On October 13th, I will be giving a talk to The Wharton Program for Social Impact and the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL). The essence of what I will be speaking about is how the world needs to rethink…
When we talk about the green economy, it does not mean we are speaking of something that is good vs. something bad. Instead, we speak about an economy where we use and reuse all resources as if they were our…
San Francisco is getting smart and ahead of the urban farming game. The city recently passed a law allowing people to sell the produce they grow in their own yard. Urban farming has been accelerating and under the radar for…
This is not a trick question but an honest ask. We are dependent upon nature. We can not live if the earth that hosts us is being expended, used up, exhausted. This weekend in the New York Times, Nicholas Kristof…
Any real estate agent will tell you, "If you can't invest and maintain your own property then it degrades, and so does the neighborhood." For the past few years, I have been flying small planes over parts of the country. …
A sustainable local economy is all about keeping local business going and local people employed. This in turn drives the tax base and helps the community at large be a lot happier. Yet, most people will go to the big…