Long-time reader Bill O’Hearn sent me two wonderful articles he wrote on corporate sustainability that I offer here and here. He makes some really good and unassailable points, namely, that the recent criminality in the private sector, especially the cases of Volkswagen and ExxonMobil, has put an enormous spear through the public trust in the subject of corporate sustainability efforts generally. (more…)
Outside of tourists, the most common thing you’ll see on the main drag in Santa Barbara (State St.) is protest marchers. In 2013, my wife, my daughter and I did our thing re: the KXL Pipeline.
A less common sight: pianos. Once a year, there are 15 – 20 upright pianos wheeled out for those willing to perform. I played the easy parts of Chopin’s Berceuse and one of his mazurkas at four or five of the instruments. Nobody threw tomatoes, so I count that as a success.
I hope readers will check this out, especially the video at the bottom of the page. Perhaps my favorite line: “Here’s a lady with problems. I promise to fix those problems if I’m elected president with the money I received from the special interests that caused those problems.”
These people really get it.
Glenn Hastings asks: My team pitches at the Cleantech Open in Denver next Wednesday. Maybe we can get some funding to get some help from 2GreenEnergy. Craig, have you heard any information on “billionsinchange.com” or Manoj Bhargava (pictured) other than what is on his web page?
No, sorry. But I have to say that I love the way the guy thinks. First of all, it’s hard not to like someone who’s investing 99% of his net worth into the development of ideas that alleviate suffering. (more…)
Publishing content on LinkedIn is a hot topic among social media hipsters; several friends have suggested that I experiment with this idea, and I intend to do so.
Here, my colleague Gary Tulie writes about his (much appreciated) participation in the creation of my most recent book. There is no question that Bullish on Renewable Energy wouldn’t have been possible without his help.
A friend writes: Just came across this in a shared LinkedIn post … re: a wind turbine with blades shaped like a Nautilus shell. Yet another wind turbine idea … is it a good one?
No, but I love stuff like this, though; if nothing else, it shows that people are thinking about the subject. (more…)
When you encounter stupidity, greed, cold-heartedness and cruelty, don’t you sometimes feel embarrassment for the entire human race? I sure do. Here’s something, however, that gives me the precise opposite reaction; in fact, I defy anyone to watch this and not feel some level of pride in our species.
A visitor to quora.com writes: Please give me an example of light energy.
All light is energy. Visible light is a tiny part of the electromagnetic spectrum, i.e., electric and magnetic fields that oscillate back and forth, in this case between 430–770 trillion times a second. The higher the frequency, the higher the energy, so “light” that is invisible to the human eye is because its frequency is too high, e.g., X-rays and gamma rays, have much greater energy levels, and therefore cause injury to living tissue. That’s why they are used as cancer treatment; they are a type of radiation that damages whatever cells they collide with, and since cancer cells can’t repair themselves, they die.
I wanted to publish this little discussion I just had with Peter B. Meyer, Professor Emeritus of Urban Policy and Economics and Director Emeritus of the Center for Environmental Policy and Management (CEPM) at the University of Louisville, who currently resides in the quaint little town of New Hope, PA (pictured), near where I grew up. He submitted a link to this op-ed in the New York Times on ExxonMobil’s behaviour on climate change, which served as the basis for what I wrote on the subject. (more…)
I sometimes run across something, perhaps a piece of art, a poem, a movie, or, in this case, a piece of music, that calls to mind the powerful but normally unobserved connection that all human beings have for one another. I hope you’ll check out this heart-stopper by singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile (pictured).
It appears to be about her love for her adopted child, but clearly the concept could be generalized. The lyrics are below. (more…)
