When you typically hear people talk about “green restaurants,” you might assume it’s a conversation regarding vegetarian places to eat. However, a green restaurant actually refers to a business that prides itself on being run in an eco-friendly way. Over …
From Guest Blogger Anago: Restaurants that Practice Going Green Read More »
High energy bills are only one side of wasting electricity, the other side of the coin being an increased carbon footprint and thus affecting the environment in the long run. Prices for utilities are likely to go up as time …
From Guest Blogger Susan: Energy Saving Sustainability Tips and Guidelines Read More »
Drones, in spite of the stigma surrounding them, are proving to be an asset in the modern world. For all of the deaths that result from the deployment of drones by militaries, there are several ways that drones improve society, …
From Guest Blogger Blake: Drones Have Environmentally Important Purposes Too Read More »
If you’re of a certain age, you may think of the Dow Chemical gas leak in Bhopal, India that resulted in conflicting reports of 3,000 to 8,00 deaths. More recently, there was the BP Gulf oil spill. But industrial accidents …
In response to my recent piece called “Those Whose Hearts Are Open See the Need for Clean Energy,” Debi Ireland writes: Good message Craig. You are doing good work. We need renewable energy. Dependence on fossil fuels is creating a …
Energy Policy Is One Aspect of the Crises Facing Our Civilization Read More »
I write often about the daunting number of challenges that humankind faces vis-à-vis sustainability, and note that many of them are rooted in our approach to energy: climate change/desertification, ocean acidification, loss of bio-diversity, water and food shortages, skyrocketing rates …
We Have the Power to Overcome the Challenges Humankind Faces Read More »
I heartily recommend the new Nova program on PBS called “Earth From Space,” which, as the name suggests, uses photography from satellites to explore the complex relationships between various phenomena here on our home planet. About 90 minutes into this …
Businesses across the globe are beginning to respond to impending environmental destruction by confronting their own wasteful practices. The telecom carrier industry has been at the forefront of this shift in attitudes. From changing its relationship towards energy usage, to inventing high tech green solutions, telecom is at the forefront of the green revolution in busines
I’ve asked a very large number of people who are concerned about sustainability if they are essentially optimistic or pessimistic that humankind will find a way out of its numerous dilemmas in which it finds itself: social injustice, the long-term …
According to this note in the Writer’s Almanac, yesterday was the 101st anniversary of the opening of Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” a ballet so new in its day that it caused a literal riot in the theater in which …
Tensions Develop as Environmental Concerns Build Read More »
