At age 77, American environmental lawyer Gus Speth has become quite the quotable guy. I happen to love what he said here about the top environmental problems we face.
Category: Sustainability
Trump’s Future
Acquittal in the Senate. Re-election next November. Resignation. Impeachment, removal, conviction on multiple felonies, prison. Escape with his family to Russia. We’ve all seen the predictions, like the one on the left.
Tagged with: climate change denial
Details Versus the Larger Picture
Sometimes the fine points are important, as this magnificent detail from a Rembrandt (larger version below). Other times, all we really need to do is hit the broad side of the barn. We need to finds ways to decarbonize our …
The Trump Phenomenon and American Education
The map below presents U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the 50 American states in terms of a variety of parameters. Beneath that is a map focusing only on the quality of the states’ educational system. When overlaid against …
Plant Trees
The paintings of Italian artist Maurizio Rega’s inspire this two-word phase: plant trees.
Tagged with: plant trees
There May Be Blood
Now might not be a bad time to remind this Major League Baseball umpire and others like him that participating in a cival (sic) war, if that means committing an act of violence, will meet with immediate and overwhelming force …
Tagged with: Hate crimes and mass shootings
After Improving for Years, U.S. Air Pollution Is Now Worsening
How completely unexpected. No one could have guessed that gutting the EPA and rolling back air pollution standards could possibly have worsened the quality of the air we breathe and caused more people to die. This is equivalent thinking to …
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Character Matters
Beam Furr, one of my best friends in college, is now Commissioner of Broward County, Florida. At left is something he published recently. Unassailable logic, written in a firm but even-tempered tone. Good going, Beam. Wish we could relive those halcyon days …
Tagged with: Character Matters
Love Survives
A friend sent me this pic just now, captioned by: “Puppeteers in Syria. When everything else fails, love survives.” As long as war remains our go-to tactic for settling international disputes, we’re causing the mass suffering of millions of innocent …
Highlights from the Bioneers Confererence
As noted previously, I’m up at the Bioneers conference for a wonderful weekend of learning. I’m thrilled to be associated with the Bioneers, a nonprofit organization that promotes practical and innovative solutions to global environmental and bio-cultural challenges.
