Based on a recent exchange I had with a Facebook friend collector, I felt compelled to write about networking and what works–and what does not. A couple weeks ago, someone from a Facebook group to which I belong asked to be a “friend,” sending this message: “Hi, I’m also a member of the Green Business [...]
It’s Black Friday, which we celebrated 5 years ago by visiting Rio de Janeiro for a couple weeks. Rio is one of the world’s most unique and beautiful cities for countless reasons. Incredible beaches lace the city; good food is abundant for all budgets; and the city seems stuck in 1960, with abundant mid-century and [...]
Happy Thanksgiving! It’s the start of a month of holiday merriment and madness, so enjoy! I offer no lecturing about that antibiotic ridden turkey, the BPA hiding in the lacquer that makes the gourds in your table centerpiece shimmer, nor the evils of excess packaging. Today I encourage you to watch the following classic holiday [...]
Tonight I went to a dinner in Santa Monica hosted by a consultant who graciously thanked those who had worked with her over the past year. The dinner was fantastic, but most indulgent yet guilt-free were her gifts to us, and I have to share these products with you. I think she read our minds, [...]
It’s Thanksgiving on Thursday, which makes for a light week. Well, light as in news. Not in food. But something has to be light, so it will be GreenGoPost’s tone for the week. Today I thought I’d talk about dog treats and how you can make your little fella happier during the holiday season—as well [...]
With all the fretting Los Angeles civic leaders and residents have about our city’s water supply, we could take a look at Mulholland Drive, and then nine time zones away to see what’s going on in Paris. Los Angeles has a dry climate–but on average the city receives about 15 inches of water a [...]
Yerevan. Yes, that’s right. The New York times just covered the opening of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. This US$40 million art center sits on top of the Cascade, an ostentatious yet delightful structure that sums up Armenia. As true with any nationality, being part Armenian, I had [...]
It’s that time of year again: the season for excess and debauchery, and hopefully, quality time with friends and family. I am not going to preach any holiday tips, nor have I looked at any “green” web sites, because I can only imagine the wrist slapping over all these not-so-sustainable practices. What I will do [...]
One of the ugly consequences of America’s foreclosure crisis is the abandoned homes that are scarring our cities. Once proud cities like Cleveland and Detroit, which in the past symbolized America’s industrial might, are turning into ghost towns, their neighborhoods barren and houses boarded up. Cleveland and Detroit reached their peak in the 1950s, when [...]
One thing you can say about the green movement is that in some ways, it has matured. Take the case of Stuart Brand, to some the patriarch of the environmental movement. Forty years ago, Brand, the author of the classic Whole Earth Catalog, preached we had to leave the cities and live off of the [...]
It’s Sunday afternoon, and after walking up and down Sunset Boulevard taking care of some errands, I’m sitting in our backyard with the view of Century City and the Wilshire Corridor in the far distance. I’ve grown to love that stretch of Wilshire, starting with the former Bullock’s department store (now Southwestern Law School), slicing [...]
What do you do when you’re new to the EU and face that 20% renewables target by 2020? Ask Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest city and the country’s largest logistics and economic hub. Home to 350,000 people–10% of whom are students–Kaunas faces difficult choices in the next several years as Lithuania struggles to meet EU regulations. [...]