The annual celebration of Earth Day in Santa Barbara is held in a large, beautiful park, with perhaps 100 booths featuring ideas that promote a better planet. Many concern themselves directly with cleantech: water savings, electrical efficiency, EVs, renewable energy …
Category: Sustainability
Sorry To Say, We May Never See the Trump Administration’s Healthcare Plans
It’s starting to look like the United States will never get to see the Trump administration’s healthcare plans, not a single one of the many, so as to evaluate their merits in detail vis-à-vis Obamacare. Damn! And we were soooo …
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Ocean Plastic Pollution
One of my snide and ignorant readers sent me the meme here, to which I respond: Yes. The world is reducing plastic pollution as fast as possible, because every decent person on Earth finds what we’ve done to our oceans …
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World Radio
If you think Google Earth is amazing (and it is) here’s the radio equivalent. Each white dot is a licensed radio station, this app lists every single one on the planet. Click wherever you want, and listen to what they’re …
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What Living in a Developed Country Should Mean
Love this! The idea of “living small,” i.e., carrying a low carbon footprint, is appealing to every decent person living on this planet. The day is coming where people who live like pigs will be regarded as such, and that …
William Penn Sends His Love Through the Centuries
Here, William Penn stands atop Philadelphia’s City Hall, with the Ben Franklin Parkway leading to the Art Museum in the distance. Like most cities, Philly is quite beautiful in snow. Penn, certainly the world’s most famous Quaker, is a reminder …
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What’s Going Away, and What’s Not
The caricature here illustrates a sad truth about what we can expect going forward in American society. The former president is most definitely “going away,” as he deals with probable criminal prosecution and financial ruination, as well as a slow …
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Comment on the Minimum Wage
There are two different, though related reasons that the minimum wage hasn’t risen in the last 12 years: First, there is a certain undercurrent of cruelty in this country that manifests itself in various ways. If you believe that any …
Canada: Proud Boys Is a Terrorist Group
The New York Times reports, “The designation could see bank accounts linked to the group frozen and assets seized, while also expanding police investigative powers.” In any case, it’s nice to be reminded that our neighbor to the north is …
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The Dawning of a New Day
At left and below is 20th Century American artist/illustrator Maxfield Parrish’s iconic work “Daybreak.” No one knows the story behind it, and perhaps that’s a good thing. To call it “suggestive” is to put it mildly. We can hope that …
