Awhile back I was invited by Jodi Rose, the Executive Director of Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake (IFP), to write about my personal experience as a sustainable building consultant for St. Margaret’s Church of Annapolis, MD. As editors oft do, …
My Experience at St. Margaret’s, More Personally Read more »
Welcome to some certifiable artistic creativity–with positive environmental impact. The work of Seattle sculpture Buster Simpson is an eye-opener, to pick one adjective! (His curriculum vitae, here.) Back in 2009, Simpson gave a lecture titled: “Poetic Utilities: Artists Re-Imagine Water Infrastructure.” …
The Art of Stormwater Management (Incredible! Beguiling! Beautiful!) 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 »
Before getting to the main topic of today’s post, let me say the City of Annapolis, MD, has recently done a very good deed at long last: it has banned coal tar sealant (coal tar or PAHs–polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) from …
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 »
St. Margaret’s Church Rector, the Rev. Peter Mayer, put a teaser in the mid-week email blast to the parish saying he had two very important announcements for Sunday. To “goose” it some for the parish on the church’s Facebook page, staff …
It’s Now Official. On-Site Roof-Mounted Solar for St. Margaret’s Church! 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 »
Here are trailers for several of the many offerings at the 2016 Environmental Film Festival in Washington, DC, through this week. The first is called “Tiny Giants” where the filming and visual effects are rather amazing – Another, starring Jessie …
While Your Blogger is Away, You Get Free Tickets! Read more »
subtitle: Losing Seriously to Air Pollution It’s hard to believe that in relocating the neglected FBI headquarters from downtown DC due to concentration of law enforcement personnel in the face of terrorist attacks, the GSA has removed site proximity to …
Part 1 of this post, published last week, was about- “America’s Greenest College Town,” including AU, CUA, GW, UDC, Galludet, Georgetown, Howard and Trinity Washington Close-in urban residential developer EYA which offers clustered, walkable for-sale housing Today’s post, Part 2, is …
Among Things to Like About Our Nation’s Capital – Part 2 + Bay News Read more »