Long-time reader Bill O’Hearn sent me two wonderful articles he wrote on corporate sustainability that I offer here and here. He makes some really good and unassailable points, namely, that the recent criminality in the private sector, especially the cases …
Category: Sustainability
Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility (CSR) Programs Have Taken It On the Jaw
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Connectedness
I sometimes run across something, perhaps a piece of art, a poem, a movie, or, in this case, a piece of music, that calls to mind the powerful but normally unobserved connection that all human beings have for one another. …
Victories for Lobbyists Almost Always Make the World a Dirtier, More Miserable Place
Here’s a piece I commented on a few months ago on the ecological aspects of our meat-crazed culture. The producer claims that this renders everything that environmentalists are doing as meaningless, and, although she’s incorrect here, she makes many excellent …
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From Guest Blogger Joel Smith: Green Cleaning–Protect Your Family and Environment
We live in a world today where life and technology are moving fast. While we have all learned to pace ourselves with how the world revolves these days, it comes with a price. You see, as much as many of …
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Ironic, Isn’t It?
Given all the writing I do on a daily basis, it may seem strange that I long to do more. In particular, virtually everything I do is “expository,” providing facts about this or opinions about that. Until I saw this …
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To the Surprise and Chagrin of Some, The Movement Towards Social and Environmental Justice is Happening
Readers who don’t read the comments to these blog posts are missing out on some ferociously entertaining and edifying conversations. Here, a cynic taunts a political activist with a note suggesting that there is little interest in sustainability and environmentalism: …
Happy Birthday, Human Rights Act!
Writing on the significant level of success that our civilization is making in the migration from fossil fuels to clean energy, I noted recently: Btw, renewable energy is not the only progressive cause that is in the process of winning. …
Will Free Market Economics' "Invisible Hand" Address the Planet’s Woes?
Libertarian and frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: Over population was a hot topic in the late ’60’s and early ’70’s, with an announcement by 93% of the world’s leading scientists endorsing the prophesy that 1977 would see permanent and increasing world …
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Growing Organic Produce Indoors: An Amazing Use of Space, Water, Nutrients–And Human Capital
When 2GreenEnergy supporter Brian McGowan sent me this wonderful piece on aeroponics and vertical harvesting, I realized in horror that it’s been over a year since I wrote anything on the subject. I think I’ll let the ladies in the …
Pope Francis Gets Most of It Right, Some of It Wrong
There is no doubt that Pope Francis and His humanitarian messages rank at the very top of the forces of good in the world at this point. But is He right on everything? Sadly, no. Unfortunately, He’s constrained by 1600 …
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