From Guest Blogger Lillian Connors: Sustainable Solutions That Every New Home Build Needs
The process often seems daunting and intimidating at first, especially if you’re thinking of building a sustainable home and embracing a greener lifestyle.
The reasons to choose self-sustainable living are numerous – ethical, environmental, financial and practical. The primary benefit is lowering your negative impact on the environment and it starts with conscious, eco-friendly choices that involve using recycled and sustainable materials as well as renewable energy resources. (more…)
If you were being tried in a criminal matter, you’d probably want your mother to be the judge hearing the case. Of course, the justice system would laugh your defense attorney out of the court room if he made such a request.
Maybe it’s the drugs. Maybe it’s the anti-intellectual culture. Maybe it’s the budget cuts to public education. Who knows? One thing’s for certain: we live in a time in which many people have lost the willingness and ability to think critically. 
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has had considerable success in helping his Big Oil clients run roughshod over the environment in their desperate quest to maintain their energy monopolies as far into the 21st Century as possible. But though the Trump administration has, in many ways, been a dream come true, it’s run into legal trouble here and there. 
Imagine you’re a high school administrator. The children in your charge are miffed that their schools have become killing fields, but that anger pales in comparison to the rage they feel that the grownups charged with the duty to keep them safe are so corrupt that they refuse to take the obvious steps to protect them. 
Natural disasters impact everyone. Whether you live in earthquake-prone California, Tornado Alley or snowbound New England, severe weather is one step away from becoming a natural disaster at any time. Given the possibility of an emergency, it is important to be prepared at all times for the severe weather inherent to your area. Of course, disaster prep covers more than just stocking up on food and water a day or two ahead of the storm; it also includes having plans for recovery after a natural disaster.
Like a lot of people, I stand in awe of extremely talented people, be they athletes, musicians, or astrophysicists. 
It is no secret that we have made a mess of our environment. For too many years we lived as if nothing would affect us. The results are: 
Imagine it’s January 1, 2015, and you’re given $65 million with the proviso that you must spend every nickel of it by the end of the year, solely to communicate a certain specific message to the world. What would that message be? Ban the bomb? Find Jesus? Go solar? Feed homeless veterans? Ban assault rifles? Pass universal healthcare? 
