I had an outstanding day, the centerpiece of which was a fairly strenuous hike in the mountains above the Pacific with a fine friend. I burned a few calories, had a great time, and came back with a level of …
Category: Sustainability
Why We Can't Stop Destroying Our Planet
Here’s a wonderful article that begins with a question: Since it’s so clear that our civilization faces several different types of existential threats due to its overconsumption of finite and increasingly scarce resources, why is essentially nothing being done about …
Tagged with: Amos Tversky, behavioral economics, civilization faces existential threats, Daniel Kahneman, deviations from rationality, environment, human behavior, Jason Scorse, MAHB, Monterey Institute for International Studies, overconsumption of resources, Paul Ehrlich, public policy, Stanford University, The Millennium Assessment of Human Behavior, uncontrolled human activities
Humankind's Plight at a Macro Level
I just returned from a ~7-mile hike I took by myself in preparation for next weekend’s far more strenuous Point Sal hike with a friend. Check out these images! At the risk of appearing to be a weirdo, when I hike by …
Nothing Great Was Ever Achieved Without Enthusiasm
While there is so much about the course of our civilization to drive us to despair, I often think of Emerson’s reminder: Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Though it’s hard to be enthusiastic when we see the forces …
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From Guest Blogger Mathias: 50 Governments Have Launched New Energy Strategies
This was announced by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon this Thursday on the “Sustainable Energy For All” Rio summit. The 2030 goal of the initiative is to double our renewable energy use and the rate of energy efficiency improvement – …
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“11th Hour” – Magnificent Documentary
There are so many different ways in which to regard human evolution. 11th Hour, the 2007 documentary narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, expresses one of them with brilliant elegance: More than 99.99% of the species of life that have ever lived …
Sustainability Means Celebrating Our Common Humanity
Among my core beliefs is that our common humanity is a far more dominant aspect of who we are than our surface-level differences. Occasionally, I come across a beautiful depiction of this concept, and when I do, I like to …
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Documentary "HOME" Tells the Story of Life on Earth
My wife and I watched a wonderful documentary called “HOME” last night, in which actress Glenn Close narrates a truly spectacular piece on the history of life on our mother planet. I’ve linked to the YouTube version, but I recommend …
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Free Report: What’s Next For Humankind?
I’d like to offer you another in our ongoing series of free reports, in which we seek to provide an understanding of the most important energy-related trends that face civilization today. The report is based on last month’s poll, in …
The Human Race Could Benefit From Better Planning and Vision
Frequent commenter Cameron Atwood sent me this gem on sustainability from a beautifully wise and youthful 76-year-old oceanographer Sylvia Earle that I heartily recommend. Audio is here. Thanks, Cameron. That’s an incredible insight into our responsibilities as human beings vis-a-vis planning …
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