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 […]

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 […]

We hate buying cars. A car is an investment that immediately loses value and costs money for the rest of its life. Worse, of course from a “green” standpoint, is the damage burning fuel causes. But Silicon Valley entrepreneur Shai Agassi’s plan to create an electric car system that operates much like a cell phone […]

Yesterday was my birthday. I’m 39. I honestly don’t want much anymore, except for my family to be happy, bills to be paid, and a little quiet time. But my brother gave me a meaningful present—a gift certificate for Kiva.org, a web site that allows you to make donations to micro-business lending groups across the […]

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.

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