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[This post originally appeared in News From Natural Logic, a more or less monthly newsletter from Natural Logic, Inc. You can subscribe to News From Natural Logic here, and to this blog using the RSS link at the upper right of this page.] I moderated the panel on...

Ecology is a love story. A play scripted between the sunlight’s tender dappling on the forest floor, the elegant drapery of the vines that climb a cliff-face, the tickle of the squirrels and birds holding society in the treetops, and the sultry sway of the purple kelp...

The VERGE conference last month was a heady mix of both inspiration and rapidly accelerating best practice at the intersection of energy, buildings transportation and IT. You can find complete coverage (and videos) at greenbiz.com. Here are some of the things that...

If feedback loops are the basic unit in Universe, how can the variety of ways those loops can be arranged and juxtaposed give rise to the infinite forms of varied vitality and emergence? [Originally blogged 2/15/11, but w/o a title. Nice to stumble across some other...

No, I don't mean the "sensitive guy" thing. I mean, "How vulnerable is your company to the risks associated with your sustainability strategy?" -- or, more to the point, that strategy's gaps, shallowness or lack of integration with your business. Consider this list --...

Here's what I don't understand about Gleick-gate. (See Romm on Revkin on Gleick on Crossing the Line as Civilization Implodes, and Revkin response, and DeSmogBlog's dissection the of Heartland Climate Strategy that they say shows it's no fake ) Was his "unethical" act...

It depends whom you ask, of course. The invaluable Joe Romm, writing on the indispensible ClimateProgress.org, tells us that Confusing Climate Study Actually Makes Strong Case Against Tar Sands -- If We Want To Avoid Catastrophic Global Warming | ThinkProgress...

There’s something odd about the notion of “sustainability leadership.” Perhaps it’s that “sustainability” underwhelms. As Michael Braungart reminds us, “Sustainability is boring. How would you characterise your relationship with your spouse? As sustainable? If this is...