Nothing About Me, Without Me, is For Me
I googled this statement (title) to find out where it originated, because I find it to be one of the most influential quotes for my […]
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Our Need for Nature
I realized as my son and I were hiking in the Adirondacks this last Friday that we spent a week planning, drove 2.5 hours each […]
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Vacations
We just got back from a week in Southeastern CT, where I grew up. It’s not a vacation mecca, and the purpose of this post […]
Continue reading »It’s So Beautiful, It Almost Looks Fake.
My mom was not a good cook, having been brought up in the time of “Mock Apple Pie” made with Ritz crackers and without apples […]
Continue reading »Communication: Perception vs. (?) Reality
I had an interesting and incredibly revealing discourse on FB today. In brief, I posted a meme, which was naturally oversimplified and declarative, and spend […]
Continue reading »Integrative Process 3: Purpose
Another interesting facet of Integrative Process is that what you are working ON is not really what you are working FOR. A building is not […]
Continue reading »Integrative Process 2: Reciprocity
I was listening to the soundtrack from “Chicago” today, on my way to the NYS Green Building Conference in Syracuse, NY. One of my favorite […]
Continue reading »Integrative Process 1: Opportunity
I am preparing to speak this coming week at a Youth Climate Summit where the theme is “Make it Happen”. I started thinking about climate […]
Continue reading »Choose “Compost” over a Silver Bullet
“There is no silver bullet, but educating girls is like silver buckshot.” What does this mean? It tries to communicate that we can be much […]
Continue reading »Co-creation
I am working on a resiliency project with an excellent consultant and wonderfully attentive owner involvement. I have been meeting with the consultant and one […]
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