The single largest piece of #climate legislation has JUST been signed into law by President Biden! 😍 But what does it do, and does it actually make us more sustainable? I’m here to talk about it with Joshua Spodek, Ph D, author of Leadership Step By Step, and host of This Sustainable Life Podcast. Find Verdant Growth online: Verdant Growth […]
Inflation Reduction Act just passed through the senate, house, and is now heading for President Biden’s desk. Today we’re going to talk about what’s in it, and then have a discussion on sustainability and whether this bill is making us more sustainable or not with Joshua Spodek, Author of Leadership Step by Step, Professor at NYU, and probably the most […]
Steve Melink is the Forbes Books author of Fusion Capitalism: A Clean Energy Vision For Conservatives, and founder/CEO of Melink Corporation, a Cincinnati, Ohio-based company considered a pioneer in renewable energy solutions for the commercial building industry. He also is a national speaker on sustainability, clean energy and zero-energy buildings, and has consulted with federal and state legislators. So often […]
We’re looking at the goals and action items of the Green New Deal! Tomorrow, how we can be sure everyone benefits! Today I promised myself I would do a much better episode than yesterday. I hope I succeeded. Link to my dad’s excellent GND summary: https://verdantgrowth.blog/archives/581 Link to the summary with Eugene’s commentary & explanations: Part 1: https://verdantgrowth.blog/archives/589Part 2: https://verdantgrowth.blog/archives/601
Continuing my previous discussion of what’s in the green new deal, today we’re discussing the social, economic, and national security issues brought on by climate change. Post recording note: Man guys, today I was just out of it. I was tired, my thoughts weren’t fully formed, my internet was dropping in and out…Everything was just a mess on this day. […]
I’ve been wanting to do a video talking about the Green New Deal for a while, since it’s become politically taboo to mention. In actuality, it (or something like it) is what we need to protect the environment and a future that we all want. Today, we’re talking about just one part of it: the IPCC’s findings on climate change! […]
As much as possible, I want to keep politics out of the Verdant Growth Daily, since I believe that the environment is NOT a political issue. But from time to time, it’s natural that it’s going to come up. So today I wanted to just give my thoughts about Biden vs Trump, and how we can use nature to bridge […]
Talk about climate change is unavoidable these days. In the 2020 election, the top 3 concerns of voters were the economy, coronavirus, and climate change. In part due to the record-breaking heatwaves, wildfires, and hurricanes experienced by Americans, the concern over climate change has grown considerably. Unfortunately, although fundamentally a non-political issue, it has been made political by the fossil […]
In order to enact change, there has to be tension. There has to be conflict. And that conflict needs to come from people. Nonviolently. Let’s talk about why.
This is a plain-English full summary of the Green New Deal as it exists as of February 7, 2019. The majority of the text has been kept as-written in the original resolution, but it has been formatted and slightly reworded for readability.