New Priorities for a Greener Earth

New Priorities for a Greener Earth

What would happen to our world if we balanced three target interests: environment, economy, and equity? What if our decision-balance sheet held that these three goals and priorities had to balance to neutral before we proceeded on any decision? What would happen if...
The Urban Homestead

The Urban Homestead

A lot dealing with sustainability answers the question, “How can I do for myself?” A major component of sustainability is keeping things local, and what’s more local than supplying for yourself from your place on this earth? Whether it be an...

Financial Crisis

Reading through today’s news is quite interesting. We are under a massive financial crisis with giants falling before our eyes. There is a lot of excitement on Wall Street to have the federal government bail out these bad debts so that the economy can get back on...
Cradle to cradle

Cradle to cradle

G.M. Reports Quarterly Loss of $722 Million. This was the headline of the NY Times as I checked the headlines one morning in July. The article goes on to explain that it’s $1.28 a share and compared with the $950 million profit or $1.68 a share from the same period...
What is ‘The Natural Step’ framework?

What is ‘The Natural Step’ framework?

While looking for more secure employment, I have come across a few jobs that require familiarity with ‘The Natural Step’ framework. Considering I took a class based on this framework two years ago, I am now writing about the framework as a refresher course...