Archive for August, 2009
With My Own Two Hands
I’m gonna make it a brighter place – I’m gonna make it a safer place.
I’m gonna help the human race – With my own – With my own two hands.
Beauty is art; music is beauty.
Image by LadyDucayne via Flickr Friendship has the power to alter the chemical make-up of the brain. Steve Lopez, a reporter for the LA Times, learned this in his interaction with Nathaniel Ayers Jr., a gifted classical musician ironically living on the streets in LA. In The Soloist, Robert Downey Jr., portrays Steve Lopez; and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Paper or Plastic?
Please read Daniel Imhoff’s book and consider the implications of our choices. And please look for the opportunities for savings for business and for society in reducing and enhancing the environmental and economic consciousness of our choices in packaging.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Compost for Lunch
We coordinated a tour today at Oceanside’s El Corazon Compost Facility for cities in LA’s San Gabriel Valley. They are concerned; the Puente Hills Landfill is closing in 3 years, and they need to plan for proper organics management. The economics are driving this one. Costs could double to $80 per ton for disposal. In [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Why Lean = Green
I especially like the sound of this one… Thai Chicken Salad Sandwich. Love that Thai flavor!
And this one has no yucky mayo! Yippie!
GI Joe to the Rescue
A real American Hero, GI Joe is there. He’ll fight for freedom wherever there’s trouble. GI Joe is there.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Cash for Appliance Clunkers!
Get your Stimulus Funds now! Millions of dollars of cash will be available soon to help consumers replace their old inefficient appliances.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Is is Einstein? No, it is EC3!
As a member of EC3 I am helping to assist in the Visioning Process for the City of Carlsbad for the next 20 – 30 years. We are a City Council appointed group of citizens that are working with city staff and professional consultants to query residents and businesses within the City of Carlsbad, CA [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The dukes are up: U.S. Chamber of Commerce vs. EPA
Chambers of Commerce support business; Chambers of Commerce are typically very conservative and oppose regulation. Although there are some lights in the tunnel, like with the Sustainability Committee at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce. But right now the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is fighting hard against the validity of climate change… and all that just to keep business-as-usual for the biggest polluters.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What’s the Dilemma?
Image via Wikipedia Who cooks anymore anyway? How many families regularly eat breakfast at a drive-though? What is really in that lunch that you are defrosting in the microwave? What are the costs to your health and your family? What is real food? Michael Pollan wrote the Omnivore’s Dilemma as a way for him to [...]
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