Social Good Summit 2013 – Social Good Summit: Here’s a video of the conference on United Nations Foundation, Gates Foundation and more. on Social Good Summit 2013… Conference runs from Sept 22 – 24, New York, NY. Al Gore is in this too. Hash tag I guess is #2030now Check out the LP Recharge game, Kuuluu.com. Part of the UN movement to have affordable, renewable energy for all. 1.3B people do not have access to…
Natural gas, the media’s failures, and you « The Cost of Energy: Ouch! “The Cost of Energy” Lou Grinzo blogs (and reblogs) about how unclear NatGas really is. It all has to do with the Methane released from the fracking. See the reprint of the blog at EthicsAndClimate.org from Dr. Brown. Sadly NatGas may really not be cleaner than Coal. How dirty is that! Here’s my comments over to Lou’s post. Okay, as always, your…
Climate change: Sea ice, global cooling, and other nonsense: I was rather pleased in my travels last week to get a glimpse of the news that the Arctic ice caps had been expanding again. They had been shrinking, and getting smaller at an increasing rate, so statistically, we were certainly due for a recovery. I saw a 60% recovery, however, so I was a little skeptical. So I just now get a chance to check…
The Hidden Essentials to Losing Weight – Developing Healthy Habits | Developing Healthy Habits, LLC: This relates to sustainability because it pertains to the healthy balance of one’s body. When your body is working well (correctly) then losing weight or gaining weight should typically not be much of a problem. (And a kabillion studies show that the off-and-on fasting is rarely effective and often downright dangerous.) This is a very readable article about covers the…
The question recently came up as to “I still have never gotten a great description how we got into the Great Depression?” The truth is, it wasn’t easy. But one of the best 4 minute explanations ever is on this YouTube video: Causes of the Great Depression. John Maynard Keynes, the king of Keynesian economics, would call these expansions and contractions, not recessions. You get them free with a capitalist economic system. With the exception of…
EPA proposes strict emission limits on new power plants: Coal power plants, especially new ones, are under fire. As well they should be. Deaths in mining, deaths and health associated with smog and pollution, and the dirty secret of coal ash are enough to make a sane person push back from more coal power plants. BUT, here’s the kicker. What if we ship all of our coal over to China and have them burn it…
