Tag: frustrations

Late to the Carbon Party (S2C E48)

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A couple of months ago, a few friends decided to get together, monthly, to just “be”. Maybe we’d talk about work. Maybe we’d chat about […]

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Advocacy, Book Review, Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, green business, Interview, Language, Personal Reflections, Process, Subject2Change, The Profession

Plastics, Toxins, and Carbon, Oh My (S2C E15)

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This week Lauren and I welcome a superstar of the greening of NY state, the nation, and the world. Judith Enck, former EPA Administrator in […]

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Advocacy, Critical commentary, data, health, How did we get here?, Is it sustainable, Products, Subject2Change

Part 3 of Improv, Equity, and Privilege, Oh My! (S2C E8)

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I can’t think of a better way to fight the doldrums of February than with the insights, openness, and positivity of TJ Mannix, improv theatre […]

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Critical commentary, green business, health, Inspiration, Interview, Language, people, Personal Reflections, Process, resilience

Nature Knows: Torpor, or Dormancy

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Here I sit, struggling to maintain stay-at-home and physical distancing rules in the time of COVID19. I am the sort of person that thrives on […]

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Critical commentary, health, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Process

A Fine Line

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I struggle, nearly every day, to find the right place for the line that divides know-it-all lecturing from leadership. The line that divides aggressive bossiness […]

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Advocacy, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Personal Reflections

Kool-aid

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1978: Jonestown, Guyana. Over 900 people died, including 87 young children, when they drank Kool-aid laced with cyanide and other drugs upon the advice of […]

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Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, Inspiration, Language, Personal Reflections

Searching for Those Who Care.

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Today, in the scant five-block walk to the grocery store, I saw a dozen or so popped latex balloons strewn on the sidewalk and adjacent […]

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Critical commentary, Personal Reflections

We Need to Close the Loop

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I picked up new recycling bins a few days ago, as our bins have been totally mangled and broken by the pick-ups. Not to blame […]

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Advocacy, Critical commentary, Materials Management

Perfection or Progress?

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I grew up with “practice makes perfect”. My son came home from middle school with “practice makes progress”. I find this changed rendition much, much […]

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Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, Energy, Personal Reflections, Process, Products

Riff on Revkin: The Potential of Puberty

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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. […]

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Critical commentary, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth
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