True Energy Independence
Let’s be clear, increased drilling for oil or gas has precisely nothing to do with energy independence. What it has to …
Category Archives: Sustainability
A River Runs Through ‘Em, Part 3
“Look forward for a century, to the time when the city has a population of a million, and think what …
A River Runs Through ‘Em, Part 2
I’ll try to tread carefully here because Austinites, like Minneapolitans, love their city and will eagerly defend it. Nonetheless, there …
A River Runs Through ‘Em, Part 1
Minneapolis, MN—from whence I hail—is not a perfect city. It has punishing winters—which is how most people identify our northern-most …
Restoring Our Communities
This is the hard part. This is the part that people who would otherwise never get into politics, get into …
Investing In Independence
So there are things you can do quickly and easily to improve your community and our world, and then there …
You Can Do This
In the first of this 3-parter on solutions, I’m taking a look at simple, individual steps we can take that …
For Your Next Run-in with Aunt Drill-Baby-Drill
So to recap that last post about sustainability: If you eat all your chickens you won’t have any eggs. But, …
How to Explain Sustainability to Dubious Friends & Relatives or: What Those Smelly Treehuggers are So Riled Up About
For some folks, protecting our natural resources isn’t enough to convince them that sustainability is a good, important thing. When …
“These Go to Eleven”
OK, so better doesn’t necessarily mean more, but then what does better mean? Oh, so many things. And that’s why …
