A reader asks: I’ve been wondering if going to business school with a focus on sustainability would be a good idea in the near future. Are educational programs developed enough to gain meaningful credentials and a wholesome learning experience? I’m …
Category: Sustainability
Clean Energy Actually DOES Lie In Our Future — It's Only a Question of Time
Here’s an article that does a good job discussing voter suppression – to be sure, off-topic for a clean energy blog by a long shot. I bring it up only because it ends with words that resonate with me: “It’s …
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Heralding Corporate Sustainability Initiatives
I just got off the phone with Stephan Williams, the guest blogger I wrote about a week or so back. I’m thrilled to announce that Stephan’s going to be the driving force behind the “corporate role models” blog that I’ve …
Tagged with: Biomimicry, Carbon Footprint, Citizens United, corporate role models, corporate sustainability initiatives, corruption, ecologic impact, General Motors Ventures, guest blogging, IPCC, LCA, lifecycle analysis, oil companies, philanthropy in the “green” space, Raj Pachauri, Stephan Williams, sustainability
Is Environmentalism Nearing "The Tipping Point?"
It’s the birthday of best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell, for my money, among the very brightest people on the planet. His first book, The Tipping Point – How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, was published in 2000, based on the …
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Renewable Energy Crusaders Are "Knights in Armor Bent on Chivalry"
By the time I’ve driven my rental car off the Avis lot in any particular city, I’ve usually found a radio station that I think will speak to me. During the day, it’s normally the local NPR affiliate, but after …
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Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
I’m writing this on a US Airways flight, kicking off my trip to interview Dr. Raj Pachauri. Everything’s running right on time so far. To their credit, the airline has an active recycling program. But might they be overzealous? For …
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Are the Dangers of Climate Change Exaggerated?
Frequent commenter and all-around good guy Tim Kingston just sent me this wonderful article in Wired Magazine defending the oft-heard concept that modern society has greatly exaggerated the dangers of rising population, diminishing resources, climate change, etc. Obviously, I hope …
Michio Kaku Offers Keen Insight Into Our Civilization's Status in the Cosmos
American theoretical physicist Michio Kaku offers both an ebullient and charming personality, as well as a penetrating insight into the situation in which humankind finds itself here on 21st Century Earth. In this short interview, he explains that our civilization …
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Energy Policy – Hitting the Broad Side of the Barn
I’ve been thinking about my up-coming meeting with Dr. Raj Pachauri, who, among other things, serves as the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Pondering this in advance of the meeting, I wonder what I would do, …
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Renaissance in Environmentalism?
Frequent commenter Arlene does not share the guarded optimism I expressed in my recent piece in which I predict a renaissance in environmentalism. She writes: The political landscape is terrible, in that the progressives are playing defense on so many …
