2012 is not going to be easy. Against a backdrop of economic stagnation in the west, civil society unrest in all sorts of places, and continued volatility in commodity markets, the going will be tough for business. It's also possible that progress towards sustainability might falter. But not if you download these apps, designed to do ...
When you look at the official US drought monitor map, you immediately see that many American cities may be in the wrong places for long-term water sustainability. In particullar, ...
Sometimes things are worth the wait. In this case, allowing Chuck Bennett's and my schedules to align was a lesson in patience for both of us but ...
This is the third and final piece in a series exploring cork from designer and educator Daniel Michalik. As a prelude to this series, Michalik produced a beautiful ...
Americans have come a long way in their commitment to preserve and protect the environment since a groundbreaking survey from 1990 took the pulse of their green ...
New research from Southern California has found that residents of neighborhoods with a central core of shops and services – a pattern typically found in older, traditional communities – ...
Have you ever noticed that there always seems to be a dearth of one commodity in particular? It’s intangible yet the most precious thing we have. TIME. During ...
Would knowing that more wind energy was used to manufacture a cell phone lure you to buy it instead of a similar model made with regular power? The wind industry ...
From individually wrapped prunes to over-packaged USB drives, excess packaging has become a momentous problem. Required for safety, preservation, and marketing, packaging can be valuable, however excess packaging ...
Several words come to mind to describe the values of the people I was surrounded with growing up in rural central Wisconsin-hardworking, honest, neighborly, blue-collar. What I didn't see very ...
The biggest complaint I hear from people about going green is that there is some kind of sacrifice or negative lifestyle change involved in doing so.For some reason, many people ...
As I've written before about teaching sustainability in manageable chunks, I took the opportunity this fall 2011 semester to continue to perfect this pedagogy. I allow the students to ...
On October 20, 2011 I had the privilege to speak at the AIGA Chicago's Living Principles event with John Harris (principal at a5). The event sold out and featured a ...
Years ago, I was motivated to participate in what became the cause of smart growth, and now for many of us has evolved into the cause of sustainable communities, because ...
The other day I listened to a fantastic webinar on Packaging Sustainability from the 2 DEGREES NETWORK featuring Katherine O'Dea of GREEN BLUE. Among her many statistics, she ...