IÂ generally focus on solutions rather than preaching to the choir about the issues, but sometimes a report like this is a wakeup call for me and everyone who believes there is a good chance that human influence climate change (chaos!) is underway. “Number of Americans who believe in climate change drops, survey shows only […]
Monthly Archives: October 2009
More Use – Less Stuff
I just spent the last three days at the annual Bioneers Conference. The closing speaker was Ann Leonard – creator of The Story of Stuff. Her talk inspired me to put together a few thoughts and a ‘presentation’. The fastest path to sustainability, to meeting the goals of Kyoto, 350.org, etc is to make exponentially […]
A Problem-Solver’s Guide to Copycatting
FastCompany giving biomimicry some attention: Let’s say you’re looking to create a detergent that works superbly in cold temperatures. This would seem to be a Chemical Engineering Problem. But, as the zoo’s scientists tell us, it’s also an Antarctic Icefish Problem. When the icefish eats other fish, it has to digest the oils of its […]