In the world of sustainable lumber certification, a lot of hard knocks have been traded between various organizations, mainly over the issue of acceptance by the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, …
From Guest Blogger Chris Long: Sustainable Forestry — A Look Behind the Label Read More »
Today everybody is talking about green cleaning. This is a process that involves using eco-friendly ingredients for the preparation of cleaning products. If you want to keep fresh water clean and toxic-free, you need to consider green cleaning. The benefits …
From Guest Blogger Paula Sheamus: Green Clean — What are the Benefits? Read More »
Today’s “word of the day” on dictionary.com is “misology” — a new one on me; it means “distrust or hatred of reason or reasoning,” as in: In this way misology, the hatred of reason, arises. Socrates now confronts misology “because …
I write often about humankind’s tendency towards specialization, i.e., how most of the R&D work aimed at innovation in today’s world is performed by people with extremely narrow (though intensely refined) skill-sets. I suppose it can be argued that this …
Albert Schweitzer, Reverence for Life, and Sustainability Read More »
I was in the process of writing my post on sustainable forestry a few minutes ago, when the phone rang and an old friend/client called to get caught up. In the course of the conversation, he told me about an …
Last night I was lucky enough to have snagged a front-row seat to listen to a talk by John Perlin — author, lecturer, and consultant in solar energy and forest preservation. A physics scholar at the University of California at …
I’m making some calls to the top microbreweries in the U.S., trying to get a read on the industry’s appetite (thirst?) for solar thermal heating, considering the enormous amount of energy needed to heat all that water, grain, hops, etc. …
On my piece about clean energy solutions for bringing relief to the Philippines, a friend of a friend writes: On a somewhat related note, but completely out of our hands, a provocative thought: the one single person who could do wonders …
Sustainability, Population Control, The Philippines, and The Pope Read More »
With all the talk about global sustainability and the importance we place upon it, let’s take an occasional look at the larger perspective of Earth’s place in the universe. For those interested in the cosmos, the video linked above will …
Global Sustainability and Earth’s Place in the Universe Read More »
As I’ve mentioned, I think the world of my colleague Stuart L. Smits, CEO of New Energy Ventures. Among other things, Stuart is involved in the use of clean energy to rebuild after Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. He is acutely …
Clean Energy Technology Takes Center Stage in Disaster Relief in the Philippines Read More »
