It’s hard to believe that respect for our natural environment can be such a bone of contention, but, as reported here, certain sectors of the population fiercely attack green initiatives at every turn. It seems unthinkable to me.
Category: Sustainability
Locally Grown and the Green Kitchen
With all our recent discussions on aeroponics and locally grown food, I’m delighted to note that, according to the Writer’s Almanac, it’s the birthday of chef and author Alice Waters. Waters is best known for her books on the use of …
Aeroponics Addresses Many Social Issues
Yesterday’s webinar on aeroponics went very well. Unless I’m mistaken, every single one of the participants wrote in at least one question in the course of the hour-long dialog between my guest Rafael Quezada and me. There were so many, …
There’s So Much To Like About Aeroponics
The more I learn about aeroponics (growing fruit and vegetables in a mist of air, water, and minerals), the more I like. Of course, when you look at a piece of plastic with an electrical cord attached to it, you …
This Month’s Webinar: Sustainable Supplies of Food
Clean energy is just a part of the overall sustainability movement, yet it stands at the center of so many important issues. For example, the world supply of water and food are dependent on abundant energy, thus our very survival …
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Santa Barbara Celebrates Earth Day
This afternoon I plan to take my daughter and a few of her friends down to the magnificent celebration of Earth Day that the city of Santa Barbara puts together each year. The show grows in scope each year; last …
Tagged with: clean transportation, cleantech, Earth Day, energy efficiency, reduce re-use recycle, renewables, Santa Barbara
“Beyond the Limits” Deals with the Central Issue of our Times
Just in time for Earth Day, this morning I finished up Beyond the Limits by Donella Meadows et al. Gosh, I wish there were a way I could get everyone to read this critically important work with its incredibly wide-ranging …
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Patagonia: Leadership in Sustainable Manufacturing
I’m on the board of advisors for the Clean Business Investment Summit (CBIS), held each year in August, linking the very best business plans with the hungriest investors. I just got back from a meeting in which we discussed keynote …
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Corporate Role Models in Sustainability — Coming Soon
It’s the birthday of the British novelist Kingsley Amis who wrote: “If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.” I’m wondering how many of us read his novella Lucky Jim in our English classes when we were young; …
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Tagged with: corporate role models, corruption, greed, injustice, Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim, stupidity
Environmentalism, Sustainability, and Deregulation
I’m sure many of you have seen the inspiring video below (it has over 5 million views), in which boaters free a humpback whale from a fishing net in which it had been caught. It makes the following passage from …
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