Reflections: Paradise Found – Redefining Prosperity

Profit is Sustainable – If You Build Upon Intelligence with Integrity There are so many success stories today on the edges of the economy and society – EcoVillages, Transition Towns, and Intentional Communities among them – but the core concept of sustainable profit consistent with social and ecological integrity has yet to go mainstream. At …

Sepp Hasslberger: Graphene Revolutionizes Energy

Membranes of graphene – single atom layer carbon “sheets” – have unexpected and rather unusual properties that seem set to enable several new technologies Scientists predict green energy revolution after incredible new graphene discoveries The breakthrough raises the prospect of extracting hydrogen fuel from air and burning it as a carbon-free source of energy in …

SchwartzReport: Solar & Wind Energy Winning on Price vs. Conventional Fuels — PBI Add True Costs and Corrupt Fossil Subsidies and It’s a No-Brainer

The non carbon energy trend is gathering momentum at a surprising rate, and it is very good news. Here is The New York Times view, which I consider an establishment perspective and all the more surprising for that. Solar and Wind Energy Start to Win on Price vs. Conventional Fuels The cost of providing electricity …

The Footbridge at Fairfax County — Reinventing Democracy

Three weeks ago the Fairfax County Park Authority destroyed a perfectly good footbridge built by the Miller Heights Neighborhood Association over a decade ago, one of three that enabled hundreds of people and their dogs to walk the full length of the stream trail, with views of running water and birds, including our neighborhood heron, …

CounterPunch: Where is Jesse Ventura When You Need Him? The Public Gets the Government It Tolerates

Where is Jesse Ventura When You Need Him? The Public Gets the Government It Tolerates by ROBERT DAVID STEELE If Jesse Ventura or any true, electable populist candidate reads this and wants to be President, I have a plan to make it so. I ran for President in 2012, accepted as a candidate by the …