“Just Enough” is the new “Big” - but can it work?

They should draw an equation: What level of fame do you need to achieve to keep doing what you want? Because you don’t want any more than that.
if you get too famous, you have people wanting to take a picture of your butt on the beach.
(Tina Fey

These are quotes i read from Grant’s blog [...]

Oil Companies are Hypocrites

I read an interview this morning by former Massachusetts Representative Joe Kennedy, who runs the nonprofit Citizens Energy Corp., which provides discount heating oil to Americans in need in 15 states and the District of Columbia.
On quote of his that stuck out for me was this:
The U.S. oil industry in the last five hears has [...]

All-Wooden Bike

I love this. Some high-school kid built a wooden bike. Everything is wood - even the chain. Pretty sweet (from Gizmodo)

Technology and Genetics - When Should We Stop? When is it Enough?

A couple of years ago i read Bill Mckibben’s book Enough. It’s a great read. In the book he discusses what it means to be human. There are 3 subjects he focuses on in the book: genetic research, nanotechnology and robotics. In each one he explores that ever shrinking moral and spiritual [...]

DC Metro of the Future

Dean posted this on his site, and i thought it was worth a re-posting.

I love mass transit. I think it makes the world a better place and makes city life more vibrant and personal. There’s nothing worse than having all a city’s residents drive around in cars - or “metal coffins” (to quote [...]

How to Save our Civilization (quote)

Quick quote by Lester Brown who is the author of over 50 books and thought to be “the guru of the environmental movement.”
One of the questions I am frequently asked when I am speaking in various countries is, Given the environmental problems that the world is facing, can we make it? That is, can [...]

Green Chairs - Perfect for City Living

I spent much of my summer on a roof basking in the hot DC sun. While i love living in the city, i also love grass and the feel of soft grass. I think my problems are now solved with the Grow Chaise or the Nomad Grass Lounger. These are just what [...]

Clinton Making Gore His Bitch Again

Here’s what i’m picturing in my head: Bill Clinton sitting around this spring with his shirt unbuttoned (one button too far) watching TV. On the tv, there’s a story about Gore’s comback and a review of the very good and disturbing movie The Inconvenient Truth. His immediately thought is, “shit i can’t have that [...]

Guerrilla Gardening

The was a post (here) about how watching the awesome TED speech by Majora Carter (which i posted about a month ago) reminded him of another project committed to green spaces in the inner city; Guerrilla Gardening, people who go and garden in neglected public spaces, without permission but with love, generosity, and humour.

The Guerrilla [...]

TED Presentations, Dean Kamen & Majora Carter

I once had the priviledge to go to the TED conference (thanks to Jules) and saw the best speech i had ever seen by Dean Kamen and his quest to fix many of the problems of the world using technology.
Now TED is broadcasting their videos on their site. I recently watched another great speech [...]