It was a banner week for the work of our much-appreciated interns and guest bloggers. The former set up and co-conducted two incredible interviews re: corporate sustainability – one with Dow Chemical and the other with General Motors. And the …
Interns and Guest Bloggers Really Cranking on Cleantech Content Read More »
I’ve been laid up for a couple of days with a badly tweaked back, resulting in my first major exposure to commercial television in a while. I wrote about CBS’ “Sunday Morning” a bit earlier in the day, and I …
Our News Media Avoids the Most Obvious Issues Re: Sustainability Read More »
I thought readers might appreciate these 10 “mind-blowing facts about the solar system.” If nothing else, they form a reminder of how precisely balanced everything is (or at least was) here on Earth, and how vital it is that humankind …
If you’re one of those people who want to go eco-friendly and you can’t stand the amount of food that is usually being thrown away every day, all the money and work can just go to waste if it goes …
From Guest Blogger Jane: How to Prevent Home Food Waste Read More »
A reader asks: I just wanted to get your take on something I am writing for one of my college classes. I’m writing about sustainability in the areas of energy and construction. Regarding construction I had a thought about the …
"Sustainable" and "Eco-friendly" Are Relative Terms Read More »
I promised the people of GE Power & Water that I’d let you know about a live webcast taking place tomorrow June 6th from 11-12:15 pm ET around big data as an opportunity and ensuring operations are running efficiently and …
Free Webcast: GE Power and Water on "Big Data and Sustainability" Read More »
The key legacy of French social philosopher Rene Girard is the concept of “mimetic desire,” i.e., that we borrow our desires from others. While we may think our aspirations are authentic and self-created, in truth, we generate our wants from …
A Sustainable Society Means Making a Shift in What We Desire Read More »
As suggested here, I’ve been asked to do some work for a lobbying form in Washington DC, helping a few of their clients, where appropriate, apply for government grant money. The process has heightened my awareness of the workings of …
Kenny Hearn from South Africa writes: Highly underdeveloped countries have all the making to move directly to renewables. Mozambique has a massive hydroelectric plant already, Namibia has massive potential for solar thermal to power surrounding countries and the list goes …
Bringing Electrification Based on Renewable Energy To the Developing World Read More »
I just had a long and interesting conversation with a woman in Columbia who will be doing a bit of volunteer writing for us here; I’m certainly looking forward to reading her stuff. We talked about what it takes to …
Corporate Sustainability Initiatives and Their Complex Motives Read More »
