Category: Sustainability

The story at left is an interesting one, and it has a certain intersection with my own experience. Here goes: When my daughter was young, she and I volunteered with a local charity that delivered groceries to the elderly and …

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I would be surprised to learn that there is a single human being who’s had the opportunity to look back on the Earth from space who had any other reaction than that of American astronaut Edgar Mitchell (at left). This …

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It’s not completely fair to call our problem with plastic pollution “corporate.” Yes, Coke, Pepsi, Nestle, and the others are at least partly responsible, but we mustn’t excuse consumers who refuse to change their behavior. When I used to hold …

“Corporate” Plastic Pollution? Read More »

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Perhaps a more fair rewrite to the question at left would be: “Why do the most powerful people in the United States strip resources from the most downtrodden?” Of course, extreme greed and cruelty isn’t limited to the U.S., though …

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Admiral McRaven’s words at left focus on Trump’s effect on America and our country’s effect on the rest of the world. All this started, of course, in 2015, when our national politics first embraced Donald Trump, a conman, pathological liar, …

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In Santa Barbara County, where 2GreenEnergy “headquarters” makes its home, PBS and NPR are hardly under threat.  We at “2GE” make regular monthly contributions to the local affiliates of both, and those organizations have money coming out their ears from …

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Let’s imagine that the assertion at left is true–even the most extreme version.  There are astrophysicists who believe that the universe in which we live that began 13.7 billion years ago is just one of an endless number of universes …

Is Destruction the New Beginning? Read More »

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It’s true that history’s “good guys” have never built concentration camps.  Nor have they banned books, degraded public education, deliberately ruined the environment, removed human rights, or allowed their leaders to commit crimes. When we say that this is a …

The Good Guys Do Not … Read More »

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Obviously, I urge the civilized world not to adopt Kaitlyn’s idea here, but it did make me smile. It’s understandable to want to know how much damage to human civilization will be done by Donald Trump and his supporters, and …

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Upon reading the words at left, our first thoughts should be: OK, but watch out for the difference between causation and correlation.  Yes, Americans have low life expectancies, and we’re also the only developed country that doesn’t offer universal healthcare. …

Why the Rest of the Developed World Enjoys Longer and Healthier Lives Read More »

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