Nature’s Tools for Adaptation
Adaptation expert Rafe Sagarin speaks about what we can learn from organisms such as fish, octopi, elephants, and so on. Animals have strong observation skills, […]
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Better Buildings Challenge: $840M Saved
The Obama Administration’s Better Buildings Challenge, according to a recent press release, has saved partners $840M, and prevented six million tons of carbon emissions, which […]
Continue reading »NYT on California Drought
Yesterday’s New York Times review asks a simple question about which of the following uses more water: “A) a 10-minute shower. B) a handful of 10 almonds. C) a quarterpound […]
Continue reading »Benefits of Eating Dirt
We evolve to gain microbial experience that calibrates our immune system, says expert Mark Davis in a short video from Stanford Medicine. This is why […]
Continue reading »Leather or Life?
I recently read with great interest an article in Bloomberg Business entitled, “Your Salad Lunches are Killing American Leather.” I paused for a while, just […]
Continue reading »Why Microbeads Suck
Literally, microbeads suck up toxins from the waters they are discharged into, and can wind up back on our plates through the fish we eat. […]
Continue reading »Design Thinking for Healthcare
This excellent piece by Dr. Leonard D’Avolio describes how the user-centered process of design thinking is well-suited to understand and implement changes in various major […]
Continue reading »Shareholder Value vs. Sustainability
Maximizing shareholder value is often perceived as being in opposition to sustainability efforts. According to Lynn Stout’s book, The Shareholder Value Myth, focusing too much […]
Continue reading »Behavioral Energy Programs go Mainstream
Thanks to companies like Opower, behavioral approaches to energy conservation are becoming more mainstream, and achieving sizable reductions in energy use. Opower uses behavioral sciences […]
Continue reading »What Motivates us to Work Well?
A well-organized article from TED with 7 motivating forces that we can leverage at work and in life, backed up by research. Here’s a hint: […]
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