Getting to Green
An administrator pushes, on a shoestring budget, to move his university and the world toward a more sustainable equilibrium.
An administrator pushes, on a shoestring budget, to move his university and the world toward a more sustainable equilibrium.
April 27, 2010 - 5:37pm
Good jobs, tied to sustainable enterprises in existing communities. That's the objective of the Apollo Alliance, and one which they seem to be achieving.
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April 26, 2010 - 6:04pm
In the course of my most recent mutterings, I made reference to the Great Depression. I did so to demonstrate that even terrible economic failures are survivable, not to indicate that economic suffering on the scale of the 1930s' experience would be necessary to avoid climate failure. Indeed, the best information available seems to indicate that nothing even remotely similar will be required.
April 25, 2010 - 7:55pm
Some 25 years ago, a quasi-country quartet calling themselves "The Girls Next Door" had a moderate hit with a ditty about how "love will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no love." Which is fine as far as it goes, but doesn't explain why the fool thing has been going through my head for the last week or so.
April 22, 2010 - 6:32pm
Today it really is Earth Day 40, even though we at Greenback celebrated last weekend.
April 20, 2010 - 5:17pm
So let's say your university takes the plunge and invests big-time in solar photovoltaic panels covering all the roofs on campus. You do it now, in the springtime, so that everything's in place for summer -- the sunniest season in most parts of the Northeast.
At about the same time, your Physical Plant department grounds crew decides to start mowing the grass on the Quad and around the buildings.
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