Nature Knows: Essence
Diversity is not about more. It’s about filling in the gap in knowledge with essential, locationally specific information and insights.
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Seeking Perspective
We are facing an imperative that can be met if we change our perspective to build on every success along the way. Join me in changing our perspective, and our shared future.
Continue reading »Book Review: A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things
It’s an important book that informs and challenges. “A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things” is such a book. Read on for a few of the challenging ideas I encountered.
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The Fault in Utopia
The biggest issue with any vision of a future city is that this view of (typically) Utopia makes it look like our only chance for a better future is to destroy all that we know and love.
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we, as Nature
Pondering the false separation of man and nature…
Continue reading »Working Better and Harder Won’t Do it
Anyone paying attention to climate news has been inundated with the recent Sunrise Movement visit to Senator Diane Feinstein’s office. I’m here to add to […]
Continue reading »Market Fallacy
A few months ago I got caught in a social media conversation and discovered an important truth. The discussion was not a new one. Someone […]
Continue reading »Balance – Fail, and Learn
I went to San Diego to speak at the inaugural conference on Wellness in Buildings. It was excellent. A small, focused, and incredibly intelligent group […]
Continue reading »It’s Just Data, Dead Data
Most importantly, we must recognize that the reason for data collection is not data collection. Lately we have been taking about metrics and data, including […]
Continue reading »Dear NPR (and all news media),
I’m starting off the year with a blunt question, and it is “How dare you?” 1) How dare you report about renewable energy with a […]
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