Gil Friend’s Blog
It’s better to look good…
Some beautiful web design work here and here and here. Some meaningful stuff under one of those walnuts, some beautiful stuff under them all. Enjoy.
Pollard offers lots to ponder
Dave Pollard's got a more than usually fascinating collection or diverse items on his how to save the world blog this week (10/17-10/24), ranging from electoral politics to macroeconomic collision course, with energy policy, organizational change and Lakoff's 'frames'...
And on the Gil Friend front
As noted a while back, I've been in full-tilt sustainability conference mode for the last few weeks. Profitable Sustainability (Seattle), Sustainable Resources (Boulder), SRI in the Rockies (Keystone), SOL Sustainabilty Forum (Dearborn). All very interesting and very...
Quote of the day
The wonder is that, as we walk it, the path becomes clear. We have only to trust it into action, then truth reveals itself, shining all the brighter for the darkness of our time. - Joanna Macy
In OTHER energy news
[Port of Entry]: Renewable energy is playing a growing role in Chinese energy supply and is poised to become a significant future energy source. The Chinese Government has set a target to meet 12 percent of its power generation capacity from renewables by 2020. A...
Quote of the day
'Things can be wrong without being important.' Fran Leibowitz, in a typically curmudgeonly interview (mostly about church and state) on Hardball.
From a Physicist and New
From a Physicist and New Nobel Winner, Some Food for Thought. The history of physics is, like the universe, a story of expansion. By DENNIS OVERBYE. [The New York Times > Science] Fresh from a new Nobel Prize, with a smile as wide as the Pacific Ocean only a...
Those Brilliant Fall Outfits May
Those Brilliant Fall Outfits May Be Saving Trees. As trees across the northern United States turn gold and crimson, scientists are debating exactly what those colors are for. By By CARL ZIMMER. [The New York Times > Science] The scientists do agree on one thing:...
Quote of the day
True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed. - Tom Robbins Thank you David Allen. (He's writing about personal productivity, but this...