Tag: sustainability

I’m delighted to see real progress being made in the public discourse surrounding sustainability.  While most people still have the idea that continuing with “business as usual” with respect to our environment is an acceptable strategy, more of us are …

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Just in time for Earth Day, this morning I finished up Beyond the Limits by Donella Meadows et al. Gosh, I wish there were a way I could get everyone to read this critically important work with its incredibly wide-ranging …

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I’m sure many of you have seen the inspiring video below (it has over 5 million views), in which boaters free a humpback whale from a fishing net in which it had been caught. It makes the following passage from …

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I hope you’ll check out our newest piece of functionality: http://2greenenergy.com/express-yourself/.  Most thoughtful Americans wonder why the United States is more a roadblock than a leader in energy-related technology.  It really IS a strange phenomenon, isn’t it?  There are numerous, obvious reasons that …

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Last night I had the pleasure of coming face to face with one of my true heroes: Annie Leonard (of “The Story of Stuff” fame) at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Annie commanded the riveted attention of a …

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I just edited a 15-page article on sustainability a friend had written  for publication in a magazine. I thought it was really good, and, in addition to my complimentary remarks on his writing, I mentioned that, in terms of environmentalism, that …

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Here’s another in our continuing series of free reports based on the reader surveys we do here at 2GreenEnergy. Those of us who are wondering what life on Earth will be like in 10 or 20 years will want to …

Free Report: How Sustainable Is Our Way of Life? Read More »

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Here’s a continuation in our series of videos made for young people and newcomers to the subject who may benefit from an introduction to certain of the renewable energy technologies.  This piece, less than five minutes in length, is a …

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We all hope that the investments we make grow over time — figuratively speaking — i.e., the asset value grows. In this short video, I discuss an investment opportunity that literally grows: your own grove of teak trees. I look …

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I figured it was time to read the seminal pieces on environmentalism and sustainability.  So, for Christmas, I asked my daughter for a copy of Beyond the Limits, the follow-up to Donella Meadows’ et. al. The Limits to Growth.  Very …

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