How Many Do We Need?
I saw an episode of Dick Van Dyck in which someone offered Rob (the dad) a big stuffed bunny leftover from a TV sketch at work. […]
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Solutions, Part 1: Recognizing the Opportunities
Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, said “without a healthy environment there are no shareholders, no employees, no customers and no business.” A brilliant comprehension. Scanning […]
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Big Traveling, Small Imprints
What is the measure of success? Is it having more than enough or is it having enough? Is it being able to dictate comfort or […]
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Closed-Loop and Limitless
We live in a closed environment. A biosphere that is, though VERY large and complex, limited. Yet I feel that one of the reasons we […]
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Tetris for Adults: a purposeful decision
Yesterday I stacked two cords of wood in our wood racks in the backyard. I stacked, my son “chucked” and it took only a few […]
Continue reading »What happened to “Re-use”?
I spent all day Saturday cleaning up and hoeing out our basement. You’d think in a 1,200 sf home (not including the basement) we […]
Continue reading »Price on Carbon Emissions – Breathe Easy
We may finally be getting to a place where we can internalize the costs of carbon in our planning, and this should change our understanding of our […]
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LEED and Yoga TWO: Language
As previously mentioned, we’ve gained comfort in the beginner exercises LEED has presented to us, and now it is time to stretch a bit more. There […]
Continue reading »Waste Not, Want Not
My son just came home from a week-long school trip to Boston. The point was for the class to learn about American history in Salem and […]
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Many Hands Make Light Work
The toughest thing about sustainability is that it takes more thought and planning, and often takes more work in initial implementation. The benefits include a […]
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