We’ve been sailing aboard the fossil fuel energy ship to advance humanity for about 150 years now; that is, we invented machines that burn fossil fuel to create power and electricity, and it has brought us from horse and buggy to cars, airplanes, houses with electricity, and computers in our pockets so we can watch videos of cats wherever we […]
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 […]
I’ve decided to quit Amazon. I might be a little late to the party on this one (or maybe not, since Amazon is still one of the most profiting companies in the world), but I’ve decided it’s time to quit buying from Amazon. I, like most people, used to love Amazon: one-stop shopping for absolutely everything at the cheapest prices […]
How the normalized human experience has become completely unnatural When you bike instead of drive, you start to notice a lot more about your neighborhood: shops you didn’t realize were there, some cool wall art or flower patches you hadn’t noticed, or how much litter is all over the place. One of the things I noticed recently has really gotten […]
Neil Sims is a marine biologist with a professional commitment to “softening mankind’s footprint on the seas”. After working in fisheries management he began to recognize the need for us all to move “more towards a culture of nurture” of marine resources rather than a purely extractive approach. As marine finfish stocks worldwide continued to decline, Neil and his partners […]
2022-08-31 UPDATE: Turns out if you join Wren.co though my link, they plant 5 trees for me and 5 trees for you! Let’s plant more trees! Click here to use my referral link and plant more trees! Climate change is a human, global problem that is hurting every living thing on this planet. If you’re here reading this blog, I […]
Growing Up Kinda Outdoorsy While I wouldn’t say I was a kid with a passion for nature and the environment, I definitely enjoyed spending time in nature: I was a boy scout. I used to go camping all over California. We would go canoeing, swimming, hiking, backpacking…I have a lot of fond memories being outdoors. I remember riding a bike […]
Aloha! I recently moved to Hawaii. You may have noticed the lack of blog posts, YouTube videos, and content from anything other than my social media (and the occasional podcast episode for This Sustainable Life). It’s been busy getting a new job and getting a whole new life set up for me and my wife and daughter with everything from […]
Remember Doug Chadwick, the wildlife biologist who has written 14 books and more than 200 articles, including National Geographic coverage that spans 35 years? Well he’s back to discuss his challenge! Unfortunately, he didn’t have too much time to record a full 1-hour episode, but it was still such a joy to talk with Doug. He’s such a powerful personality […]
Jill Wagner is the Chief Forestry Officer at Terraformation, a company that is trying to reinvent reforesting using technology to do what traditional reforesting does in a much shorter timespan. She’s a forester, horticulturist and land use specialist, as well as Director of the Hawaiʻi Island Seed Bank and founder of Future Forests Nursery. She’s responsible for planting tens of thousands […]