2nd -Followup to our conversation at - The National Clean Energy Summit 8.0 in Las Vegas - RE: GrowGreen Power & The United States - Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure Planning Initiative for a United and Sustainable Clean Energy America by the Year 2050

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Dear Mr Podesta– This is the second message sent after meeting you at the National Clean Energy Summit 8.0 in Las Vegas. I am not sure if I was over your file size limit with the first email sent. I do hope to hear from you if you are interested in discussing further – GrowGreen Power and The United States – Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure Planning Initiative for a United & Sustainable Clean Energy America by 2050, and what these proposals mean to the United States and the Democratic Party. I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.

Sincerely Christopher Belknap

RE: The National Clean Energy Summit – Followup to brief conversation with Architect Christopher Belknap regarding:

Attached: GrowGreenPower –100 Acre Hydroponic Greenhouse & 50MW Biomass / Solar Thermal Power Plant Project – First Project in North Carolina

Note: new revised website http://www.GrowGreenPower2.com

The United States - Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure Planning Initiative for a United and Sustainable Clean Energy America by the Year 2050

Overview Letter received by President Obama – during the 2012 Election. Overview Graphic. High resolution to follow once we connect.

To: John Podesta – Chair Hillary for America / Center fro American Progress 9-2-2015

Dear John – It was great to attend the National Clean Energy Summit 8.0 for the fourth time, and note all the progress that has been and is continuing to be made particularly in the Western States with regards to major Renewable Energy Projects that have are now completed and in the near future are coming online. I was also pleased to hear that a major topic is now the National Clean Energy Plan being articulated including moving towards modernizing the National Grid to a Smart Grid.

I very much appreciate the short conversation that we had at the very end of the day regarding GrowGreen Power’s Mission along with very briefly showing you the thesis of The United States - Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure Planning Initiative for a United and Sustainable Clean Energy America by the Year 2050. I appreciate that you took the time for our conversation at the end of a long, and forwarding day with President Obama arriving at the conclusion of the event. Your contribution along with Senator Reid’s during the eight years of the Clean Energy Summit is to be highly commended. Making progress on Renewable Energy during an increasingly divided time in our Nation's History has not been easy but we are getting there.

I believe within this message and the attachments I am sending are important key strategy points, both technical and political, that I am offering to contribute to understand how the United States can lead again with a clear comprehensive National Vision understood by all. This will come with a compelling unifying reason that will bring Americans back together with an Aligned Vision Plan. The major points of this Vision Plan are in the attachments that are would greatly accelerate the forward progress with renewed American Leadership in the World Community on the path to a Sustainable 21st Century by the Year 2050.

As I mentioned to you, I originally talked with you briefly at the 2010 National Clean Energy Summit 4.0. Two years earlier, based on almost 20 years of previous visionary initiatives that I was involved in and initiated in Hawaii from 1986-96, that concerned Community Based Planning Initiatives, concepts for Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Eco Villages and Communities, - I brought my partners together in August 2008 and formed GrowGreen Power Inc. Our purpose and mission was to begin our endeavor to put into a development plan GrowGreen Power Centers that could be replicated in Major Cities Worldwide and in virtually all climate conditions because of our climate control capabilities utilizing waste thermal energy from the power production.

GGP- Centers Hydroponic Greenhouses & Biomas / Solar Thermal Power Plants -

We planned to design and develop large commercial scale Hydroponic Greenhouses combined with Biomass and/ or Solar Thermal Power plants to address both sustainable food production and a portion of local Renewable Energy production in a combined food / energy platform. We began in August 2008 right when the National and World Economy began its free fall and shortly after that - right as President Obama won the election. Two years later in 2010, we secured our initial $2.5M Angel Funding to proceed to advance GrowGreen Power Inc.’s mission through Schematic Design Technical Analysis of Biomass Plant / Hydroponic Greenhouse – site selection 50 Miles from Charlotte, NC. We are now nearing completion of Phase 1 – securing the Financing for the 50MW Biomass Plant. The initiation of the GrowGreen Power endeavor and timing in 2008 with all that was happening on economic front, the state of our country with the two wars the United States was engaged in, and the election of President Obama are significant, and reaching out to you now is significant at this time in 2015.

I would greatly appreciate it if you will take the time to review these attachments and then see if we can connect so I can go over the key central points. I believe you will find within the Mission of GrowGreen Power and The National Clean Energy Vision Plan thesis - key pieces of the puzzle for how we will achieve the massive undertaking of getting to a Sustainable World Community by 2050. These points are important to our Nation as a whole and also to the Democratic Party winning this election on all fronts, the Presidency, as well as the Senate and House Majority. This can be done even with the calculated strategy of division, of fear and denial that has continued to be advanced to divide the country by those unwilling at present to embrace the future, and the central truth that every Century will bring dramatic change and challenges to be met.

GrowGreen Power Centers – Economic Green Zones around Cities in the United States and Worldwide:

If at all possible, I would like to connect directly regarding the GrowGreen Power Mission to develop, design, construct and operate GrowGreenPower Centers (Fully Climate Controlled (100 acre) Hydroponic Greenhouses combined with 50 MW Biomass and/or Solar Thermal Power Plants) in major cities across the United States and around the World. GrowGreen Power Centers are an important key anchor component for creating Green Economic Zones around Cities and Communities Worldwide. In reality, this development strategy must move very rapidly to be effective in time and this will need support at a National Level to actually move at the speed it should with Climate Change and Population Growth increasing the stress of Global food security, water resources and energy resources with each passing day.

It is my view GGP-Centers and the larger National Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure Vision Plan below are critical to designing and developing Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure. Along with clean renewable Energy Power enough for virtually all our Nation’s Energy requirements (mapped out across the Continental United States by the NREL over 212,000 GW, there is the need for the upgraded Smart Grid that was discussed at the Energy Summit including constructing a cross continental - High Voltage Direct Current Grid connecting the Eastern and Western Grid, and the building of Carbon Neutral SmartTech Cities in the United States and Worldwide.

A global comprehensive approach to Collaborative Sustainable Design Worldwide has been my passion and mission throughout much of my career as an architect. My career path is somewhat unique as will be clear if you review my resume at the end of the Letter to President Obama. (See my full, CV and Illustrated Resume that contains my early work and Visionary Initiatives in Hawaii and Design Consulting with WATG Architects on some of the largest urban planning projects in Dubai, Saudi Arabia and the Middle East 1999-2007 -This experience has given me the insight for this communication. See the CV and Illustrated resume that is at the end of the attached letter to President Obama.)

GrowGreen Power Inc.:

Attached is a one page overview of GrowGreen Power and our mission as well as an illustration of the first project GGP-NC 50 miles from Charlotte, NC (now nearing financial closure Phase 1--50 MW Biomass Power Plant). Also, our new website that will soon replace our current site www.growgreenpower.com and will have much more detail for a quick overview. Review this information and the metrics of a Hydroponic Greenhouse & the Biomass Power Block (fully Climate Controlled Hydroponic Greenhouse can be placed in most climate zones Worldwide with 30 times the yield, 85% less water used over traditional Agricultural (in the ground) Industrial Farming, it is virtually Pesticide Free, Local Production of a wide variety of Vegetables and Fruits as well as Lettuce and Herbs and medicinal Algae can be grown, will produce approx. 500 local Jobs, and base load renewable Waste to Energy – MSW-Biomass 45 MW to the regional grid). These metrics indicate that with 3 Billion more people expected by 2050, and the knowledge that food, water, energy and the transformation of our Cities around the World with a strategic Carbon Neutral approach is vital. The development of GrowGreen Power Centers along with Economic Green Zones around American Cities and Cites Worldwide are a paradigm shifting key that will restore balance to the American work force as well a sustainable way to address jobs and Sustainable National Economies around the World. Note: New revised website-- http://www.GrowGreenPower2.com

The United States - Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure Planning Initiative for a United and Sustainable Clean Energy America by the Year 2050:

In addition to GrowGreen Power, I want to share with you for consideration the comprehensive proposition of The United States - Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure Planning Initiative for a United and Sustainable Clean Energy America by the Year 2050 in the attachments.

This thesis was delivered and received by President Obama in 2012 during the last election. As I mentioned in our short conversation at the Clean Energy Summit, John Bellamy was a contact that I had made going back to 2009 who was interested in GrowGreen Power. John delivered two shorter communications to the President in 2010 with some of the earlier visionary points. Then is 2012, John delivered this presentation with the full size panels, when it was finished, along with the attached Summary Letter to President Obama just before the second debate with Mitt Romney in the 2012 Election. According to John, the President and David Axelrod had a short time to review the presentation at Camp David – and it was well received. I was told as far as a next meeting that the President’s re-election was a priority before a full presentation could be made. Right after the election, many issues on the National and International Level displaced the time to make a presentation. So far, I have not received the opportunity to make a full presentation or been able to connect with John Bellamy for a number of years now.

This National Vision is a comprehensive plan that has important history and political points to make about how to align and bring to together our Nation, beyond our currently divided political impasse. Again, we can lead as a Nation for a Sustainable World Community on the World Front with a great common cause that will only come when high consensus occurs around common goals and a clear, comprehensive National Vision Plan that can be articulated which rises well above the dividing noise. Bringing Democrats and Republicans together is crucial and is possible in my opinion.

The Alignment Moment in American History that can Unify our Nation – Victory in World War II and what Democrats and Republicans did :

There was a very clear moment in time of our history that is in my view a key to how the Democratic Party can lead our Nation as a whole--back to the point of our greatest National Alignment which was the in years right after Pearl Harbor. This is when America entered the War and United in beyond all our differences in a Common Cause to achieve Victory over Nazi Germany and Victory over Japan. In the moment that we achieved Victory in World War II in the Pacific--the point that ended the most violent and destructive War in human history with the most violent and destructive weapons, we as a Nation came together with our Allies to defeat the Fear / Power / and Controlling Forces of the Axis Totalitarian Alliance. We came together as in no other time to win that war and this moment of Victory should provide a window to our future that every American will understand, and to a time of our greatest achievement as a Nation to this day through our selfless sacrifice and our commitment to a clear and defining common cause. This is the rallying moment than can form the framework to reawaken American Greatness and Alignment based on a cause of Great Purpose. For any Nation to succeed it must always redefine the next clear objective for 50 to 100 years in todays accelerating world of change. This vision must always be reexamined.

In the years that followed, America's Leadership was vital to the rebuilding of Europe and the Pacific. Under both Democratic and Republican Presidents, the foundation for the modernization of World Civilization in the Rebuilding of Europe, Japan and the Pacific was laid with the Marshall Plan under President Truman. The Interstate Highway System was initiated under President Eisenhower, and President Kennedy initiated the Apollo Space Program. The building of the major infrastructure projects of the 20 Century began in earnest, based on nonrenewable and highly polluting resources, so there was only a limited time that we could use them. In the end many of the chess moves between the United States and Soviet Union and various alliances and proxy wars that followed in the last half of the 20th Century were in the Middle East primarily because of our need for oil to run our accelerating growth and civilization. Every move we made to counter the Soviets has come back to hurt us – Since 9-11 we have continued to be engaged in this continuation of war and at every turn there has been a new manifestation of war like a cancer.

Now, we must move to unlimited Clean Renewable Resources to avert a repeat of the destruction and major wars of the 20th Century. We have just continued into this Century, 15 years of continued War with more to follow with the development of ISIS. Climate Change will exacerbate all the problems of population growth, poverty etc. The plan I am sending you addresses The Five Critical Challenges of the 21 Century: 1. Population Growth and Cities, 2. Sustainable Infrastructure and Cities, 3. Poverty and Economic Balance, 4. War and Peace, and 5. Climate Change. Each of these issues is interrelated as well as converging.

In this presentation I am sending you is an important strategy that will lift us beyond our divisions and can lead the Democratic Party to victory in the next election so that President Clinton and President Obama’s important work to bring us to a more Peaceful and Sustainable World can gain momentum and not be stopped by fear and division. This message is a key.

This is my purpose in reaching out to you. The attached overall illustration and email below my contact info covers the central points as well as the overview letter of the vision plan sent to President Obama. Please consider this information confidential. I would very much like to discuss, at your earliest convenience, this Vision Plan, what we are advancing with GrowGreen Power, and how all of this could considerably up level the National Conversation (high resolution presentation panels will be sent when we talk). I hope you will consider this information carefully and assist me in completing my presentation to President Obama to continue to develop the strong stand he is taking in the remainder of his last term in office. This National Vision Plan and the politically aligning talking points should also be present to Secretary of State & Candidate for President Hillary Clinton as well as President Clinton and, ultimately, to the leadership team for the Democratic party that will develop the message in the upcoming election. It is important to not only win the next Presidential Election but also both the Senate and House to truly move forward beyond the grid lock of these last years.

I should note that my goal is to bring Democrats and Republicans together – and there is a message contained in this presentation that a clear majority of Americans from both Parties as well as Independents will embrace. This message can be delivered and illustrated in a way that is so positive and clear as to its benefits that people will come together for the greater good. We can rise above the fear and confusion that has been deliberately propagated for many years meant to control and win by dividing us as a Nation.

We must remember this unifying time right at the moment of Victory at the End of World War II and the release of positive actions building 20th Century Infrastructure continued for some 15 years by both Republican and Democrats, and that was the necessary foundation basis for all the economic growth the World has seen to this point. We must now rapidly build the sustainable clean energy infrastructure for the 21st Century. I know this is what we are all committed to – those who attended the National Clean Energy Summit in particular.

I will followup with a call to your cell phone number once this message is sent. Given you are on the East Coast and I am on the West Coast, I would suggest to cover the key points of this presentation over the phone when you are at your computer and I can go through the central points quickly. We can also use a SKYPE connection. My SKYPE connection is chrisbelknapdes. I can also come to any location to make a presentation.

John again I thank you for all your have done over the years in the positions of responsibility you have held. I hope that we will be able to connect shortly. I would appreciate if you let me know that you have received this information and what would be a good time to connect. You can call me at anytime at 949-632-8787.

I look forward to discussing this National Vision Strategy, GrowGreen Power, and mutual vision and objectives with you soon.

All the Best – Christopher Belknap

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