Recently, I’ve been fighting with myself and thinking a lot about what I want this blog to be – Asking myself questions like what should readers expect when they visit my blog? What kind of content would resonate best with my target audience? And with me? Who should my target audience be? What suits my writing style and life? High-level […]
Humans Lived Sustainably for Most of Human History 300,000 years. That is how long humankind lived sustainably – never taking more resources than the planet could replenish or causing irreparable damage. It was an time when we had a deep connection to nature and a profound understanding of our dependence on it. Activities such as tree cutting were carried out […]
Sara Turner is a Sustainability Analyst at Nexii Building Solutions, a company dedicated to innovating and creating breakthrough building systems that prove that planet-friendly solutions aren’t a sacrifice — they’re an improvement in every way over the status quo. Sara has been contributing to the green building industry since 2017, through previous roles that include building science engineering, energy modeling, and renewable […]
Did you vote in the last election? Why would you? Your impact is too small to make a difference. There are so many people voting yours barely matters. Maybe you’re in a state that doesn’t even have that many electoral votes, so now your vote matters even less. The chances of one person’s vote tipping the scales are infinitesimally small. […]
Tim Sperry, the CEO of Carbon Limit, is a scientist entrepreneur who has founded two climate tech companies using novel Carbon Capture & storage technologies. After losing close family members as a child to lung cancer, he developed a strong passion for protecting nature and solving global CO2 pollution. He has found early success by creating effective yet efficiently adaptable […]
Chris O’Brien is the Founder and CEO of Hungry Giant, a company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, TX. Hungry Giant is a cleantech business commercializing waste management and recycling equipment. A revolution in food waste management, Hungry Giant solutions use new technologies that turn food waste into a useful, reusable resource. They recently launched their Bio-Dehydrator solution. The cutting-edge, proprietary […]
5/1/23 UPDATE – Yes, yes, I know, it’s past earth day now…I got busy and didn’t have time to actually post this on Earth Day. I still wanted to share. Forgive me. So this year for Earth day, I thought about trying to do something to connect with my creative side: write a poem or a piece of music dedicated […]
Daniel Mandler is a Professor of Chemistry in the Institute of Chemistry at the Hebrew University and the incumbent of Archie and Marjorie Sherman Chair in Chemistry. He holds also an adjunct Professorship at the Nanyang Technical University in Singapore. His research interests span from analytical to physical electrochemistry sol-gel technology, thin films and polymers, coatings of medical devices, forensic […]
You’ve probably heard a lot of hype about how electric cars are gonna save the planet, right? Our “climate savior” Elon Musk would certainly have us believe so. While they’re definitely a step in the right direction, but I would be careful not too get too carried away here – they’re not perfect. Electric Vehicles Pollute… One issue with electric […]
Javad Mohammadi is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include multi-agent optimization and machine learning in networked cyber-physical systems, including smart grid-interactive buildings, power grid, and electrified transportation systems. In short, he’s solving problems and figuring out how to make our electric grids smarter […]