I had the great fortune to hear Robert Hass, this year’s Pulitzer Prize winer in poetry and a former US poet laureate, read and lecture at the 2008 Rosenberry Writer’s Conference at the University of Northern Colorado. With a sensitivity that relies on the senses themselves, Hass’ work can take on political subjects that even […]

I found this image by artist Daniel Britton (LINK) and all I could think was how the leaf blower may be the loudest, most-obnoxious, most useless piece of machinery in the face of the crises of rising energy prices and global climate change. I mean honestly, can you think of any resource-depleting

After five months with the InPower PowerView system, a software / hardware application that monitors our energy consumption and the production of our solar array on a minute by minute basis, I finally understand a comment Yvon Chouinard made at the Rocky Mountain Institute 25th Anniversary panel discussion. He was asked what was one thing […]

Walking around to the side of the house and watching your electricity meter spin backwards is sweet. But checking your energy production and consumption from the comfort of your couch is even sweeter.  We just installed a 6.8kW PV system on our house 

Welcome to 2008. Now make one resolution. Make one simple decision, about one thing in your life that you can change to reduce your impact on the planet. Make it something achievable. Make it something that’s important to you.

Can a corporation do no harm?
SustainAbler talks with social entrepreneur Eric Reynolds
Entrepreneur, futurist, activist, guru—it is hard to classify Eric Reynolds. The founder of Nau is uncomfortable with such praise, though, since he feels it is only recently that he has focused his energy on his longstanding goals