Award-Winning Inventor Makes Fuel from Plastic Bags
What most of us see as the ubiquitous blight of modern convenience consumerism, i.e., littered plastic shopping bags, Japanese inventor Akinori Ito sees as the “fuel of the future”. Like most sensible...
View ArticleUncovering The Cultural Barriers To Sustainability: A Eulogy For Jim Farrell
I spent the past two weeks saying goodbye to my father, Jim Farrell, so instead of my usual discussion of good policy and practices for distributed renewable energy, I’m taking time to explore how my...
View ArticleSparks Fly From The World’s Highest Pulpit
“The earth, our home, is beginning to look more and more like an immense pile of filth.” With words and images as pointed as these, on Thursday Pope Francis I infused his Church–and all the world’s...
View ArticleConsumers Back Big Brands, Says Sustainability Survey
A greater percentage of consumers are viewing leading brands as being socially responsible, according to preliminary numbers from a consumer survey. The SHIFT Report, an annual survey of 5,000 people...
View ArticleClimate Change Will Be A Slow-Motion, Multi-Generational Train Wreck. We...
A new study says the best way to get people to start thinking about climate change is to talk to them about it. Let the conversation begin.
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