I’m up here in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco for my interview with Sim Van der Ryn later this morning, and a few thoughts are passing through my head. One is that this part of the world will …
Category: Sustainability
CleanTech Forum Offers Ideas in Renewable Energy and Sustainability More Generally
I’m up at the CleanTech Forum today, meeting people, making new friends, and checking out the latest ideas in renewable energy, electric transportation, and sustainability more generally. There are quite a few concepts in water purification, including a system to …
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Survey: Is Our Way of Life Sustainable?
I’m wondering if I could ask your help in another of our surveys. There is not too much doubt that the last 150 years have brought ever-accelerating damage to our environment. There IS, however, a great deal of controversy about …
Tagged with: Amory Lovins, Bill McKibben, damage to our environment, end of cheap energy, end of freely available credit, environment, Is Our Way of Life Sustainable?, Jeremy Rifkin, Nate Hagens, sustainability, sustainability of our economy, sustainability of our overall way of life, sustainability of our use of energy
Amory Lovins at the “Eco-Nomics” Conference
I hope Amory Lovins doesn’t think I’m stalking him. He certainly could get that impression, as I’ve approached him twice in the past three days — Wednesday after his incredible talk at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and …
Weak Media Coverage of Global Warming and Environmentalism Generally
After Amory Lovins’ lecture yesterday, he took questions, including one from me, which I prefaced by saying, “I think I speak for almost everyone in this packed auditorium when I say that I wish there were a way of making …
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Amory Lovins at University of California at Santa Barbara
I’m headed down to the University of California at Santa Barbara this afternoon to listen to Amory Lovins deliver a talk. It’s hard to think of anyone who has had a greater impact on our concern for environmental issues and …
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Small Aeroponics Company Faces Big Marketing Challenge
I’m in the process of becoming a partner in an aeroponics company called Tower Harvest; I’ll have a video up on this shortly. I’m thrilled for the association with these people, in particular with CEO Rafael Quezada; he’s incredibly knowledgeable …
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Discussion on Union Labor and Public Education (With No Real Connection to Renewable Energy)
My friend Cameron sent me a piece on union labor and public education, which spawned this conversation that some readers may find interesting (though it has nothing to do with clean energy). Cameron: Imagine if all elementary schools were well-staffed …
Hoping for Lots of Reviews for “Is Renewable Really Doable”
Last evening, waiting at a restaurant bar for the remainder of my party to arrive, I happened to run into professional poet Richard Jerrette. He told me about his recent cycle of poems, “Beso The Donkey,” and we briefly commiserated …
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Balancing Intelligence and Compassion with Personal Responsibility
Here’s a brief discussion between a reader and me on this article of which I present an excerpt: Most of us are indebted slaves. Banks conjure money out of thin air to enslave most of us for life. We must go into …
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