Category: Sustainability

The cartoon here illustrates something that many of us see constantly in our daily lives: some people care about the environment and the quality of life we’re leaving for future generations.  And others just plain don’t. An old friend likes …

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Racism has always been an intractable part of American society, but, as portrayed in this Norman Rockwell painting, it hasn’t always been overtly celebrated by tens of millions of hateful and ignorant white people. In 2015, Donald Trump entered the …

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Below is a presentation by the late Antonin Scalia, two-decade-serving associate justice of the U.S. Supreme court until his death in 2016.  The subject: What makes America such a free country? He concludes that it’s the separation of powers, especially, …

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I’m sure many of us seniors, if we had the home ownership thing to do over, would opt out of the grass lawn paradigm.  According to this piece by PBS, that’s exactly what more and more Americans are doing each …

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Another great meme on the eco-lawn. One good thing about today’s world is its dismissal of traditions that add no value in our lives.

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“Dr. Oz,” a truly repulsive conman who plays in the same league of deceit as Donald Trump himself, has no more chance of beating John Fetterman in the Pennsylvania senate race than he does replacing Boris Johnson as the Prime …

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I wish I could think of a single thing that we ‘re doing in our civilization that’s driving us toward a sustainable future, but I’m at a loss. Think for a minute about climate, agriculture, fishing, land use, international relations/war, …

Note on Sustainability Read More »

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A reader asked me what I would do if I suddenly became quite rich: Craig: I’d make investments in companies with unique concepts in environmental stewardship. The problem, however, is that there aren’t too many of them.  I see ideas …

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The huge sphere (over Denver, CO?) represents the total amount of water on Earth, mostly in our oceans.  The medium-sized ball (over St. Louis, MO?) is the amount of potable water, though most of that is locked up in glacial …

Graphic on Potable Water Read More »

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There is a point to be made in the meme here, but the goings-on in California normally involve environmental stewardship, human rights, healthcare, or something else that makes the planet a better place to live. The precise opposite is true …

Lots Happening in California, Texas, and Florida–But ….. Read More »

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