As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been working hard to promote my new client PlexiSun, based in New Zealand, whose products I regard as a breakthrough in solar thermal hot water heating. Without my help, they’ve taken care of business relationships that will make this product available in Europe and Asia, but they hired me to find them a few good, solid business partners to service the Americas. (more…)
With Christmas right around the corner, it’s a good time to make a note about spirituality generally. There are quite a few excellent film documentaries that make the point that all life forms are intimately but mysteriously connected to one another, and that Western civilization’s general failure to recognize this important fact is the root cause of our many maladies: (more…)
Here’s a Ted Talk delivered by a 13-year-old boy that will blow your mind. The subject matter is an innovative approach to education, and the subject of sustainability doesn’t come up directly at all, though I believe it’s implied. If you can imagine a world populated by people even a fraction as intelligent and creative as this young man, you are, in fact, envisioning a world that functions without the abusive exploitation of resources – both natural and human. (more…)
A friend in the wind industry sent me this interesting article on wind turbines, blades, birds, and subsidies.
I know the industry is taking the situation with birds and bats very seriously, and that’s good; they certainly need to do that. (more…)
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty commented on my post Explaining Humankind’s Blase’ Response to Climate Change:
“The reason that people aren’t frantic about it: Since 1910, the planet has warmed roughly 1 degree C, and very few people would say that life is worse now than it was 100 years ago. They believe we’ll see technology continue to improve at a greater rate than the change in climate could make things worse.” (more…)
When frequent commenter Cameron Atwood sent me this alarming article this afternoon on climate change, I wrote back, “Scary stuff!” and I considered at the time not to formulate it into a blog post. Even though it is scary in the extreme (see excerpted timeline below), I think carefully about how pessimistic/alarmist I really want to be on this subject. (more…)
If you watched a time-lapse video of major cities over the past few centuries, you’d think that construction was the enemy of the environment. You’d see major factories being built, massive concrete conurbations coming together, skyscrapers springing from the ground. There would be a lot less green space at the end of the video than there was at the start. (more…)
I’m getting ready to make my first round of attempts to locate a few business partners for my client PlexiSun, a unique approach to solar thermal hot water heating. Linked above is our online brochure.
My first task is to build a smallish database of the companies that would make the best potential candidates; I’ve been working on this over the last few days. My tack here is to cast as wide a net as possible: (more…)
Jill Buck responded to my recent accolades on her abilities as a host on her fabulous show: Go Green Radio. She wrote: “Wow, thank you, Craig! I’ll share your post via my social media network in the morning– very kind!”
I responded:
What I wrote was not about kindness; but rather about truth. Not that any of the other 50 hosts were idiots (wait — scratch that; a few of them were Class-A idiots) but almost all of them were very bright people. (more…)
Linked here is the hour-long radio show I did last week with Jill Buck, the charming and extremely knowledgeable host of “Go Green Radio” – along with her email to me just now. It’s quite the mutual admiration society we have going on here. (more…)
