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 …
Category: Sustainability
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 …
Bringing Renewable Energy to Developing Countries
In the last couple of months, I’ve become friendly with the fine folks at The Eleos Foundation, known for the investments they make in start-up companies located in developing countries, especially Kenya and other parts of East Africa. I’ve developed …
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From Guest Blogger Penny McCracken: Methane
I’m frustrated at one source of energy which is not being used, almost at all, and yet, there is an endless supply — methane. I have passed sewage treatment plants in some medium-to-small cities, and they have ‘flare-off” pipes going! …
Some Environmental Policies Backfire
If you’re looking for yet another example of how greedy pigs have worked around a well-meaning attempt to protect the environment, you’re in luck. I believe that government can, and in fact, must help in driving environmental reform, but it’s …
And the Winner of "Greenest Neighborhood" Is …
Having a car in the New York area definitely feels like the wrong tool for the job, but there are times it’s unavoidable, e.g., when one also has appointments in the periphery of the area that aren’t well served by …
Tagged with: Brooklyn, Energy conservation, energy efficiency, environmentalism, green, locally grown food, sustainable
Changing the World for the Better
As legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken points out in the lecture to which I referred here, there are now over 200,000 groups on the planet devoted to causes within the umbrella of sustainability and humanitarianism. So, when we contemplate the challenges …
Tagged with: car micro-rentals, car-sharing, compromising national security, corporatocracy, eco-consciousness, energy solutions, environment, environmentalist, humanitarianism, more mass transit, oil companies, oil industry, Paul Hawken, promoting walking and bicycling, ride-sharing, sustainability, vehicle miles traveled, VMT
Writing From The Heart
I’m aware that some readers find many of my posts rather depressing, insofar as I frequently point out the terrible jam in which humankind finds itself vis-à-vis energy policy, climate change, etc. Yet I feel compelled to communicate in that …
