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 […]

Most people seem to agree that something needs to be done to halt global climate change and the depletion of natural resources. But do we need to go so far as drinking our own urine in order to conserve resources? Well, not exactly (though we’re oddly no longer surprised by even more outrageous green manifestos). […]

This just in from Bicycle Retaler and Industry News (BRAIN).
Organic Athlete has formed a new partnership with Calfee Design that will see the first vegan cycling team racing on Calfee bamboo bikes. In a unique partnership, Organic Athlete is teaming up with Calfee to not only ride the bikes, but to co-promote and develop the […]

Austin, Texas seems to continually evolve as an example of a living local economy. I came across a post on environmentalleader.com today, about the City of Austin’s goal of going to zero waste by 2040.”Zero waste plans utilize both recycling and ways of preventing garbage from getting to landfills in the first place, such as […]

I stayed home from school the day John Lennon was shot in December 1980. I was 11 years old and probably more idealistic— and at times, I think, smarter—than I am now. This Christmas I heard “Happy Christmas (War Is Over)” while I was playing

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