When I lived in Korea during the mid-90s, one of the simple pleasures in life was having everything delivered.  Whether it was the yogurt lady, adorned in yellow vinyl in case the tropical monsoon storms suddenly unleashed their fury; the dry cleaning cantor (when he came to our building, I thought he was loudly chanting [...]

Well, maybe not these.   My brother, who lives in Brooklyn, sent these photos through his iPhone as he was taking his dog out for a run.  As much as I love New York, one image that always sticks with me are the piles of garbage that line the streets almost every evening.  When he [...]

Over the past year I have chronicled our schizophrenic relationship with food.  On one had, we are finding new healthful ingredients for which we will pay a mint, yet fast and processed foods will not go away anytime soon–and in fact, the recession has been a boon to many fast food operators.  So let’s take [...]

Last week’s rains reminded me of the fragility of our water supply in Southern California.  While the rain is always welcome for its clearing of the air and the resulting soft green carpets that cover Los Angeles, I cannot help but wonder where all that precious water is going.  Most of us are concerned over [...]

I was amused when someone passed on this story of what some park rangers in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands are using to foil bikers who are off-roading illegally.  They are riding what you may be seeing a lot more of in the next decade:  the electric motorcycle.   Electric motorcycles are a [...]

The frenzy over biofuels has often ended with unhappy results.  Corn-based ethanol in the US served to only increase food prices and cause even more pollution in the Gulf of Mexico.  The quest for palm-oil based fuels has deforested way too much of Indonesia’s forest.  The future does not look pretty if more folks around [...]

Last month’s posting on building your professional green network raised all kinds of hackles . . . and dare I say segued into expanding my network, as I have met many fantastic people since that week.  I want to drill down a level, discuss email, and how it can be a tool to meeting more [...]

Happy New Year and New Decade!  From the “buzz” I’ve heard, 2010 will be a pivotal year for those involved in the sustainability movement.  New technologies advancing smart grid and electric vehicles may (or may not) take off, and investment and opportunities in renewable and alternative fuels may (or may not) surge.  GreenGoPost plans on [...]