EvolvingWorld

Last week John Ortberg gave a really amazing sermon at MPPC on the topic Is God Green? I found this really inspirational because it was original, profound, and well connected two areas of thought which often are quite separate: Christianity and Environmentalism.  You might even say that in popular culture they’re often opposed.  A lot of [...]

I just read the most amazing book, Whole Earth Discipline: An Ecopragmatist Manifesto by Stewart Brand. Truly one of the most eye-opening things I’ve read in a while. He gleefully points out that our partisan loyalties of various kinds make us quite blind to what’s really going on around us. The earth and society [...]

In my ongoing quest for more electricity savings, I signed up for SmartAC with PG&E. On the whole this is a great deal. You call up PG&E and they come in and replace your dumb old analog thermostat with a fancy new digital one and then send you a rebate check for your trouble. The digital [...]

June 10 I listened to Dave O’Reilly, CEO of Chevron and Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club in conversation with Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal at the Nikko Hotel in San Francisco sponsored by the Commonwealth Club. It was quite a circus, sold out, tv cameras and protestors to boot. [...]

Cute Hungry Seals

In two weeks The Marine Mammal Center is unveiling their new facility in Marin for taking care of sick and stranded marine mammals. They are a wonderful operation, and I’ve been proud to support their efforts for some time. Of course we’re all going to their open house. It does get [...]

sustainabilityhub

The nice people at Sustainable San Mateo have created a new Sustainability Hub to publicize and coordinate local sustainability/green issues. I think this is a really good development, in something the internet is kind of weak in to date – namely local coverage. The internet is very good for bringing together people globally on any [...]