Gil Friend’s Blog
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[Bollix! I goobered up the html on this. Fixing it now...] SustainLane released their second 'sustainable cities' rating this week, with plenty of media and some show and tell as the US Conference of Mayors conference in Las Vegas (which for some reason ranks #27 on...
Quote of the Day
Thanks to Karen Seeh for this one: However destructive may be the policies of the government and the methods and products of the corporations, the root of the problem is always found to be found in private life. We must learn to see that every problem that concerns us...
Quote of the Day
Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz musing at AlwaysOn about 'Java, and Survival of the Most Adaptable' (which has to do with much more than software).I'm still amazed when I hear folks wondering how Sun monetizes Java. So at the risk of repetition, I'd like to...
Passive Survivability
Building Green quotes my Sustainability -- At the Tipping Point? article in their recent posting on Passive Survivability: A New Design Criterion for Buildings. (Another aspect of future-proofing; more to come on that soon.)Here's an excerpt:In some ways, the failure...
Convenient truths
Oops, I forgot the link to that NDRC climate change slide slide. And can't find it now. But there's a wealth of information at NDRC's 'global warming' FAQ page.
Inconvenient Truths
Al Gore's much touted movie, The Inconvenient Truth opens nationwide today, and goes wider next week. (You can see the trailer here or here.) I haven't seen the film yet yet, but I did see Gore's live multi-media version (on which the film is based) at Stanford late...
CO2: We call it life
Here's an amazing example of what the mind of a skilled propagandist can produce: Two 60-second television spots from the Competitive Enterprise Institute 'focusing on the alleged global warming crisis and the calls by some environmental groups and politicians for...
‘Jazz and the Art of Connecting’
[Presentation Zen]: (1) 'The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.' (Duke-Ellington) (2) 'Writing is like jazz. It can be learned, but it can't be taught.' (Paul-Desmond) (3) 'Don't bullshit... just play.' (Wynton-Marsalis)...
Design Science Lab
'If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do, HOW WOULD I BE? WHAT WOULD I DO?' - R. Buckminster Fuller The Buckminster Fuller Intitute reoprts that details for DESIGN SCIENCE LAB 2006 are now online...