Teaching kids about going green can help them develop good habits for the rest of their lives. While many schools teach eco-friendly concepts to varying degrees, much of the work falls on parents and organizations to provide this education. Talk …
From Guest Blogger Angie Mansfield: Learning About the Green Movement at an Early Age Read More »
I just took a break from a bicycle ride at one of the local wineries and happened to strike up a conversation with a guy who had driven up to our valley from nearby Santa Barbara – the site of …
President Obama’s recent press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeld elicited an important comment. The U.S. could learn about sustainable development from Sweden. President Obama believes that Sweden is far ahead in maintaining a sustainable planet as opposed to …
From Guest Blogger Sara: Sweden – An Energy Policy Model For the U.S. Read More »
Smoking is known to be bad for you. Even some of those who have kept lighting up several cigarettes a day will be aware of the damage it is doing to their health. Asthma, bronchitis and, in extreme cases, lung …
From Guest Blogger Jack: Smoking Is Harmful to the Environment Read More »
I’m headed back to the East Coast next week for seven appointments in two days scattered from Washington DC to New York – and, luckily, all accessible by public transportation. Whenever I can substitute a train for a rental car, …
I’m on my way out for lunch with a new-found friend, environmentalist Jen Boulder. As I wrote in an email in preface to our meeting: Wow. I love your site. Btw, I’m told I’m a half-decent public speaker; you, in …
Taking steps to make your construction site more green can have more benefits than expected. Aside from the obvious environmental benefits that accompany going green you can see a substantial reduction in cost through increased efficiency and recycling or reusing …
From Guest Blogger Thomas Verdone: Five Ways Your Construction Site Can Go More Green Read More »
It is great that you are doing your part to save the environment, but you can do more by convincing others to contribute to the cause? There are many people who are still not making a conscious effort to adopt …
From Guest Blogger John McMalcolm: Convincing the Doubters To Go Green Read More »
Plato (pictured here with Athena, goddess of wisdom, looking over him) is supposed to have said: The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. This, of course, is why it makes our …
Want Sane, Decent Leaders? Vigilance Is Required Read More »
According to the Writers Almanac: It was on this day in 1837 that Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a speech entitled “The American Scholar” to the Phi Beta Kappa society at Harvard University. …. (It) was the first time he explained his …
