Sustainability in Depth

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It’s Just Data, Dead Data

Posted on January 19, 2019 by greenerjsa

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 […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Where to Begin?

Posted on November 25, 2018 by greenerjsa

A family was driving through Maine, and was a bit lost. Realizing they had bad cell reception so Siri couldn’t help them, and knowing they […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Energy, Inspiration, Process, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Excellence Begins with Engagement

Posted on October 30, 2018 by greenerjsa

I have mentioned, in past posts, the importance of language in our work to engage people, to connect systems to our goals, and to connect […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Language, Process, Sustainability in Depth

Game Night, the Serenity Prayer, and Advocacy in the Anthropocene.

Posted on October 8, 2018 by greenerjsa

My friends and family got together to go apple picking and play games yesterday. It was a bit drizzly, but warm as we over-loaded our bags […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Process, Sustainability in Depth

What do We Want to be When We Grow Up?

Posted on September 13, 2018 by greenerjsa

We don’t have a technology problem, we have a people problem (John Boecker, 2018). By that I mean the people working within the existing systems […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Process, Sustainability in Depth

Our Need for Nature

Posted on September 9, 2018 by greenerjsa

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 […]

Bio-synergistic design, community, health, Outdoors!, Sustainability in Depth

Riff on Revkin: The Potential of Puberty

Posted on June 26, 2018 by greenerjsa

The world I live in heals me and frustrates me. This world that is so placidly beautiful and stable, while simultaneously cruel, shortsighted, and unresolved. […]