by Gil Friend | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Gil Friend | Apr 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Gil Friend | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Gil Friend | Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
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 )...
by Gil Friend | Feb 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
by Gil Friend | Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
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...
