When visiting Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park a few weeks ago, I bought at the visitors center a copy of Meditations of John Muir: Nature’s Temple, compiled by Chris Highland. (13th printing since 2001.) While gazing into the snow-capped …
Get Out! Revisited (Maintaining a state of mind) Read more »
The piece in The Washington Post the other day opened: “Office-space design is undergoing a period of experimentation.” With the accompanying picture, I thought the lead was a bit understated. I first saw notice of the new concept at “Biznow, …
Pop-Up Outdoor Offices? And, the Flint Water Crisis Revisited Some–Parts/Billion Read more »
It’s that time of year again–for those who may have been procrastinating due to “unseasonable” weather. Time to get to the woods, the shore or a national park. That’s some of what I’m looking to do here in the San …
A good friend, a retired Episcopal priest, is one of the more environmentally conscious people I happen to know who’s not in the biz. He and his charming wife recycle their used paper shopping bags as kitchen waste can liners. …
Before getting to new posting material, I need to update/revise my post about the air above. Turns out the U.S. EPA disagrees with the MD Department of the Environment about progress in meeting federal guidelines for air pollutants such as …
Kids. Grown-ups. 140 student participants from 30 states, representing 40 organizations, set up their displays at the 6th Annual White House Science Fair recently. The focus of this science fair is STEM for students. (All quoted materials comes from The …
Looking Into Now–And the Future Zooming Around the Corner Read more »
“Air pollution in the state falls to three-decade low” trumpted a recent Washington Post article. Sub-title: “Md. set to meet federal standards, thanks to environmental efforts.” Well, Booyah, I say! It was a while back (August 2013) that I used this …
At the 3rd Annual Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) meeting of Baltimore members, the featured speaker was Julie Lawson, who, as Executive Director, co-founded and is single-handedly leading the non-profit, Trash Free Maryland (TFMD). On its home page is a recently …
Marine Ecosystems Under Duress No Thanks to Plastics Read more »
Several days ago theguardian.com published a story in its U.S. edition called “Florida wakes up to climate change“. That day my blog post about the same subject got 17 hits. Over the next 2 days, another 31 hits. Its lead, …
A Previous Post Suddenly Getting Mucho Hits. An “Apps for Earth” Related. Read more »
Howard Schultz is a man I admire. Back in January I wrote a piece, “Greenwash or Raw Milk for Big Business? Inside Starbucks,” about the ubiquitous coffee company, a signatory to the American Business Act on Climate Pledge. Schultz, 63, is its …
On the Origins of Sustainability – Howard Schultz Read more »