From global warming to growing landfills, climate concerns have many of us feeling discouraged about our planet’s future. However, while humans may be prone to environmental follies, many of our mistakes can be fixed with a little ingenuity. The environmental …
Category: Sustainability
Blood Tin
We tend not to think about the source of the tin solder that joins the components of our cell phones and computers. Yet like so many other supply chains that provide us the “necessities” of our lives, this one is …
From a Guest Blogger: What a Waste–Six Green Technologies Working to Make Less Waste
Vertical Farming It’s almost impossible to avoid being confronted with waste. Wherever we look, people and industries produce mass amounts of it, littering our environment and spreading toxic chemicals. This alarming trend can however be reversed by using green technologies, …
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Interpersonal Connection
Though I wasn’t an Eagles fan, I certainly was upset to hear about the passing of Glenn Frey earlier this week. When my daughter was about eight, I set her on my lap, played this song for her, and asked …
From a Guest Blogger: Three Eco-Conscious Developments that are Pioneering Industry-Wide Change
In today’s world, the degradation of the environment is a serious cause of concern. Investors are increasingly concerned with climate change, and well should be, considering the rise of government laws and regulations in relation to the same. Industries have …
Selective Memory Test
Those who like interesting mind games will enjoy this, and learn something from it at the same time. It’s a reminder to all of us who follow the news here in the US, and then realize when we happen to …
Celebrating the Brotherhood of Humankind on the World’s Most Recognizable Structure
A friend sent this video that speaks to the work that his father, Jacob Scherr, Senior Advisor of International Programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, did in illuminating the Eiffel Tower. The NRDC ranks among the world’s most venerable …
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2GreenEnergy Hits MIT Enterprise Forum
For anyone who wants to hear me speak and happens to be in Santa Barbara next week, I’ll be making a short (13-minute) presentation + Q&A at the MIT Enterprise Forum—Central Coast next Wednesday evening. Please see below. My talk …
The Anthropocene Era
There are more than 140 synthetic chemicals in your bloodstream. There are PCBs in the Arctic. These are two of the many thousands of reasons that geologists claim that we’ve moved from the Holocene Era to the Anthropocene, as described …
Inspiration from Christopher Hitchens
I just came across something that reminded me of how sorely the world misses the late Christopher Hitchens.
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