Five Surefire Ways to NOT Help Your Community Thrive
[Editor's Note: This post originally appeared in the Tiverton/Little Compton Rhode Island Patch, where I've started blogging on redefining the suburban experience as a way to help drive dialogue in my community on issues that I believe are important to our vitality and resilience. Given that you could easily replace Tiverton and Little Compton with your own community, I thought... Read More
Day Five of Our 125-Mile Local Food Challenge
[Editor's Note: This is the latest update on our 125-mile Local Food EcoChallenge through the Northwest Earth Institute. You can read the kick-off post here. To get future updates on our Challenge, feel free to subscribe to The New Pursuit. Thanks.] As I type this, Day 5 of our EcoChallenge is coming to an end. In some ways it’s hard to believe it’s ONLY Day 5, but... Read More
From Bettering Ourselves to Bettering Our World: Permission to Take a Stand for Something
Editor’s Note: This post is inspired in part by an email exchange I’ve had over the past week with Lynn Fang of Upcycled Love. If you’re not reading her work, I highly recommend checking it out. Powerful and inspiring. At some point in this Great Change that so much of the blogosphere is concerned with, the person sitting in front of the screen has to turn their attention... Read More
What’s Your Trash Costing You?
“Human society sustains itself by transforming nature into garbage.” ~ Mason Cooley Up until last week, no one in my suburban New England town of 15,000 or so ever really gave much thought to what went into their trash barrel each week. Last week, all that changed with the introduction of a ”Pay As You Throw” (PAYT) program. For those not familiar with... Read More
More Tips for Making Your Green Business Team Successful
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity” ~ Albert Einstein As time goes on, the more I feel that it will be innovative, progressive, socially-conscious companies that will drive many of the changes — environmental, social, (and dare I say) political — so many of us envision and are working in our own way towards. This isn’t to discredit or dissuade... Read More
Birthdays, World Views and the Game Plan to Bring it All Home
[Editor's Note: This could be the most personal post I've ever written. Forgive the number of "I"s throughout. But it's my hope you might connect with this in some way and use it to help yourself navigate similar hurdles in your life. Transparency and authenticity are important to me.] “The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.” ~ Buddha Yesterday was my... Read More
