In multiple newspapers, news outlets and scientific journals, the headline is the same. We have no more than a decade (10 years for those in certain areas of Washington, D.C.) to control emissions and limit the impacts of Climate Change to a number that avoids catastrophic results. That is not good news, but it is […]
It is interesting to me that this has never come to the fore earlier. But countries that are reducing their carbon footprint are in many ways only shifting their footprint to other countries. Much like shipping our waste overseas (yes, I used waste because of how dirty our recycling stream is)…or trying to, many countries […]
The Washington Post’s article highlighting a state in India where, are you ready, pesticide and chemical fertilizer use in farming has been banned is both enlightening and inspiring. The fact that this state has a leadership that made a difficult decision to improve the health and safety of the people that live there shows what […]
We lose 30% of our treated water to leaks, we don’t replace lead pipes and we put off necessary rebuilding improvements. The questions raised by Jane Kenny and Mark Mauriello are both on point and very telling. With the legislature covering hearings on our infrastructure needs, it is important that they consider the “One Water” […]
The disaster that Hurricane Maria visited on Puerto Rico, as terrible as it is, offers us the opportunity to create a model of sustainability. The question is, will we take that opportunity or simply recreate a system that is not sustainable. In a recent Op-Ed, Richard Branson and Amory Lovins offered an idea that I […]