Climate Leadership: Not a Moment to Lose
With the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, several setbacks loom for global efforts to address climate change. According to climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, these […]
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Germany and U.S. Lead Vegan Charge
Excitingly, a recent study indicates that healthier diets could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the food production system AND the healthcare system by reducing […]
Continue reading »Mindfulness, Values, and Behavior Change
As AZENTIVE embarks on a quest to share Authentic Sun, a full spectrum plasma lighting technology, with North American customers, we are very mindful of […]
Continue reading »Aging, Regrets, and Behavior Change
After my advisor died suddenly during my hospice volunteer training one summer, I came to a profound realization: death is a definitive transition point. You […]
Continue reading »How to Be Happy AND Fight Climate Change
I read several articles this weekend and two were about the same solution for two seemingly very different challenges facing society: being happy, and improving climate stability. […]
Continue reading »Operationalizing Science: A Wider Audience
Building on my post about how to reinvent academia, I want to focus a bit on the constraints that make scientific research limited in its […]
Continue reading »Plant-Based Food: A Doctor’s Personal Journey
I have been a meat eater for more than sixty years. Despite my forty-year career in medicine, I was rarely exposed to plant-based medicine as a […]
Continue reading »3 International Renewable Energy Wins
As we ramp up our technology portfolio for AZENTIVE, which includes wind, solar, sanitation, heating, cooling, and lighting technologies, I was curious to see what […]
Continue reading »Meat and Climate Change
I’ve been writing about the harmful effects of animal agriculture on climate change for some time now. Research from 2009 indicates dietary changes can substantially help […]
Continue reading »Cities to go Driverless?
As a person who does not drive, I’m always subconsciously (well, consciously too), waiting for my society to become less car-dependent. My reasons for not […]
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