Part of the beauty of attending talks like the one environmentalist Annie Leonard (“The Story of Stuff”) gave last night lies not on the stage, but rather in the audience. I sat in the front row (for some strange reason …
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When Annie Leonard (“The Story of Stuff”) spoke last night, she made it clear that, with all the bad news in the world in terms of resource depletion, toxicity, population growth, injustice, etc., there is some fabulous news: the vast majority …
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Last night I had the pleasure of coming face to face with one of my true heroes: Annie Leonard (of “The Story of Stuff” fame) at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Annie commanded the riveted attention of a …
I just edited a 15-page article on sustainability a friend had written for publication in a magazine. I thought it was really good, and, in addition to my complimentary remarks on his writing, I mentioned that, in terms of environmentalism, that …
Question: How is it possible for the concentration of certain toxins to increase in our groundwater for several decades after those chemicals have been banned? For example, the concentration of soil disinfectant DCP (used heavily in the 1970s and finally …
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In a recent post about the wonderful book Beyond the Limits by Donella Meadows et. al., I lamented that there is no governing body with the power to do anything about the world energy policy and the overall sustainability of …
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Here’s another in our continuing series of free reports based on the reader surveys we do here at 2GreenEnergy. Those of us who are wondering what life on Earth will be like in 10 or 20 years will want to …
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It’s hard to know what will come of Warren Buffett’s plea for a more just approach to taxation here in the U.S. He certainly did grab the world’s attention a few years ago in his now-famous “Tax Me!” op-ed, in …
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Question: Are there cases in human history in which changes made in environmental regulation have made a dramatic and measurable positive difference? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Perhaps too many believe that man’s continuing assault against the natural environment …
It’s the birthday author Paul Theroux who said: “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, and travelers don’t know where they’re going.” If I may be permitted a liberty here, I would say that perhaps there’s an analogy here to where …
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