Ingredients for earth day: 1 cup listening to the enemy, 2 teaspoons of radical love, 3 pounds of self reliance
The unspoken special sauce to this communication strategy is to deliver in a chipper-off-the cuff-slightly-irreverent-Pollyanna “we can do it!” tone. But today, I’m not feeling it. Today, I’m surrendering to the truth of the fear and the hopelessness I feel.
I am about to break the party line. Forgive me in advance. For the past 5 years I have studied what motivates people to engage with addressing the state of the environment. I have developed a kind of recipe if you will, information, instigation, inspiration, and a distinct absence of blame or guilt…
Can China’s eco-cities bridge fantasy with reality?
Shanghai–Within a day of visiting China’s cities, you will probably wake to a sore throat from air pollution. That night when you shower, you may be surprised to see how much dirt washes off of you. After a few days, you may find yourself fantasizing about catching a glimpse of blue through the murky sky line. It won’t be long before you start wondering how life might have been had things gone differently.
China has the land, resources, desire, and money to experiment with creating a more sustainable way of living. Architects from around the world are answering the call and are exploring the realm of the eco-city, a fantasy place where new transportation systems, new energy systems, even new systems of engaging with community are ready and waiting to be invented…
GM Invents the Future? Say Goodbye to Your Car, and Hello to the EN-V (No gasoline (or brain power) required)
Grab your towel, and let the green washing begin! This year’s World Expo in Shanghai bears the motto “Better City, Better Life” and is inspiring everyone to jump on board the green band wagon. Yet not far behind the green washers, are the dreamers, sharing their fantasies for a greener future. And sometimes…it’s a fine line between the two.
Those were my parting thoughts after experiencing GM’s presentation at the World Expo . At a time when visions for new eco cities are the only hope for the future, and new smart grids are in high demand, GM releases their vision for 2030. With no time to lose: According to the McKinsey Global Institute, “350 million [people] will be added to China’s urban population by 2025 (more than the present population of the United States) and 221 Chinese cities will have 1 million-plus living in them (Europe has 35 today)…
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is interviewed by Current Green’s Leah Lamb about his run for Governor and environmental initiatives. Questions were submitted by the Current Green community, alongside a few picks from our pals at Treehugger, Grist, Huffington Post, Chelsea Green, and Good Magazine.
Sex, Pandas, Kittens, and Swimming with Whales: Reclaiming the way we talk about the environment
I am dreaming of creating stories that reconnect people to the planet, and reclaim the way we tell stories about the environment. What? You say. Reclaim? Yes. Reclaim. Let me tell you why.
After nearly two years of consuming and producing environmental video and blog content for Current’s Green Channel, I nearly crawled away in a deep depression about the state of the world. I suffered from too-much-eco-news-itis. So I sublet my house, and retreated to a cabin perched on a cliff on the Lost Coast to complete my novel (and escape the world as we know it). I unplugged from the Internet (as best I could), and plugged into the planet. I spent the last three months walking in the woods, walking by the ocean, and consuming information from a different source: the natural world. I’ve never been happier.
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