From a blog post by Gillian Caldwell, executive director of 1Sky, about how we can help the President-Elect and our other newly-elected representatives do the right thing on the climate crisis: The results of yesterday’s election are encouraging for our economy and our planet’s future, but we’ll only achieve the change we need by pressing […]
Activism and Social Change
How should we vote?
OK. Deep breath for me, because I take great pride in the fact that readers from across the political divide come to this blog and I don’t rock that boat easily. I believe firmly that the time for solving things through divisive party politics has passed. I believe that Republican and Democratic voters have many […]
A great visit with NY State Senator Klein–thanks to you
If you’ve been reading the blog you’ll remember that I had a near death experience with a black Mercedes Benz on my bike. The driver said some angry swear words at me, and then I discovered he was a New York state senator. Poor guy. I called him to task for it on the blog […]
The big question
I was in conversation with a product designer today. He works hard on sustainability issues. He starts, with a new client, by designing exactly what the client wants exactly the way the client wants it. Once he’s worked with a client for a while, and has gained the client’s trust, he can begin to suggest […]
Sad pictures of dead bicyclists that I plan to show the Senator
So, New York State Senator Klein and I have rearranged our meeting to discuss bicycling and transportation policy in New York City for this coming Tuesday, October 14. You may remember that the Senator and I had an altercation (read here, here and here) after he nearly veered his black Mercedes into me when I […]
Let’s go viral with this excellent action on bottled water
The Center for a New American Dream emailed me to ask for our help, so before I even start, let me ask you to email this post to everyone you know. Blog about it. Give it love on Digg, Reddit, all the other sites and send it to your grandma. Because we have a chance […]
9/27: Green Jobs Now National Day of Action
From the GreenJobsNow website: On September 26, we will watch the first presidential debate of this election. The next day, the candidates will watch us. On Saturday, September 27, we’re launching a national mobilization to say, “I’m ready for the green economy.” We are ready to tackle the climate crisis by building a green economy […]
Kind words, kind results; Angry words, angry results?
You’ll know if you read the blog regularly that last week I had a close call on my bike with a New York State Senator who drove his car too close to me (read here). We had an altercation, but the good news is that we will have a meeting next week to discuss New […]