This is a photo, courtesy of the New York Times, of 100,000 South Koreans demonstrating in the streets of Seoul on Tuesday. What is so important to them that they turn out in such vast numbers? Impending war? No. Massive unemployment? No. Rising energy prices? Not even. They demonstrated over the safety of their hamburgers. […]
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A bike races a car and wins
You may remember that bicycling took the place of mechanized boxes as our choice of sustainable transportation during the No Impact project. In fact, we’re still loving our bikes. Anyway, once a year, Transportation Alternatives, which advocates taking the New York City streets from the cars and giving them to the people, runs its commuter […]
Should God have faith in us?
One privilege bestowed on me by writing this blog is the number of emails I get from all over the world, in general, and from people of different religions, in particular. I have a faith of a certain kind and I enjoy talking about the dependence of human health, happiness and security on the well-being […]
Strangling right whales and strangling the plan to save them
This, from a CNN article, makes me desperately sad: “[Right] whales are among the most endangered species on the planet, with only about 300 of them still alive. But a measure aimed at protecting them is snarled and stalled in bureaucracy.” “That measure is a proposal from U.S. government scientists to require commercial ships to slow to 10 […]
No Impact Man writes a climate bill for the House of Representatives
OK. Not really. Or maybe I am. Who knows what will happen? But I’ve had enough interest from bloggers and other people for the “sense of the House” resolution I asked Congressman Nadler to introduce (see here and here) to take it a little further. If you haven’t been following, the idea is to establish […]
Urban rooftop farming will save the world
I dedicate this post to the staff of Just Food, an excellent organization that works to ensure the availability of fresh food in all New York neighborhoods by supporting community gardening and forging connections between communities and local farmers. Read about Just Food here, but more importantly, throw money at them here. I am proud […]
Someone preached about me
I have a rule. If a cleric from any religion preaches a sermon that mentions me by name in a positive way, I get a day off from writing long blog posts. By rights, because Pastor Becca Clark of St Paul’s United Methodist Church in Castleton, NY mentions my name about ten times, I ought […]
My new hero Congressman Jerrold Nadler
But listen: I walk into Nadler’s office and I sit down and I start by explaining where I’m coming from. I say that thanks to the visitors and commenters on this blog, I know that thousands of Americans are voting to do something dramatic about climate change, not just in the voting booth but with […]