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Stewardship Council, Visions
Visions Du Jour: What are the main characteristics of a vision? Research on visionary leader – suggests that visions have five characteristics: a picture, a change, values, a map, and a challenge. At the recent Stewardship Council meeting a speaker brought up the need for Borreg... — Updated 5/24/2023
BVSC Elects New Members
The Borrego Valley Stewardship Council (BVSC) elected its 2023 slate of Team Leaders at its annual meeting, April 12, in the Borrego Library. The elected Team Leaders are: Bri Fordem, Anza-Borrego Foundation; Kathy Dice, Borrego Water District; Martha Deichler, Borrego Springs Uni... — Updated 5/10/2023
Say NO to the RDF
Join the fight to turning Borrego Springs into an industrial solar wasteland and delay any action on the Regional Decarbonization Framework (RDF) by signing the petition (https://www.change.org/p/tell-the-san-diego-county-board-of-supervisors-no-that-borrego-sp... — Updated 5/1/2023
Seven Reasons to Say "NO" to the County's Decarbonization Plan
With the hearing for the plan to reduce carbon, called the Regional Decarbonization Framework to be brought before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors (BOS) being rescheduled to May 24, it is time to continue taking action. The Regional Decarbonization Framework (RDF) ... — Updated 5/1/2023
Spotting Elusive Mercury
I remember six decades ago sitting in Miss Schnitzer's fourth-grade classroom and getting my first formal taste of astronomy. I always looked forward to hearing her tell us of all the amazing properties of the planets of our solar... — Updated 5/1/2023
Our Dusty Solar System
One of my least favorite household chores is dusting. Here in the desert, if I let it go more than a week, I can trace my name on the coffee table. After a month, geologists can easily do sediment dating there! If this sounds... — Updated 4/28/2023
No in Borrego
“I will do all I can to help lower the costs of electricity bills in San Diego, but CPUC needs to hear from you too. Together we can make a change and make San Diego more affordable.” Supervisor Jim Desmond. Dear Supervisor Desmond, Thank you for fighting to lower the costs... — Updated 4/28/2023
Delay in Solar Vote
The Board of Supervisors have delayed the vote of the current RDF draft until May 24. Sign the petition to reject this plan: https://www.change.org/p/tell-the-san-diego-county-board-of-supervisors-no-that-borrego-springs-will-not-be-sacrif?recruite... — Updated 4/5/2023
No to Solar
The County's favorite plan to reduce carbon emissions preferred option is to place large industrial scale solar projects in Jacumba, Borrego Springs and Boulevard. The plan, according to most environmental and ecological... — Updated 3/28/2023
"Decarbonization Proposal"
A letter to Supervisor Jim Desmond and his assistant, Hunter McDonald Honorable County Supervisor Desmond and Mr. McDonald, Please DELAY any consideration or vote on a Utility Scale Project in Borrego Springs. It seems to me the real issue here is financial, practical,... — Updated 3/21/2023
Call for Action: Sign The Petition, Say NO to Solar in Borrego
Join your neighbors in opposing this terrible plan by signing a petition here: https://www.change.org/p/tell-the-san-diego-county-board-of-supervisors-no-that-borrego-springs-will-not-be-sacrif?recruite A hearing for the plan to reduce carbon, called the Regional Decarbonization F... — Updated 3/21/2023
SDC Power Comes to Town
Borrego Springs residents and businesses will soon be receiving fliers announcing that as of April 1, 2023, the community will be buying power from San Diego Community Power (SDCP), rather than San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). By law, all residents must be given 60-day and... — Updated 3/16/2023
Wildlife: Going, Going, Gone
One of the things people love about living in or visiting Borrego Springs is the wildlife, the experience of encountering unfettered and uncaged nature. Confronting a Bighorn Sheep; finding the prints of an elusive Bob Cat on the patio; hearing the quiet hoo of Horned Owl; the... — Updated 3/6/2023
Supervisor Desmond Speaks...
That’s a question I’ve been asking myself and a frequent question my office has received. I’m asking the same questions, and it appears the answers aren’t simple, but there needs to be a solution. As trending Federal Government and State energy policies are focused on... — Updated 3/6/2023
Borrego In The Crosshairs, Again
Borrego's perennial celebration of springtime wildflowers is shadowed by a darker perennial – San Diego's incessant musings of turning Borrego Springs into an industrial wasteland. In 2010, Borregans fought off the Sunrise... — Updated 3/6/2023
Dark Sky Party at the Library
On Thursday Feb. 23 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the library will be hosting a stargazing event with telescopes provided by the San Diego Astronomy Association as well as a “Moon to Mars” presentation by a NASA Solar System ambassador and a kids’ space-themed craft. Great... — Updated 2/14/2023
Dimming Solar Power
On December 15, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decided that, effective April 2023, new California solar customers will experience an 80% cut in a key solar incentive. Clean energy advocates warned that the proposal would discourage Californians from “going sol... — Updated 2/7/2023
Chamber 2022 Stats
2023 is off to a great start with many visitors coming to town, but before I offer 2022 highlights I have a friendly reminder from the Chamber. In the past week, we’ve had several non-member organizations ask if they can use the Chamber bulletin board, post in the Chamber Weekly... — Updated 1/17/2023
Seeing the Inner Planets at Dusk
It's always fun to ask stargazers why they believe that, if Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, it's not also the hottest of our solar system. That honor belongs to Venus, nearly twice as far from the searing heat of our star... — Updated 1/4/2023
The Mystical Northern Lights
Stand just once beneath the shimmering curtains of the northern lights – the aurora borealis – and you will never forget the experience. They are without question the most hauntingly beautiful and unearthly of all natural pheno... — Updated 11/28/2022
Chamber Highlights Since Our Last Post
The Chamber Column has been on hiatus but the Chamber has been very active since my last post. We’ll begin with marketing campaigns that came out in the summer issue of Food & Travel magazine – that included a four page story and a full back cover ad, as well as an ad in... — Updated 10/4/2022
Mongolia – Part Two
This is part two of the Mongolia series. Martha Deichler described the last portion of our journey to Mongolia in the prior edition of the Borrego Sun. Because Martha missed the early part of the trip due to Covid, I am sharing... — Updated 10/4/2022
Searching for Neptune After Dark
Remember a few years back when Pluto was deemed to be no longer a planet? The internet erupted with protests. "Why isn't Pluto a planet?" people cried. "It was a planet when I went to school and, as far as I'm concerned, it still... — Updated 9/27/2022
Finding the Asteroid Vesta
I remember well those wonderful days of elementary school when the very mention of the "solar system" conjured up in my mind amazing images of the sun, the planets and their attendant moons, and even mysterious comets sweeping by... — Updated 9/13/2022
Energy Conservation Tips
In August, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) issued a statewide Flex Alert, a call for voluntary electricity conservation, due to predicted high temperatures pushing up energy demand and tightening available power supplies. Consumers were urged to conserve... — Updated 9/2/2022
