Sustainability

 [With AI contribution from Bard.] World Water Day 2023: A Call to Action (https://www.worldwaterday.org/). Act like the humming bird, be the change you want to see in the world. Approximately 750m people worldwide do not have ready access to clean water. Double that for people without clean septic/sanitation. The health and wellness of these 2b people can be improved dramatically with clean water and safe septic. World Water Day is observed on March 22 each…

This was posted over in SustainZine originally, but it does pertain to Innovation. The costs of the old systems of fossil fuels are far greater than the price we all pay at the pump. Plus they are crazy subsidized (one estimate is 1% of GDP directly and about 6% indirectly). But here’s the article. *** SustainZine *** A question I sometimes ask of people who think that fossil fuels are here forever more and that…

Ryder corporation has released its Corporate Sustainability Report for last 2021. They seem to be making more progress than many organizations, especially in the transportation industry. But their environment is one of the hardest to move to zero emissions. Long-haul trucking will be around for a long time and switching from diesel is difficult. All of the reporting creates fodder for anyone on the left, right or center to hammer on endlessly. See the Ryder…