40071896_2025693980826428_2992741359405760512_nProtecting the biosphere is a great idea.  And if it were possible for us Americans to accomplish this without the slightest impact on our lifestyles as consumers, there’s a chance it would happen.

In fact, it makes no sense for a civilization that cares the least bit about its participants or its descendants to, as Suzuki says, “elevate economics above the biosphere.”  But guess what that implies about us? (Easier to read version below.) (more…)

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20180825_115610It’s amusing to note that people are still thinking Trump will come up with a new strategy to address the barrage of scandals that seems to be in the process of taking him down. Did he have a plan to defeat ISIS? To improve healthcare?  To bring back jobs in coal?  To makes our schools safe? To lead our country with integrity, class and dignity?  To improve our relationship with our allies and our standing on the world stage?  To make our democracy stronger?  To deal with the inequities of world trade?  (more…)

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cropped-business-1Here’s a video that presents four different cleantech concepts, with an interesting mix of validity.

The first, covering city streets with a reflective white coating, is completely valid, as it causes a significant percentage of the incoming solar radiation to be reflected back into space, rather than being absorbed into the planet’s surface.  (more…)

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20180825_130639Here’s a photo I just took in downtown Los Angeles.

The ultimate building blocks of the universe and the nature of human consciousness are very complex things, and it’s possible that both are beyond the ken of humankind, especially the latter. While that’s kind of sad, a great deal of the knowledge we need to fix our most pressing problems is very simple, and we have come to understand it long ago. (more…)

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uppermillcreekHere is a slideshow reminding us that the each of the 50 United States has incredible beauty to offer those who live or visit there, and that beauty, bestowed to us by geologic evolution or God, depending on what you believe, is shared fairly equally.   (more…)

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d1d1793bbe65f334595a6c4de8dc9f93_LWhile the content of the cartoon below is factual in many respects, keep this in mind: climate change will not ruin the lives of rich people.  Regardless of how dystopian the world becomes, there will always be temperate weather, clean air and water (somewhere), summer homes, rib-eye steaks, Italian shoes, as well as great sports cars and hot girls who are impressed by them. (more…)

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download (1)Restaurant businesses are one of the most profitable business ideas out there. If a restaurant becomes a part of the community it will always have a steady stream of customers to work with and that means that it can also expand to other similar profitable industries. (more…)

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woman-933488_960_720From ThinkProgress:

(As if you need to be told) Everything President Trump has said about President Obama’s climate plan and why he had to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris Climate Accord turns out to be a lie.  (more…)

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26904619_346517212424180_496449134697865949_nFrom the Daily Stoic:

The line from George Bernard Shaw was that “all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” He isn’t wrong. The reasonable man bends himself to the world, because he insists to himself that the world is this way for a reason. The unreasonable man does not accept that and tries–sometimes with futility, sometimes with success–to bend the world to his will. (more…)

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170717135135-13-florida-sick-kids-super-169Reducing air pollution is something everyone needs to think about, and there are many simple steps you can take to help reduce your own carbon footprint. However, indoor air pollution is something many people never consider. (more…)

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