$Car = 6 x $Bicycle
A research study shows that the cost to society and the economy in Copenhagen of driving is a staggering six times that of cycling. In a […]
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What exactly is Clean Energy?
In an excerpt of Episode 4 of Turtle Talks, energy professionals discuss what exactly constitutes clean energy, followed by an excellent piece from Stanford Professor […]
Continue reading »Food for Drought
Thanks to this nifty visualization from the New York Times, you can take a look at how your dietary choices contribute to the drought. Note […]
Continue reading »Our Relationship with Nature = Conservation
An article released in Current Biology today emphasizes the importance of ecosystems, highlighting that humans’ default relationship with Nature should be one of conservation of […]
Continue reading »The Smart and Sustainable Way to Ditch the Drought
This short video illustrates the importance of looking at the reality of California’s drought. Household water use accounts for only 4% of California’s water. Our dietary choices can […]
Continue reading »It’s the Animal, Not Human, Population
Via Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, this short and well-narrated video highlights why it’s not the human population, but the factory-farmed animal population that is unsustainable…time […]
Continue reading »Win-wins for Climate Change
NYU Prof. Dale Jamieson’s interview in the New York Times on what is needed for humans to address climate change is excellent, with many important points. […]
Continue reading »Reflections: Good Leadership
Lately I’ve been somewhat peeved about drought management in my beloved home state of California. We’ve been in a drought for four years and you’d […]
Continue reading »In Search of the True Self: Alchemus Prime
In 2014, meditation proved to be the most important activity in my life. Soon enough, I noticed many insights and inspirations arriving during my daily […]
Continue reading »From Cruelty to Compassion
One of the ways I understand and practice ethics (Kantian ethics, for example) is that when we hold a principle, we make no exceptions, because […]
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