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Category: Sustainability
Words of Empowerment
Sadly, Toni Morrison didn’t leave us at a good time, but her words (like those featured at left) will echo on forever. “Rest in peace” sounds vulgar and grossly inappropriate here. May you rest in strength, may you rest in …
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Diplomacy and Sustainability
Have you ever noticed the fascination many Americans have with the U.S. Civil War of 1860-65? You don’t see World War I re-enactments. You don’t run across people who self-describe as “War of 1812 buffs.” Among other things, the Civil …
Isn’t That Impossible?
I got a laugh out of the meme here, but it reminded me to mention something serious: the Impossible Burger is about to be rolled out in the ~18K Burger Kings around the U.S., and sold through retail grocery stores …
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Gun Violence in America: Its Causes, Solutions
What’s the underlying cause of all this gun violence? How did the United States come to have more than one mass shooting per day (251 in the last 216 days of 2019 thus far)? The truth is that no one …
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What Compassion Looks Like
We often speculate as to what’s going to be required to redirect our civilization onto a sustainable track. Maybe it’s public funding of cleantech R&D.
American Education: What Went So Terribly Wrong?
There are probably at least a dozen different speculations that could be offered as to why American education is such a train-wreck. My personal belief is that, because our political system has a short-term view of success, our elected “leaders” …
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Life Provides Us All Certain Epiphanies
Phyllis Mueller, my business partner throughout the 1990s, was doggedly hard-working, and incredibly insightful. At one point she told me, “Everyone has brief moments of clarity in life that are clear messages that we’ve gone the wrong way, occasions in …
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The Very Nerve! A Justice System That Actually Works
Living in the United States and being told that this is the “best country on Earth,” it’s easy to conclude that this is true, and that any instance of injustice, unfairness, insanity, etc. that exists here also lives elsewhere–in spades.
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Key Viewpoint on Sustainability: Words from a Wise Man
American environmental lawyer Gus Speth is so right. The things that are taking our civilization down aren’t slow Internet speeds, imprecise PET scans, or the levelized cost of energy associated with solar and wind energy.
