As time goes by and I conduct more conversations in environmentalism and sustainability with people all over the world, I become more aware of the proliferation of wasteful garbage that we truly can live without. Here’s one I came across …
Category: Sustainability
Renewable Energy in the Third World
I just returned from a fund-raiser hosted by dear friends Jez and Lynzie Blacker, who work tirelessly to improve the lives of the poorest of the poor – a great deal of their recent work in Haiti. Characteristically, they’ve been …
Questions of Energy and Sustainability: Can We Innovate Our Way Out of our Mess?
Here’s an article that deals with a fundamental issue in sustainability: Can we innovate our way out of the mess we’ve created? Does the promise of abundant and inexpensive clean energy somewhere down the line – even if that promise …
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Dishonesty in the News: American Public Media and Its Sponsor Monsanto
I am among the millions of Americans who listen to public radio and believes that what I’m hearing is objective information that isn’t bought and paid for by corporate interests. Unfortunately, it appears that American Public Media may be making …
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Exactly Why is the US At War in Iraq and Afghanistan?
I often wonder exactly why the US is at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and frequently I’m afforded the opportunity to try to understand this better. In previous posts I’ve mentioned that I occasionally go to parties with professors at …
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Our Success in Clean Energy Is a Function of Our Values
Frequent commenter Don Harmon writes: How come there are giant hit shows on American TV where all the energy is focused on giving a kid a chance to become the next “American Idol” and there are NO shows on American …
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Not a Bob Dylan Fan? OK, But What About Concern for the Survival of Our Species?
It’s Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday, and I’d like to mention that I’ve been a fan for more than 40 of those years. On the way to a meeting with a 2GreenEnergy client this morning, I was listening to an interview …
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Environmentalists Need to Understand the Main Tenets of Economics
When I hired Aedan Kernan of Norwich, England to do a writing project for me a year or so back, I knew I’d get a great result – but I was pleasantly surprised when I made a friend as well. …
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Vaclav Smil Discusses Our Civilization’s Sustainability
Most of my business focus is on renewable energy — an arena that, if successful, could conceivably create a world in which it matters very little how much energy we consume – or even waste. Some people say that that …
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2GreenEnergy Video Report Covers Hot Business Opportunity: Paper Made from Sugarcane Waste
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoS8oCMeNMs&w=480&h=390] In this episode of the 2GreenEnergy Video Report, I discuss a unique business opportunity: paper made not from trees, but from sugarcane waste. I’m referring, of course, about our relationship with our client Canefields USA, based in upstate …
