11, 2014
Funding Farmers for Climate Change Mitigation (F2C2M)Jun 2, 2014
Carbon-negative biochar economiesMay 31, 2014
Global 4C: Managing Land for Carbon Sequestration with Smart MoneyJul 20, 2014
CargoFish: A Physical Internet Utility to... "Move Only What Matters!"Jun 9, 2014
Using Natural Systems Principles to Transition toward a Sustainable FutureAug 11, 2014
Global 4C: Empowering Humanity for Carbon Transition with Smart MoneyJul 19, 2014
Passive Architectural Design Index: A benchmark for passive building techniquesJun 30, 2014
The economy is a carbon pump; let's switch it to reverse!Jul 31, 2014
Carbon IncomeJul 22, 2014
AgroEcocultural GeoengineeringAug 30, 2015
Solar Dollars: The World Currency to Price and Finance Carbon MitigationNov 16, 2015
United For Progress: Climate Rescue Policy Center of America!Jan 23, 2016
Turn BBQs Into Char-B-QsJan 22, 2016

Activities

William Knauss updated a proposal NEGATIVE INTEREST FINANCING FOR A CARBON NEGATIVE BOULDERJan 28, 2016
William Knauss updated a proposal NEGATIVE INTEREST FINANCING FOR A CARBON NEGATIVE BOULDERJan 26, 2016
William Knauss updated a proposal NEGATIVE INTEREST FINANCING FOR A CARBON NEGATIVE BOULDERJan 25, 2016
William Knauss updated a proposal NEGATIVE INTEREST FINANCING FOR A CARBON NEGATIVE BOULDERJan 23, 2016
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