It’s that time of the year when we all start thinking about holiday gift-giving. I had a Jewish roommate in college, a funny but ornery character, who summarized Christmas as “crass commercialism.” Though I was raised a Presbyterian, he didn’t offend me …
The Turimiquire Foundation Addresses Sustainability Read More »
I just got back from a short hike with a friend during which we discussed the status of some of the world’s largest countries vis-à-vis renewable energy. This, of course, reminded me that we’re headed into another Conference of Parties …
Conference of Parties Takes on the Kyoto Protocol Read More »
Here’s a post that I just put on RenewableEnergyWorld.com, in which I congratulate Meg Cichon, Associate Editor, for her wonderful article on global sustainability. In my piece, I took the opportunity to point out that, in addition to all the …
Celebrating Global Non-Profits that Advance Sustainability Read More »
What is a society? Is it merely an assortment of separated and competing drives of short-term self-interest, and rights of possession? Is it an orchestra of individuals cooperating to achieve the enlargement and preservation of the Common Good? Anthropologists tell …
From Guest Blogger Cameron Atwood: What is "Civilization" – and Do We Want It? Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
