Subtitle: “About Dreams, Hope and Community Transformation–Starbucks CEO & Co. too.” A much more recent alum of the graduate school I attended shows how she cares about the vitality of her community in this marvelous 6-minute TED Talk. She’s trained …

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Three months after starting this blog for the parishioners of St. Margaret’s Church, Annapolis, to introduce them to the LEED 3rd-party rating system for sustainable buildings and to greener living, I wrote a post which had the most number of …

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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 »

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. …

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