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Continually, I hear from business about how we are breaking bounds on “Green” at the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce.  This is really fun for me; business as “green”?  Is that no longer an oxymoron?  Ironically, we are focusing more on the “business case” for going green than ever before; and yet, it makes more sense … Read More

The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) has been tasked with an awesome responsibility; they are to provide a Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for San Diego County. According to one of the documents they gave to me at a community workshop on April 28th in Carlsbad, “Smart Growth” for our region means this: Smart growth … Read More

People really want to do good and feel good about it. We need to once again believe in the power of humanity… and when you really think about it, really, who doesn’t love chocolate?

PBS aired an amazing program called The Botany of Desire. The program was created after the book by Michael Pollan, who just happens to be a hero of mine… I entered the sustainability field because of food sustainability. And food is how Michael Pollan tends to connect the world and sustainability in a very conscious and thoughtful manner.