My phone is going crazy again this morning. The Times put the story on me on the front of the Metro section today. I wonder if the Times felt its readers could use some news they felt would brighten their days. showing a brighter future. The story behind the story Here’s what I’ve shared with people about the piece, if you don’t mind my copying an email I sent to[…] Keep reading →

I’m honored and humbled by the New York Times‘ profile of me today. The article shows a huge part of my day-to-day life, but a sliver of our long-term leading the world to living joyfully sustainably. Read my book, Sustainability Simplified, for the full story. Of course, a book can cover more than an article, but everything I do is mission-driven on leadership. Sustainability Simplified charts a clear, joyful, rewarding[…] Keep reading →

Word got out about ahead of time about my new book, Sustainability Simplified: The Definitive Guide to Understanding and Solving All (Yes, All) Our Environmental Problems. It would normally have come out in paperback later, but media attention has prompted us to make it available earlier. In particular, I’ve been interviewed lately for prominent media and expect people will want to read it sooner. My publisher moved mountains to make[…] Keep reading →

The reactions of people on and around the area they call Crack Row—the northwest corner of Washington Square Park—varies and changes. Earlier today, while doing my sidcha of picking up at least three pieces of litter from that corner, one guy thanked me and said he appreciated when people did nice things like that. Not long after, one woman from another group of about a half-dozen people got angry at[…] Keep reading →

People think about how they could use it and think optimistically, but neglect to think that the people they disagree with and oppose will too. Like fire and sharp knives, technology isn’t good or bad. Technology augments the values of the people and culture using it. Technology accelerates the system—that is, it leads to achieving similar outcomes faster. Regarding our political differences, it won’t lead one or another position to[…] Keep reading →

Living in Manhattan means people visit. Even with an apartment under five hundred square feet and only a thin, very firm futon, people sleep over. Nearby hotels cost a few hundred dollars a night. A friend who stayed with me in July, while walking around seeing the sights, texted me “Do you want a free bike?” The backstory: some neighbor was throwing away a bicycle with many broken parts so,[…] Keep reading →

A friend who visited broke a couple things of mine. They were fixable, but when he damaged one things by treating it cavalierly I said, “treat everything like it’s valuable.” He was taken aback since I had told him I had found this thing—a laundry drying rack. Some neighbor was throwing it out. It worked so I kept and used it. On last Fridays of the month, if I walk[…] Keep reading →

A vignette from Michael Lombardi, podcast guest and football great General Manager about his mentor Bill Walsh, appears in his book Gridiron Genius, sticks with me. In particular, the part at the end of this passage about the picture frame. To me, one way mastery differs from just doing enough is that when we master an art or craft, we love the details. Before mastery, they may seem drudge work.[…] Keep reading →

The Village Sun profiled me after seeing me charging my battery with solar panels a few months ago. The reporter, Otto Fritton, spent time talking and learning what I’m up to. I’m not doing it for myself or for pipe dreams. Check out the story: The Spodek Method: Saving the planet and ourselves by not harming others. It begins: Often humans struggle to understand their impact upon a larger humanity,[…] Keep reading →