Welcome to Climate Change of Address. I’m Joe Galliani and I originally created this site and the related videos to respond to the rapidly changing climate where I live and across the country – indeed around the world.

This project began when I decided it might be time to move from our home on the coast in Southern California to a place that will be cooler, have more water, less threat of fire and mudslide and overall have a more livable climate 20-30 years from now. My plan was to hit the road in my Chevy Bolt electric car and work my way up the Pacific Coast shooting videos as I visited potential climate change of addresses and sharing those videos with you.

But more than the climate changed when my wife, Debra, let me know that she had no interest in leaving our home of 31 years. And my extensive research proved there was no better place. No place to escape to or hide from the worst that climate change wilI be bring. I realized I had no choice but to change and adapt our current home to our new climate address and to share what I learn with everyone who could use the information.

SOME BACKGROUND

I’ve been blogging under the Creative Greenius handle since October of 2007 when I began researching and reporting on climate change and climate action. I crossed over to the community organizer side of things in 2009 when I founded South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group, the first California chapter of 350.org.

2009 was also the year I started volunteering with GRID Alternatives where I learned to install rooftop solar PV systems and how they worked. GRID is the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer and they develop and implement solar projects that serve low-income households and communities. In 2015 I installed our home’s 5.2 kW system along with friends from the GRID crew. That system has worked flawlessly and produced all the energy we need to power our house and charge two electric cars.

From 2014 – 2017 I worked full time as the chair of South Bay Clean Power to successfully bring Community Choice Aggregation to Los Angeles County and cities. Today it’s called the Clean Power Alliance and is the largest such program in the United States.

I spent a long, fruitful career in corporate America prior to my environmental work as a writer, creative director and subject matter expert for companies like Mattel Toys where I was known as Mr. Barbie and for whom I created the male action toy line and animated series The Street Sharks. My clients included Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, Honda, Playmates Toys, Hasbro, Washington Mutual and NBA2K among other companies. My work for Sony included writing the launch of the original Sony Play Station at the first E3.

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE

My work as a subject matter expert on energy saving data centers for Hewlett Packard led me to specialize on greenhouse gas emission reductions, renewable energy and sustainability. That work in turn led to a staff position with CBS EcoMedia in 2012 as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs.

Throughout my career I’ve been driven to research and explore complex subjects and help simplify them for a general audience. Over the years I’ve developed a trusted network of top professionals, fellow subject matter experts, analysts and insiders. Now I’m using that network to Climate Ready my home. Join me as I share our experiences and what I’ve learned that may help you.