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Language on the Move: political review

Posted on March 18, 2018 by greenerjsa

I was listening to the radio as I drove a ridiculous distance to a brief site meeting the other day. The reporter was talking about […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Language

Comfort, Connections, and Challenge: #BE18

Posted on March 11, 2018 by greenerjsa

There are times in my career when the lack of progress frustrates me, or lack of attention to the work leaves me flat. There are […]

community, Critical commentary, Inspiration, The Profession

Design and Yoga FOUR: Headstands

Posted on February 11, 2018 by greenerjsa

I’ve always been pretty good at headstands, though 20 years have passed since I did them often, so I am relearning much about being upside-down. […]

Critical commentary, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth

Are We Going About This All Wrong?

Posted on December 3, 2017 by greenerjsa

Are we going about this all wrong? What have we done so far? We have invested in energy efficiency, new systems, more monitoring, more data. […]

Critical commentary, Inspiration, resilience, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Guilty and Greening

Posted on November 12, 2017 by greenerjsa

A few years ago, at an inter-agency committee meeting to work on greening state agencies, one of the prominent leaders associated with the work introduced […]

Advocacy, Critical commentary, Energy, green business, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth

Awesome Charrettes: Part 2 – Language

Posted on August 13, 2017 by greenerjsa

The hardest part of any charrette is encouraging full and free communication without allowing degradation into negativity and restrictions. Somehow, each of us has learned […]

Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, Inspiration, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession, Uncategorized

Solutions, Part 2: Challenges in Implementation

Posted on June 13, 2017 by greenerjsa

“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 […]

Critical commentary, Energy, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Solutions, Part 1: Recognizing the Opportunities

Posted on June 11, 2017 by greenerjsa

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 […]