Solving Tough Puzzles: Crosswords and Climate Change
How is fighting climate change like solving a tough puzzle?Source: TuftsNow, "Thinking Outside the Grid" The Hardest Crossword of the Week Each Saturday, I approach the New York Times crossword…
Kick the Bucket: Start a Mirror List
What if you are already living your bucket list?Photo by Noah Buscher on Unsplash What's on Your Bucket List? Visiting an exotic destination, meeting your hero, testing your physical limits? Winning the lottery?…
Want Not, Waste Not: Saving Food
Let's turn the old proverb on its head! In a recent blog, I mentioned this Project Drawdown/CNN quiz on the most effective ways we can combat climate change. A surprising result was…
Declaring Your Own Climate Change Emergency
We can declare climate change as our own emergencyCredit: Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash Creating Some Good from Yesterday's News Yesterday, the President declared the immigration situation at our border with Mexico…
Think Big. Start Small. Seek Impact.
How quickly can we turn our first steps into real change?Credit: Photo by Alexander Dummer on Unsplash Think Big. Start Small. Seek Impact. Ann Mei Chang delivered that message at the talk I…
Two Inconvenient Truths: Racism and Climate Change
Institutional Racism: "It's not Just about Insults and Name Calling" Many of us are gaining a broader and deeper perspective on racism. I've been exposed to concepts like "institutional racism"…
Living Green Like Our Parents
Our parents live green, but they don't call it that... Do These People Sound Familiar? You always teased her when she gingerly opened her Christmas presents and carefully folded the…