Here’s a change-of-pace blog that explores many likely changes that appear to be in store for us. We’re usually so preoccupied with our daily responsibilities that we don’t often sit back and ask where we’re heading … not in a year or two but in ten or twenty or fifty years. I’m including this item as a sustainability blog purely to stretch our vision … and within which to prompt each of us to think about what we might do in response.… Keep reading
Here’s an intriguing report about an avenue that’s evidently being taken to achieve greater sustainability within the U.S. – the federal government of which has been taking actions in the exact opposite direction. Some states, such as California, have made state-wide efforts. But the larger the organization the more the effort required to cause change of any kind.
Kyra Appleby, Director of Cities
President Trump’s commitment to pull out of the Paris agreement signaled what appeared to be the worst of times for a transition to a low-carbon future in the United States.… Keep reading
The theoretical global warming projections are now being compared to reality measurements, which really can’t be readily contested. Here’s a summary, followed by some suggestions about what each of us can actually do to improve the situation.
by James Temple
MIT Technology Review
December 6, 2017
Global warming’s worst-case projections look increasingly likely, according to a new study that tested the predictive power of climate models against observations of how the atmosphere is actually behaving.… Keep reading
Here’s one of the healthiest questions we can ask. From experience, I know we can create elegant environments that are also totally sustainable. And I know that “sustainability” is more than “survival.” As we see new strides being achieved in robotics and artificial intelligence, at some point we need to ask the question that we should have been asking all along:
What is our purpose?
Here’s an article that explores the question. Much of it may feel uncomfortable to you, and is, at the very least, controversial. … Keep reading
As a subscriber to my weekly sustainability blogs, you likely have considerable interest about sustainability and the quality of our environment.
I share that interest. So, At the turn of the century, I decided to “walk the talk.” I engaged several specialists from within the design professions, found a successful developer to coach me, emptied the coffers, and embarked on a quest to create as sustainable a community as I possibly could.
Finland’s leading university recently invited me to present at an international sustainability conference because, from their research, we had the most sustainable development in the U.S. … Keep reading
