2GreenEnergy co-founder George Alger and I are in the process of making a five-minute video on “Ethics and Energy” to be entered in a contest later in the year. As we currently contemplate the project, the video will feature me …
Category: Sustainability
Film Project: Energy and Ethics
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Eco-Capitalism Aims at Sustainability in Developing Countries
Here’s this month’s webinar, in which I interviewed my friend and colleague Andy Lower, Executive Director of The Eleos Foundation. I called the webinar “Eco-Capitalism,” as Eleos makes significant, carefully placed investments, focused on enabling entrepreneurs in developing countries to …
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We Sure Have Taken a Turn for the Worse, Haven't We?
With his latest in an epic string of gaffes, Mitt Romney let slip a bold admission of truth about who we are as Americans – or at least, who Romney and his campaign advisors think a majority of us are: …
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Teach Peace
I always enjoy the opportunity to talk with college students about their aspirations and their observations from the perspective of their young lives. Last night I stayed at the home of one of my best friends from my boyhood, which …
A Few Observations on Environmentalism
I took most of the day off yesterday to be a part of a family outing at the Los Angeles County Fair. While the kids were on the rides, I wandered off on my own to check out as many …
Sane Energy Policy Requires Compromise
Of all the byproducts of our gross extravagance in energy consumption over the last half century, the one that could be most toxic to all of us is the way it has turned brother against brother with regard to environmentalism. …
Celebrating Our Common Humanity
It was 72 years ago on this date that a group of teenagers came across the now-famous cave paintings in Lascaux, France. I’ve always regarded this discovery as integral to the path on which Homo sapiens finds itself: gradually coming …
September's Webinar – Eco-Capitalism
I’d like to invite you to our September webinar, featuring my friend and colleague Andy Lower, Executive Director of The Eleos Foundation. Eleos is a dynamic non-profit, that, through its for-profit subsidiaries, invests in and partners with social entrepreneurs who …
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A Sustainable Energy Policy Looks at Externalities
I just sat down over lunch with a printed publication to which I subscribe called the “Green Money Journal.” Fantastic stuff. I loved the lead article, “From Growth Capitalism to Sustainable Capitalism,” by Joe Keefe, President and CEO of Pax …
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The Notion of Sustainability Transcends Energy Policy
Given the focus of the discussion here, we tend to look at the concept of sustainability through the lens of the ways in which we generate and consume energy. But occasionally, it’s a good idea to look around us at …
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