Follow-up by John F Robbins CEM/CSDP I guess the main diff between your book’s perspective and mine is where we are in the picture. I’m at what I tell students is “the bottom” where the actual clients, aspirations and small-scale …
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by John F Robbins CEM / CSDP Design, Analysis, Consulting & Education since 1983 to Improve Ecological Performance 859-363-0376 johnfrobbins@insightbb.com www.johnfrobbins.com Just read your book, referred to me by a green-leaning architect I know. Below are my comments. Your presentation is mostly …
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We’ve come to think of sustainability as a “nice to have,” rather than a “must have” feature in our lives. Perhaps that’s because the very notion has long-term consequences, as compared to, say, the diminution of our retirement funds, the …
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Last night I came across a cute little book – a compilation of photos with inspirational quotes: “Go For It,” by Hulton Getty. Paging through it, I was struck by how many of these insights apply to the work facing …
A reader whose political sensibilities obviously do not parallel those in “The Story of Stuff” writes in: As for “Stuff,” I don’t doubt that most of what [Annie Leonard] says is true and it certainly is deplorable, but I missed …
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Frequent blogger Cameron Atwood writes about the skyrocketing rates of cancer in our world, writing: I want to call readers’ attention to: http://www.gotapex.com/cooking-and-food-subforum/167290-100-years-of-cancer-history.html …where there is an attached attempt to minimize but not dispute the data… …and here: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_there_more_cancer_today_than_hundred_years_ago …where …
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The producers of a television show called “Going Green” interviewed me yesterday to determine if they would like to feature me on an upcoming program. As part of the conversation, the associate producer asked me what areas of education in …
If kind and sensible people could have their way, there would be many immediate and sweeping changes that would create extraordinary benefits for the vast majority of the people on Earth. Here are a few basic improvements that I believe …
My wife and I have been involved in the Thoroughbred breeding industry for almost 20 years. I thought readers would be interested in some of my observations. Shrinking Base of Racing Fans and the Erosion of Purse Money The fan base for …
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