Step One Is This:
One of the issues holding us back is arrogance. We have no time and not enough resources to continue to think we know it all, […]
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Cost Effectiveness
I don’t know if I should class this as a language discussion or a systems thinking discussion, but in the understanding that true solutions come […]
Continue reading »Nature-Informed Business
I recently gave a presentation at Building Energy 2017 in Boston, called Redundancy, Diversity, Connectivity: optimizing your projects, your business, your life, and I was […]
Continue reading »Dear Governor Cuomo,
To: The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NY State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Date: March 18, 2017 […]
Continue reading »Pipelines, Pipelines, Everywhere a Pipeline…
Dakota Access Pipeline, Keystone XL, NED pipeline in New England…everywhere you look there are pipelines proposed, debated, implemented. And this is typically how it goes…no […]
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Language: Redundancy is NOT a Dirty Word
“Your position is redundant”. “Let’s not be redundant.” “We seek efficiency so let’s eliminate redundancies.” All dreaded uses of the word and derivations of “redundant”. […]
Continue reading »Entitlement Needs a Partner
My son and I attended Brain Candy at Proctor’s in Schenectady this past Friday. We both love Adam Savage and my son is a fan […]
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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 »Sea Level Rise in Upstate NY
Did I get your attention? Good. Below is a chart recently adopted by NYS as the projected Sea Level Rise levels for NYS. Through a […]
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Community; Why Do We Need It?
What is community to you? What does community have to do with sustainability? Why do we need community to achieve resiliency? Community has come up […]
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