by Gil Friend | Feb 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last month I offered my picks for the Top Sustainability Stories of 2011. Here are my predictions for the Top Sustainability Stories of 2012. (It’s a rugged mix of bad news and good.) Climate heats up and hides out The sheer pressure of the hard-to-escape...
by Gil Friend | Jan 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
This is the time of year when people assemble their top 10 lists for 2011 — movies, restaurants, etc, — and top sustainability stories and trends. Here are mine — not ranked, not complete, quite subjective, and hopefully rich food for thought for...
by Gil Friend | Jan 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve long felt than one of the big differences (chasms) is between people who look at the world and see things, and people who look at the world and see pattern. Here’s a beautiful exploration of that idea. “To Understand is to Perceive...
by Gil Friend | Dec 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
In his latest blog post, veteran journalist Marc Gunther asks Have I fallen in love with Walmart? It’s a long, thougthtful piece, responding to an even longer piece in Grist. “I’ve written dozens of stories about the retail giant, Gunther writes....
by Gil Friend | Dec 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
It sometimes seems that books flow into my bedside reading stack faster than they leave it. It’s a good problem too have; there are so many good books on the subjects that concern us all. Here are a few of my current favorites – some that I’ve read,...
by Gil Friend | Nov 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Deciding when and whether to print just got a lot easier, thanks to the release today of a new infographic — Pixel and Print Logic — from Natural Logic, Domtar Paper and the Institute of Sustainable Communication. We’ve all seen that little message...
