
A few days ago, the New York Times ran a piece about increasing rail traffic in the Pacific Northwest due to growing shipments of oil from the Bakken fields in North Dakota,...
Last week I had the honor of posting a piece on the blog for Growing Blue, a project dedicated to water sustainability, including economic sustainability. You can see it on the...
How many times do we have to remind ourselves of the difference between wants and needs? If forced to sort through the material goods in my life, there’s no question that...
When you use electricity, what do you think of? When I turn on a light, or hear the dehumidifier humming in the basement, I might think about carbon dioxide emissions, or...
Two weeks ago at this time I was saying good-bye to a small group of experts who had gathered at Wingspread to discuss the ways that our country’s water infrastructure could provide solutions...
This morning’s news made mention that U.S. carbon dioxide emissions continue to decrease. This is extremely welcome news, but we can hardly consider the job done. There is much work ahead,...
It happened again. I hung my once-used towel to dry on the rack in my hotel bathroom, and trusted that it would be there for me when I returned at the...
When Susie Seidelman, The Johnson Foundation’s Environment Program Associate, needed to be at home to meet the meter replacement technician, I asked her to turn it into a learning adventure for...
I invited Susie Seidelman, The Johnson Foundation’s Environment Program Associate, to provide a brief glimpse of her interesting work as a fellow with PLACES, a program that helps philanthropic professionals understand...
If you read my last entry, you know how I’m feeling about GHG emissions, climate change, and a few of the things we’re doing at home to try to reduce our...