A colleague just asked me if I had seen this article in Forbes.com, whose point is that, since climate change affects businesses, businesses would be wise to cut climate-changing emissions. I wrote back: No I hadn’t seen that. It’s pretty …
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Alarming Reports on Climate Change — But What Should We Do?
Consider today’s report from the United Nations to the effect that we are doing a terrible job with respect to sustainability and that we’re nearing the “tipping point” re: global climate change. Add to it this bundle of joy on …
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PBS Special: Civilization – The West and the Rest
I heartily recommend the PBS special: “Civilization: The West and the Rest,” which does a fine job in analyzing the six “killer apps” that resulted in the dominance of the Western culture over the remainder of the world. They are: …
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Annie Leonard of “The Story of Stuff”
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 …
Maybe We Consumers Should Lower Our Consumption of Energy — But Is It Possible?
I’ve known 2GreenEnergy reader Joe for several years now, and he’s never ceased to amaze me with his insights as a political philosopher and social critic. We hadn’t corresponded for a while, but he wrote me after having bought my …
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Consumerism and Sustainability
A number of people have commented on the post of frequent blogger Dan C. writes: The problem IS the money. As long as your solution involves selling and buying something, then you are dependent on the System of systems and …
