A little blog housekeeping: a few people have emailed me recently that they have had trouble leaving comments on the blog. Are you having problems, too? First of all, you should know that you cannot leave a comment without filling out the name, email address and comment fields in the comment form. The publish but […]
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Local, ecologically-sound and economically stable
Yesterday, I posted about how investment in a network of local economies rather than one big central economy by the Obama Administration could provide not only a more sustainable paradigm but one that is more socially and economically stable. Think of the Internet. Instead of all our requests traveling through one gigantic central server, information […]
How could Obama permanently strenthen our economic well-being?
Back in July, I posted the above diagram under the title Exchange of Love. The point of the diagram is that economic policy in the modern world is generally about strengthening the bonds between corporations and individuals, rather than the other, potentially more meaningful, relationships. Under the current paradigm, this is important because it is […]
Can a renewed presidency alone make a renewed planet?
Andy Revkin over at the New York Times DotEarth puts his fingers on the important climate questions related to the new presidency: Can President Obama push climate and energy legislation or an approach to a new climate treaty that the atmosphere will someday notice? Can his plans on either front pass muster with the big […]
Happy inauguration day
It’s my last day at Sundance, folks, where the No Impact Man documentary has been screening so don’t have time to write much but thought you might be able to tolerate one more review, this one from Variety: Proof that “eco” and “entertainment” aren’t mutually exclusive, “No Impact Man” may be a socially progressive, environmentally […]
Uphill walk to a greener world
Just thought you might like to hear what film critic Betsy Sharkey of the LA Times had to say about the No Impact Man documentary screening at Sundance: Walking out of directors Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein’s terrifically entertaining new documentary, “No Impact Man,” which followed writer Colin Beavan and his family as they sought […]
Not carbon offset but carbon penitence
Tomorrow I fly from New York City to Salt Lake City, Utah, leaving in my wake a big long contrail and a lot of carbon dioxide–both of which contribute to global warming. It’ll be the second flight I’ve taken in more than two years. What’s popular, when it comes to flying, is buying carbon offsets. […]
Just because we have Obama doesn’t mean we don’t need to take action on climate change
Back in December, when it became clear that President-elect Obama would name the physicist Steven Chu as his energy secretary, Climate Progress blogger Joseph Romm, a former energy official in the Clinton administration, applauded the move. Joe wrote that Chu was a great pick, most especially because Chu “isn’t fooled by clean coal claptrap. Earlier […]