Every Christmas since we opened in 2009, I’ve written a hopeful little holiday message in the spirit of the season and the expectation of a bright New Year. At this point, however, I have to question the sanity, or at …
Category: Sustainability
(Mixed) Message of Hope for the Holiday Season
Tagged with: climate change is the most important challenge facing humankind, efficiency solutions, electric transportation, energy storage, environment justice and world peace, falling prices of renewables, kibosh of oil/gas exploration in the Arctic and the Northern Atlantic Oceans, smart grid, upsurge in distributed solar in the developing world
From Guest Blogger Bobbi Peterson: Four Eco-Friendly Ways To Heat Your Home This Winter
If your New Year’s resolution is about living a greener and more sustainable lifestyle in the coming year, now’s the time to consider looking around your house for ways to cut its carbon footprint. Wintertime, for most parts of the …
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From Guest Blogger Emma Sturgis: Green Collar Superstars–Four Careers That Will Save the Planet
The world is changing quickly, but it isn’t always for the better. A lot of the things that we’re doing right now are destroying the planet, and we’re going to have to alter our lifestyles dramatically if there’s any hope …
Are Religion and Science Burying the Hatchet?
Here’s something that will raise the hackles of the religious right: Pope Francis has declared that the theories of evolution and the Big Bang are consistent with the Catholic faith. “When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk …
Another Off-Topic Post: How Not To Live
If you’re the kind of person how sometimes second-guesses how he behaves around other people, I want to call your attention to this remarkable video, as it’s one of the best examples I’ve ever scene (outside of the U.S. presidential …
Tagged with: U.S. Presidential Election
A Contributed Post: Seven Tips for the Environmentally Conscious Driver
Driving gives you the freedom to get where you want to go, whenever you want. However, many of us aren’t aware of the impact driving has on our environment and aren’t ready to make the sacrifices necessary to reduce our …
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The 21st Century Can Be Dominated By Technology–Or Catastrophe
Here’s a short and entertaining video that serves as a wonderful reminder of how far we’ve come in terms of technology. Robotics, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence (along with cleantech), are going to dominate the world of the 21st Century.
Our Understanding of Humankind’s Relation To the Environment Has Changed Significantly–Thank The Lord
A young reader who happens to follow a “modern” religion (one that saw its origins in the mid-20th Century) comments on this post and the environmental “lens” through which I tend to view the world: Where I am optimistic is …
Optimism in the Face of Environmental Pressures
A young reader notes: (Through my religion), I now see hope for this planet where I had not seen any before. I was in fear that I would see the end of the planet during my lifetime. Now I see …
Tagged with: environmentalist, hugely toxic effects of fossil fuels, leaders of the world don’t care about climate change, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, survive environmental damage, wiping out the entirety of the progress that had been made in the direction of environmental stewardship over the past half-century in the U.S.
From Guest Blogger Anica Oaks: Green Government–Four Ways Public Policy Plays a Massive Role in Green Projects
Public policy plays a huge role in shaping what we do and how we do it as a community. It’s also a good indicator of the values and concerns of society or a specific community. Here are four ways public …
