American novelist, poet, and essayist Wendell Berry makes an excellent point here about the moral depravity of people who don’t have the courage to stand up against who destroy our natural environment. Imagine a person coming into your home and …
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Here’s Why the Environment Is Under Attack in Modern-Day America
Modern domestic U.S. history can be summed up like this: Before about 1980, most Americans had good opportunities to get ahead if they worked hard, but since that time, they’ve fared very poorly.
Larger Lessons Can Be Learned From the Garden
My brother and sister- in-law both retired from their respective careers last year and moved to a rural part of Kauai. They have a lovely home on three acres and dedicate a great deal of their time to the pursuit of …
From Guest Blogger Emily Austin: How to Ensure Sustainability to Nature While Traveling
The world is a wonderful place and one should traverse its surface in order to enrich life or rejuvenate the mind, body and soul. However, the endeavor of an exploration should not be undertaken at the cost of the beauty, …
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Renewable Energy Nay-sayers
Obviously, renewable energy has a whole host of nay-sayers who make a variety of points, including: • It’s expensive. (This is true, though it’s becoming less so each day – and it depends on how one does the accounting. Some of …
NRDC Has a Good Feeling About New U.S. Energy Secretary
Ever since I interviewed Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) ace Johanna Wald for my first book (Renewable Energy – Facts and Fantasies), I’ve had only fond respect for what these fine folks do: use the legal process to protect the …
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Energy Pragmatism
What a great pleasure to come face to face with Glenn Doty, senior energy analyst and frequent commenter at 2GreenEnergy, during my visit to Doty Scientific on Friday. Had Glenn not had business to which to attend, I would have …
Humankind's Plight at a Macro Level
I just returned from a ~7-mile hike I took by myself in preparation for next weekend’s far more strenuous Point Sal hike with a friend. Check out these images! At the risk of appearing to be a weirdo, when I hike by …
Green Initiatives Under Attack
It’s hard to believe that respect for our natural environment can be such a bone of contention, but, as reported here, certain sectors of the population fiercely attack green initiatives at every turn. It seems unthinkable to me.
Survey on Sustainability — Thanks For Your Participation
Please scroll to the very bottom to enter a sentence or two (more if you like) that summarizes your vision of the most likely future that mankind faces over the coming few decades.
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