Tagged With: Sustainability
Touched by an Untouchable
(After reading the post below, check out my GTG / Reuters article on the same topic) Kathmandu’s smog-choked streets were not helping my oh-shit-I-can-barely-walk-five-step-without-sharp-pains-in-my-left-lung pneumonia paralyzing my forward movement. Fortunately, the antibiotics which I had borrowed from a fellow traveler (on the one and only weekend in 15 months that I had not lugged my … Continue reading
A LEED green hotel for every budget in New Delhi
My eco-hotelier friend Ravi smirked when I asked him for ‘green’ hotel recommendations in Delhi. So I was pleasantly surprised to find not one, but two newly-opened hotels designed from the ground-up using LEED green building standards. And that’s pretty much where the similarities ended. Both were pretty cool, but for entirely different reasons. Whereas … Continue reading
Green Hero: Gili Islands’ Delphine Robbe
Scuba diving near Bali is fantastic, and while researching related environmental issues (coral bleaching, over-fishing, etc), I met many hard-working individuals in NGOs and small businesses doing incredible work. Today, my article about a few of these people was published, and I hope I´ve done justice to their stories, to their efforts. There are actually three … Continue reading
Tale of Two Taj (Mumbai, India)
It’s only been a few weeks, t it feels like I left India a lifetime ago. And there’s no bigger contrast that between Mumbai (Bombay) and Bali – replacing the incessant clamor of car horns with the ever-present crowing of roosters (they apparently didn’t get the memo that crowing is only allowed during the dawn … Continue reading
Bali …
Ubud, Bali (Indonesia) – June 29, 2011 In “Shore Leave” – Star Trek Episode #17, Star Date 3025.3 (original series), Kirk and the Enterprise crew begin to see strange sights – whatever they’re thinking suddenly manifests in reality. Nearly forty years later, the TV series Lost, … Continue reading
Burma update: Your $$ is saving lives!!
I have wonderful progress to share about our Burma project – photos below, and read the full (but short and very interesting!) report on the Burma Fundraiser page. Exactly one year ago, I traveled to Burma (aka Myanmar), where I learned about the indigenous Hill Tribe of the Golden Triangle, visited many villages, met with village … Continue reading
Cool Guys: Darian Rodriguez Heyman
I’ve only met Darian via email, shortly before catching a flight outta town last year, but liked him immediately. A socially-conscious activist, organizer and entrepreneur, he’s done a number of cool things – from being Executive Director of the Craigslist Foundation, to helping produce San Francisco’s annual Power to the Peaceful concert (attended by 70,000 … Continue reading
CheapFlights.com interview with Michael
After lining up media interviews for my clients for so many years, I was surprised when, several months ago, I received a Cheapflights.com request to interview me. Just published today … Waiting to Board with Michael Straus Michael Straus has worked for 20 years in sustainable food and agriculture, and environmental issues. After successfully launching … Continue reading
Video: The Wombat – animation
Yesterday I attended an all-day workshop led by Christopher Le Breton, based largely on the “Awakening the Dreamer” training developed by the Pachamama Alliance. – a helpful framework for exploring the problems facing our planet, our assumptions underlying those issues, and examining our personal roles in creating the change we wish to see. Chris and I were … Continue reading
Anna Lappé Pours Cold Water on Dow Chemical’s PR BS
I remember the first time I met Anna Lappé many years ago, when she came to Point Reyes Station to visit her mom (Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet among her many accomplishments). Anna, like her mom, was (and is) passionate, brilliant and outspoken and, in the years that followed that chance … Continue reading
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