A Contributed Post: Easy Ways to Reduce Your Waste




Warning sign, Salinas Valley, California, USA.
As the basis for the chapter on the use of litigation to protect our natural resources in my first book (Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies), I was lucky enough to interview Johanna Wald at the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) shortly before she retired. Johanna had been successfully using the court system for more than 35 years to force public and private entities to conform to laws that are in place to protect the people and the planet we call home. (more…)




It’s kind of like the environmental impact of electric vehicles: the effect ranges from incredibly positive to fairly negative; it depends on precisely what happens when you plug in your car in a certain location, at a certain time of day, and the amount of renewables on the grid at the time.

Spoiler alert: the piece focuses on mindfulness of and sensitivity towards others…something that, young people may be surprised to know, used to be a big deal here. (more…)

