Yet another group of GETS graduates gets sent out into the world today.  Graduations are always an interesting thing in the life of a training manager.  On the one hand, I am so proud of this group of individuals because I know how hard they have worked for this graduation. …

The CYES Youth Council is a group former Energy Specialists can join to help improve current conditions in their community and abroad.  The goal of the Youth Council is to complete several projects to help the community and world go green and stay healthy. The local projects are usually smaller…

Well, East Bay Green Job Corps has officially ended.  The barbeque we held in honor of the 98 graduates who completed the program over the year was a great success.  I look forward to continuously hearing great things from and about all past participants of EBGJC.  I know you are…

After what seems like an endless rainy season, the sun is shining and exciting things are beginning to happen.  This Sunday, Tamera, Suzie, Eduardo and I will be at Albany Memorial Park for the Albany Arts and Green Festival from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, which to my delight I…

So a word of congratulations to Rahsaan Whitney. Rahsaan is a GETS graduate (Cohort 5) and now a FORMER member of the GETS Energy Services crew. I say “former” because, as of yesterday, Rahsaan is now a full-time employee of Advanced Home Energy (insert shameless plug for employer who hires…

Hello all, Thank you for visiting the Rising Sun blog today!  The California Youth Energy Services program is busy signing up households all over the East Bay, Marin County and the city of San Mateo for FREE Green House Calls for the summer.  Over the weekend, we made a big…

Hi! Khaia here with GETS Energy Services.  We have been pretty busy here at the warehouse and in people’s homes recently, since a lot more Berkeley clients are scheduling to have their homes retrofitted.  We are also ramping up to start Richmond homes at the end of April. GETS Energy…

Hola, my name is Adrian Sacharski and I have been working with Rising Sun for over a year now through different internships and contracts. Just a few months ago I became a co-manager for the East Bay Green Job Corps program. I came on as an intern through PG&E and…

Have you ever wondered how appliance standards are created? This summer the California Youth Energy Services will play an active role in influencing procedures and minimum energy efficiency standards for residential appliances. The California Youth Energy Services CYES has teamed up with researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory through the…

A U.S. Department of Labor announcement released yesterday reports that initial unemployment claims, meaning the people who are filing for unemployment for the first time, have decreased since this time last year.  According to the report, initial claims in the week of February 26 totaled 351,076, a decrease of…