Are you thinking about acting more but concerned about feeling guilty or judged that you aren’t doing enough? If so, you’ll love this conversation. I feel honored to work with people with Andy’s background and community, which you’ll hear about in our conversation. Despite his working with prime ministers and across Europe and the world, and acting in many ways already in his life, he was also worried about feeling judged[…] Keep reading →

For those who haven’t read Sustainability Simplified, one of the main things it builds to is something that I thought crazy when I first thought it. The idea is a constitutional amendment in the style of the thirteenth, but instead of banning slavery, two main clauses, both traditional, both Enlightendigenous. One protects life, liberty, and property when the threat to them came through the environment. The other disallowing making property[…] Keep reading →

I wrote this letter to the editor of the New Yorker. It’s been long enough that I doubt they’ll print it, but I wanted to share my thoughts. Using nuclear and, if it ever works, fusion today is like someone in the 1950s throwing a plastic plate into the ocean, figuring, “The ocean is so big and the plate is so small, what difference could it make even if everyone[…] Keep reading →

I meditate first thing in the morning every day. I’ve experimented with apps, but found them distracting. I joke that the countdown timer on my phone is my app, set to 33 minutes. I start the timer, then sit down and meditate until it goes off. Why 33 minutes? I ramped up over time and that’s where I’ve reached. I can usually tell around when the time is nearly up.[…] Keep reading →

This week I finished: The Male Brain, by Louann Brizendine: I heard of Brizendine’s first book The Female Brain, but the library had The Male Brain, so I got it instead. Reading it was satisfying, learning about differences between the male brain and what I hear more about, which is our commonalities. There seems to be a mainstream outrage that claims that the male brain and body are considered normal[…] Keep reading →

People ask me sometimes if I miss anything from when I polluted and depleted like the average American, or more, really. They hear about not filling a load of trash since 2019, avoiding doof and packaged food, and not doing all the things mainstream culture considers normal and necessary and think I’m giving things up. The honest answer is that I don’t miss anything, at least I can’t think of[…] Keep reading →

This Sustainable Life appeared on the rankings of many lists, including #1 Environmental Leadership podcast, by Million Podcasts. #6 in Sustainability I couldn’t fit the header and listing for This Sustainable Life in one screen shot, but This Sustainable Life ranked #6 for Sustainability overall, a bigger group than Environmental Leadership. #6 in Environmental Stewardship This Sustainable Life ranked #6 in Environmental Stewardship. #5 in Sustainable Leadership This Sustainable Life[…] Keep reading →

I just read a series of articles in the Economist analyzing the effect they predict artificial intelligence will have on the environment. They started by calculating the costs to build the computers and train the algorithms. They calculated the costs to operate the computers, which was much greater. Then they started writing about how people would use AI to increase efficiencies in grids, factories, transportation, and so on. When people[…] Keep reading →

Travel used to mean something. You had to work to go somewhere. In many places you could find a different culture. Today, you just pay money and go from one airport to another. The concept that “it’s the journey, not the destination” is over. For most people the journey is passive. Going across the world takes marginally more effort than going across town. I’ve written before that “Traveling” with roller[…] Keep reading →