2011 September 03

Not A Good Week For Barack Obama, Or The Environment

Today at the White House, image credit Agent 350 It has not been a good week for Barack Obama. Outside his house, it is the last day of the sit-in and it's the biggest crowd yet. Yesterday author Naomi Klein was arrested; this can be a real problem for a Canadian if you ever want to get back into the US.

"I wasn't planning to get arrested," Klein told the Star minutes after she was sprung. "It was a last-minute decision. I was sitting there with several indigenous leaders fro...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Irene Aftermath: Testing Riverbeds and Streams For E. coli

Photo: wrakky Much of the effects of Irene have been felt after the Hurricane barreled through the East Coast. Scientists have been particularly concerned about water quality throughout areas hit hard by the storm. Federal officials are testing riverbeds and streams for E. coli and pesticides in the aftermath of a storm that did upwards of $3 billion in damag...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Why Towns With Good Transit Options Are Recovering Faster From the Recession

Getting around by bus can be slow going in Las Vegas. Photo: time_anchor / Creative Commons. Cities and towns with good public-transit options offer more convenience for residents and are, of course, more environmentally friendly places to live. Now it also seems these places are the ones bouncing back quickest from the economic recession....Read the full story on TreeHugger

Why is Water from a Garden Hose so Delicious?

Photo by Aaron Fulkerson/CC I posed this (age-old?) question on Twitter and Facebook today. To which one of my Environmental Studies colleagues replied, "the hose gives it taste." Ah, yes, the taste of childhood, of a hot summer day and cooling off with a little bubbly from the green hose hanging from the side of the house. Heck, when I was a kid (1970s), we had a drinking fountain hooked up between the house and the hose. Still delicious. But is it s...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Work That Matters & Mobilizing a Movement.

Was having a bit of a bad hair day, or days this week.

I was looking at some new blog postings, interviews, and came across an interview with Seth Godin about his decision to focus on Work that Mattered rather than Work that Paid. It struck me that what I started TBLI and Brooklyn Bridge because I wanted to do work that mattered, and not only work that paid. I had been losing that focus and needed to refocus on the original mission. Work that Mattered. I was re-energized and my hair looked great.

Seth Godin gave a great speech on Tribes and mobilizing societal change, at Ted.

Let’s get back to work that matters.