Category: Sustainability

I ask my guest bloggers to confine their monologues here to items that pertain to clean energy—or perhaps to sustainability more generally—and I try to do the same, but sometimes I’m so blown away with something in another arena that …

Sometimes We Can Only Stand In Awe of Superior Intelligence Read More »

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I thought I’d reproduce here a part of the Thank You letter I receive for my annual contribution to the Turimiquire Foundation, a non-profit whose purpose is to improve the quality of life for the poorest of the poor in …

Turimiquire Foundation: A Beacon of Light in a World of Gloom Read More »

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Sustainable living is quickly becoming mainstream as businesses, families, and communities incorporate more environmentally friendly standards into every day practices. For example, many families now consciously choose less waste over convenience, and businesses make investments that lead to energy efficiency …

From Guest Blogger Brooke Chaplan: Green Dream–Six Environmental Developments From Students Read More »

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We all have a certain appreciation for statements of important facts that are so concise and finely tailored that the words themselves offer a profound beauty.  Students of the U.S. Civil War recall the ceremony at which Lincoln delivered the …

Great Statements Have Their Own Beauty Read More »

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We all know the famous lines from the sermon that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered at the Baccalaureate at the commencement exercises for Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where he told us: “The arc of the moral universe is long, …

Our Society Is Headed in the Direction of Eco-Consciousness, But the Path Is Indirect Read More »

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Occasionally I like to comment on our First Amendment right to free speech and how the marketplace of ideas tends to police itself very well.  This is quite clearly the case with most issues in our society.  While the U.S. …

Letting the Market Control Hate Speech Read More »

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My colleague Glenn Doty writes on my piece Aquaponics, Aeroponics, and Other Concepts in Modern Vegetable Farming: Upscale restaurants and organic grocers for foodies are one thing. But to analyze where this must eventually end up, and try to find a …

More on Aeroponics–A Key Player in Sustainable Agriculture Read More »

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Regarding my recent post on aeroponics and other aspects of sustainable agriculture, senior energy analyst Glenn Doty writes something that is both correct—and illustrative of a large point in clean tech investment: I believe that the future will rely on …

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When I hit the “publish” button in a few moments, this short piece will be our 4922th post, of which I’ve written just over 4400 personally.  Roughly three-quarters pertain to some aspect of renewable energy, whether it’s a comment on …

Exploring Our Duties as Citizens of Earth; Happy Anniversary to Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” Read More »

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Gardening is a worthy hobby as well as a beautiful way to decorate and garnish the outside of your house. Planting is always considered as the best source of a healthy environment both for the entire ecosystem and your surroundings. …

From Guest Blogger Christine Rudolph: Removing Pest Infestations from Your Garden So As To Preserve the Environment Read More »