Christian Beckwith: Greening the Barrio: Post 1

So I get a call from Mike. "Where you at?" "Just left Jackson Hole. Headed to San Franciso. Where are you?" "Hagerman, getting the van ready. Everyone's here. You should come." "Come where?" "Mexico. Guaymas. I told you about it: Greenscool--we're getting it going." He had told me--drive from Hagerman, Idaho, to Northern California, interview the CEO of a renewable energy company, pick up a solar panel system, drive it thirty-five hours south and install it in a neighboring barrio school along with other solar panels harvested from a nearby gringo retirement community--but I had had other things on my mind. Besides, 2,500 miles of driving in three days didn't appeal to me. "I've got a meeting in the Bay area Sunday morning, Mike. I can't go to Mexico." "Then come to Hagerman and we'll caravan. We'll drive all night. You'll be in San Franciso in the morning." "You're crazy," is what I wanted to say; but I didn't. I continued driving instead, and at Twin Falls, instead of heading ... (link)