Is it Sustainable: e-readers
I read. A lot. I tend to love the idea of reading non-fiction, but rarely complete reading any non-fiction book. Sorry, Thomas Friedman…i will finish […]
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Don’t Forget the People
What is an empty, abandoned building other than terribly sad? No matter the story behind it, no matter the current circumstances or future potential for […]
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Resiliency Riff
Resilience in our daily lives: Public transit, sidewalks, electric infrastructure, bike lanes all lead to resiliency, so everyone has more than one way to get […]
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Solutions, Part 2: Challenges in Implementation
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein In my last blog post I used www.thesolutionsproject.org to illustrate […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 »Parenting Your Project
Working toward a more sustainable future, including predominantly changes in the design, construction and operations arena, requires many of the same skills and approaches as […]
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