From financial savings to setting a good example for our children, battling health issues and better lifestyles green living has never been so popular. The need for consumers to plant their footprint into an improved and sustainable future has turned …
From Guest Blogger Mark Hutchison: Green Living – How to Transform Your Home Read More »
How can your home be energy efficient? For your home to be considered energy efficient, it should use less energy but does not sacrifice its comfortability and healthiness. With all that is available today and the advancement of technology, you …
From Guest Blogger Jeanette: How Do You Exactly Define an Energy Efficient Home? Read More »
Yesterday was the birthday of St. Augustine (354 CE). I remember laughing out loud when I came across this in his “Confessions” (ca. 400 CE) in a “History of Philosophy” class in college: ‘What did God do before he made heaven …
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, …
From Guest Blogger Emily Austin: How to Ensure Sustainability to Nature While Traveling Read More »
So, you want a new set of windows and doors. Fine, that seems like a pretty simple decision, but there’s actually a lot to deliberate over. Will you choose cherry or chestnut, bronze or beige? Are you leaning towards traditional …
From Guest Blogger Malene Thyssen: Is Wood Always the Eco-Friendly Option? Read More »
In the last four years, I’ve written about just over 3,300 blog posts on various concepts affecting environmental sustainability. But every once in a while, I think it’s worth writing about writing itself – or at least referring readers to …
Those of you who may have wondered what a howler monkey sounds like when it does its thing will take delight in this video, made by my dear friends at the Turimiquire Foundation, located in Northeastern Venezuela, and dedicated to …
The Turimiquire Foundation, Sustainability, and Human Rights Read More »
In a comment to a recent post, guest blogger Cameron Atwood reminds us of something Socrates told us: “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” This …
We in the U.S. and Europe do business all the time with people we really don’t like. If we have a legally binding contract with a person or business entity whose character we abhor, we normally tell ourselves, “His money …
When my wife and kids are otherwise occupied on the weekend and I’m on my own for the evening without the obligation to cook dinner, I’ve been known to walk uptown to a place with a fabulous Happy Hour, have …
