Obama, Clinton and even McCain have decent proposals on climate change. The question is, what will it take to make climate change one of the defining issues of the next presidency? How can we convince both the presidential candidates and our congressional representatives to make this the most important item of the coming term? From […]
No Longer Relevant
Sick day
Sorry folks. Ate something that appears not to have been no impact. Tune back in on Monday cause I’m in no shape for writing today.
An interview about politics with, well, me
I’ll be recording a spot about the election and the environment on the Montel Williams show on Thursday (and I think it will appear that day but have to double check). In preparation for that spot, I had to answer some email questions. Here are the answers just for you. If you’re a long time […]
How to help make the planet a better place for all of us
If you’re reading this early enough and you want to tune in, you can catch me on Good Morning America between 8:30 and 9:00 this morning. As for all the Good Morning America viewers who watched and are now dropping by, welcome! Today’s offering is a list of posts and links about how each of us can make […]
The curve i drew for steve and the things that help me
What our cities could be, part 2
You may remember a while back when I posted about what our cities could be. I said that there were tremendous opportunities in our environmental crisis to make life better for ourselves while saving the planet. For example, planting trees in the cement maze that is New York City have the environmental benefits of: Keeping […]
A herd of student no-impacters
You’re all invited to a public talk I’ll be giving at New York University on Monday night, November 12. You’ll find the details at the bottom of this page. Please come. And if you plan to throw tomatoes, please make sure they’re local! One of the hard things about the No Impact experiment is the […]
Your chance to get diesel fumes out of kids lungs (but you have to act NOW!)
By dialing two phone numbers, we can help save a bunch of kids from getting asthma. Not hopefully. Not maybe. But definitely. I’ll tell you what to do in a minute, but first some background from an OpEd by Errol Louis of the Daily News (or you can skip the background and go straight to the instructions in bold […]