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 […]
Talk about a society of convenience…Meal Kits to the home are now multiplying in number, quality and diversity. Finally, at least one company, FreshRealm, has determined that it should not produce waste as a product of the packaging used for these kits. Good for them. They have developed completely Reusable Meal Kits. The kit is […]
Maybe its time to do away with the idea that dams can be built to provide enough water for desert cities. Maybe its time to remove at least one dam so that we can move water to another lake? Whether or not we remove dams, create tunnels or simply move out of the desert, it […]
First, let me say that I am a bit of a coffee snob. I like coffee that is fresh and not made in plastic cups. Second, yes, I said that not all recycling is sustainable. Keurig’s newly designed K-Cup is designed to be more recyclable than before. But as David Gelles points out in his […]
Office parks and dinosaurs. What a great tag line for the article…it is so clear that the suburban office park was, and has, become a dinosaur. The Merck headquarters is now vacant. This huge piece of property has no one to use it. This type of office park was never sustainable. It was away from […]