The Globe faces many challenges, that intersect in very complex system-of-system ways. There are not Single Shot/Silver Bullet solutions out there. But, in some ways, there are solution sets that provide an integrated solution set that make them a potentially valuable Silver BB. Our challenges include Peak Oil, Global Warming, clean water constraints, food supply […]
Growing Green — Skywards …
September 17th, 2007 · Comments Off on Growing Green — Skywards …
Tags: building green · urban agriculture
Green is a color for the Rainbow?
September 17th, 2007 · Comments Off on Green is a color for the Rainbow?
Environmental issues are, too often, pigeon-holed as an elite issue — rich people driving Prius hybrids and buying their organic food. Status symbol, sometimes, as much as substance. Whether it is a question of pollution from industrial facilities or Global Warming impacts, it is (writ large) the poor who have the most to suffer from […]
Tags: energy efficiency
Sipping our way to a warmer world: Wine and Global Warming
September 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Global Warming … some people, when praising the positive impact of Global Warming or by arguing that the warming is not out of line with history, will begin speaking about English wine production in the 12th Century. Others speak, with great concern, about how their favorite vintage is threatened. And, well, even though I love […]
Tags: Global Warming · wine