Our environmental problems are symptoms. I won’t fight people trying to protect and conserve nature, but the degradation of nature isn’t the problem. Restoring an old growth forest doesn’t change that billions of people are acting in ways to cut down whatever is restored. Many times I’ve described how the suffering and death we and our culture is causing is orders of magnitude times greater than slavery, so I won’t[…] Keep reading →

Climate Week NYC was a month or so ago, but its sliminess lingers. I’m writing this post not to complain, but to call attention for the need for leadership, integrity, and credibility. I saw none there, but huge demand for it. I haven’t engaged yet with the event planners so attended passively, therefore include myself in showing no leadership there. It’s further motivation to finish my next book, which will[…] Keep reading →

It’s been close to a year since I first appeared on the Heritage Foundation’s podcast The Power Hour, hosted by Jack Spencer, who has been a guest on my podcast three times. First, I enjoy Jack’s hosting both as a guest and a listener. I really was laughing as hard as I said when I came on. You’ll hear me share more about how America’s founders, Lincoln, Adam Smith, and[…] Keep reading →

I’ve written that, yes, we should teach children about living sustainably, but teaching children doesn’t solve the problems we’re teaching them about. On the contrary, if we teach them to do what we aren’t doing ourselves, they learn from our behavior, not our words. We will lead them to see polluting and depleting like cursing or drinking, something kids have to wait until they grow up to do but that[…] Keep reading →

Two things I haven’t kept track of but happen over and over: Sure, I could go for the quick clicks as the guy off the grid in Manhattan. I could probably get a million followers, but to change global culture, continuing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, requires a solid, deep foundation. I’m getting closer to launch all the time, but not there yet. The reason my material has value and[…] Keep reading →

With a podcast and book on sustainability leadership, I’ve been invited to many events at so-called Climate Week. It’s when people fly from all over the world to talk about what other people should do. I wrote the following as constructive criticism. It’s what I would expect people who take personal responsibility for how their actions affect others would want to know. My top thought is surprise, even as jaded[…] Keep reading →

I’ve been saying these words lately. Do the reps, you get the results. Don’t do the reps, you don’t get the results. I’ve said them to myself, my teammates, and my coaching clients. As regular readers know from my sidchas and standard procedures, I live them. When I search the web for them as a quote, I don’t find them, so maybe I created the quote. They ring true, particularly[…] Keep reading →

This nation’s government says it’s just only if based on the consent of the governed. Consider Cancer Alley. Nobody consents to being given cancer. Nobody consents to being born with a birth defect. Yet Cancer Alley and other sacrifice zones are growing. I don’t deny that people can benefit from perks that come from activities that pollute and deplete, but as long as they pollute and deplete, they violate what[…] Keep reading →

Context: Remember the first time someone said you could undo the environmental harms of your flight by paying a few dollars for an “offset”? It seemed too good to be true, right? Thousands of dollars going to extract and burn jet fuel offset by a few dollars? It was too good to be true and you knew it. Nearly none of the projects achieved the effects they promoted. Nearly all[…] Keep reading →