by administrator | Jun 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
[This article was first posted at GreenBiz.com February 8, 2018.] It’s pitch dark. There’s no moon. You can’t find your map. The ground shifts beneath your feet. You grope tentatively to detect sure footing, or the edge of a precipice. Welcome to the Anthropocene. Now...
by administrator | Dec 29, 2017 | Blog
[This article was first posted at SustainableBrands.com Dec 17, 2017.] We’ve come a long way since the first New Metrics conference seven years ago. Back then, much of our focus was stuff — resource efficiency and the physical “metabolism” of our...
by administrator | Nov 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve received a number of responses to yesterdays’s post, 5 things I’ve learned in 8 weeks of sustainability conferences, ranging from incredulous to disagreeing, about some challenging statements I made comparing fossil fuel profits with subsidies,...
by administrator | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Beyond “sustainability.” It needs to be about more than minimizing the damage that modern society inflicts on the living systems that sustain it. And certainly more than minimizing the damage “only if we can afford to,” or “only as much...
by administrator | Nov 22, 2012 | Blog
Be sure to think this day (every day?) about what you are thankful for. And who you are thankful for. And be sure to tell them. Let me start: I’m thankful for you – friends, family, colleagues, coaches, mentors, teachers, guides, clients and readers....