I was lucky enough to be invited to hear Barack Obama speak at an environmental conference in Las Vegas in 2015. I was amazed to learn how much he knew about the subject, and how disappointed he was that he …
Category: Sustainability
Youthful Murderer’s Mom Still Not Indicted as an Accessory
I think the idiom is “glossing over” rather than “glazing over,” but that’s hardly the point. It is hard to understand why this woman has not been charged with a crime. Let’s hope that prosecutors are waiting to see precisely …
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Why Are We Destroying Our Home?
We’re intelligent, but that’s not our only attribute. We’re also cruel, selfish, subject to demagoguery, neurotic, superstitious, tribal, and indifferent to the suffering of others. We know that the path we’re on is completely unsustainable, but most of us simply …
What’s That Look on Greta Thunberg’s Face?
Greta Thunberg is normally photographed with a scowl on her face, but not when in the presence of a person like Jane Goodall, who has spent her life building an understanding of life forms and using that knowledge to make …
Environmentally Responsible People Are Happy People
Here’s a bar chart of the grid-mix in the OECD countries. Note the correspondence between the nations at the top of the graph and those at the top of the world happiness rankings. The seven happiest countries, in order, are …
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It’s About the People
The meme makes an important point, and it’s certainly not limited to child care. Think about the “Green New Deal” or “Build Back Better,” call it what you will. There are many millions of American families that will benefit from …
Ocean Plastic
There are dozens of different concepts out there for removing the trillions of pieces of plastic from our oceans. The video below presents an idea that involves two ships that drag a huge net through the water, scooping up everything …
Reel Toilet Paper, Made from 100% Sustainable Bamboo
It would be interesting to know the LCA (life-cycle analysis) of this product. True, it doesn’t cause trees to be harvested, and let’s suppose the loss of the bamboo has zero ecological impact. But how much energy is required to …
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Electric Appliance Makes Compost Out of Food Waste
When this device called Lomi is plugged in and run for 10 hours, it turns about 0.1 cubic feet (about 3/4 of a gallon) of food waste into compost for the garden, using a total of about 2.5 kWhrs. Could …
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Accuse The Other Side Of That Which You’re Guilty
As shown here, this concept far predates the modern Republican party, but, to my mind, it became their MO in the early days of the Trump administration, surrounding the phrase “fake news.” Trump’s critics, including most of the mainstream news, …
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