Any business today, whether it is more than 100 years old or a new start-up is looking for sustainable operating methods. Sukanto Tanoto is an example of one businessman and entrepreneur who promotes sustainable forestry practices and land management techniques. The main …
From a Guest Blogger: Sustainable Forestry Is a Top Priority Read More »
I heard a wonderful radio show this afternoon that discussed the human perception of value. Is a $200 bottle of wine really better than a $20 bottle? We certainly think and behave as if this were true. Not only do …
Here’s an infographic on the subject of sustainability that a reader sent me. I hope readers will appreciate it, even though I’m glad I’m not the one who has to tell the world’s indigenous people, John Muir, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, …
I just came home from my regular Friday evening visit to our local wine bar, where I was speaking with a friend who’s about my age (which means we were both teenagers in the early 1970s). He told me that …
Here’s a very solid insight from Greg Krumm: …We have progressed as humans in the basic chores of humans such as sewage control, trash pick-up, crop rotation and recycling…Our collective human intelligence should enforce the theory that we are stewards …
My wise and compassionate friend Cameron Atwood writes: Woodrow Wilson (was concerned about extractive wealth) across our economy and the world economy as well (when he wrote) “…shrewd wits playing on the credulity of others, taking advantage of the weakness …
Environmental Consciousness and the Nature of Humankind Read More »
I try to speak with my friend whom I quoted here on energy policy at least once a month, to try my best to keep up with his incredible insights about the world of the 21st Century. He’s aware of my …
Environmental Justice Is Just One of Many Different Maladies Read More »
Do you ever find yourself getting angry with a certain aspect of your life, only to realize that you’re behaving like a three-year-old? That’s what happens to me, albeit briefly, virtually every time I post something.
Since I’m more involved in free speech than the average man-on-the-street, I should note that I was deeply saddened to wake up this morning to learn that nine people, publishers of a satirical magazine in Paris, had been murdered. It’s …
I write a great deal about practical matters: the installed cost/Watt of PV, the list of heavy metals we find in coal, what we may want to do with off-peak wind, and so forth. These are measurable things, and, as …
Discussions of Sustainability Are Empty Without the Concept of “Connecting” Read More »
