I coached several years of my children’s participation in soccer and basketball, including my son Jake’s soccer team five years ago when he was 14, one of the highlights of my life, as it connected me with so many fine …
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Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot”
Actor Robert (“Bob”) Picardo graduated in 1971 from the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, two years ahead of me. We all knew he was a creative genius at the time; he had a winsome manner, a brilliant mind, and …
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Educating Women in Developing Countries
In response to my recent piece on population growth and sustainability, frequent commenter Chris Daum writes: The main issue, as I see it, is the education and empowerment of women. Educated women have fewer, healthier children and are able to …
Are Futurists Confronting Our True Challenges?
To write this post, I wanted to know the origin of the term “futurist.” Per Acceleration Watch: The Oxford English Dictionary traces earliest English usage of the term futurist to 1842, referring to Christian scriptural futurists. The next usage occurs with the Italian and …
The League of Peace
Here’s an article that was written in 1919, shortly after the close of “The Great War,” by the maternal grandfather of one of my best friends. Obviously, it’s a bit off-topic here at 2GreenEnergy, as no one ever dreamed that …
Macy's Need to Dump Trump
I just signed an online petition, addressed to Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren, suggesting that he reconsider his company’s relationship with Donald Trump, arguably the single most repulsive person on the planet. The reasoning is below, for anyone who may be …
The Sustainability Movement Is Making a Huge Impact On Our Lives
It’s the birthday of theologian Martin Luther who, when he became disillusioned with the bureaucracy and corruption of the Catholic Church, wrote up his attack and published the famous 95 Theses. Luther’s ideas led to the Protestant Reformation, arguably the biggest single transformation …
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Dealing with Population Growth and Issues of Sustainability
Here’s a very solid and accessible article on population growth and sustainability from the World Future Society, though I’m not sure it provides any “new news.” Yes, we’re consuming resources at an unsustainable rate, and that rate will only …
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A Presentation on Eco-Capitalism
I try not to miss the monthly events at The Eleos Foundation, a group that has done such a terrific job in bringing much-needed seed capital to start-ups with cleantech products in developing countries. This afternoon it’s this presentation, to …
Corruption and the Decline of Our Civilization
A friend of a friend has come across a major piece of corruption, and is unsure what to do about it. He’s thinking of publishing an expose’, but he’s older, in failing health, and doesn’t want the stress. I hope he doesn’t regard my …
