Nature Knows: Diversity
I attended Greenbuild, the international Green Building conference, just before Thanksgiving, and had the great pleasure of listening to President Obama speak with the CEO […]
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Nature Knows: Teamwork
What makes a team? Is it a bunch of rah-rah and pom-poms and look-alike costumes? Is it always and completely believing the same thing? Is […]
Continue reading »Nature Knows: Adaptation
There is a tree that is known as the “walking tree” because many say that moves over time through the forest. The story is that […]
Continue reading »Nature Knows (a lot)
I realized something the other day, as I was engaging in a ten minute, morning meditation. The leader of the meditation (on the Gaia yoga […]
Continue reading »More Possibilities with Fewer Cars
Ten years ago, we reduced our number of owned cars to one, from three. To be honest, one barely worked. Suffice it to say we […]
Continue reading »Don’t Solve the Problem…
Instead, create the opportunities within which the problem will be solved. Time and time again I encounter situations where people just “fix” things, or so […]
Continue reading »The $10 Haircut and How It Can Save the World
I pay my son $10 each time I cut his hair. “Wait…what?”, says you, confused. This started when he first got his hair cut. At […]
Continue reading »For the Love of Cats
A dear friend is dealing with the aging of his wonderful cat, his friend for well over 15 years. This made me think about our […]
Continue reading »Gentrification Improvement
What if “gentrification” did not have to be the dirty word it has become? What if the benefits of increased attraction and a rise in […]
Continue reading »Transformation, Explored
Transformation, from dictionary.com – noun the act or process of transforming. the state of being transformed. change in form, appearance, nature, or character. Theater. a seemingly […]
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