Even when we love our work, it can land us in places we wouldn’t have chosen. I’m currently in a luxury hotel, the Intercontinental Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia, because that’s where the transportation conference I’m attending is being held. The overconsumption, the wasting of resources, is setting my nerves on edge. It feels plain wrong [...]
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From An Over-The-Top Hotel
August 25th, 2008 · No Comments · energy, lifestyle, simplicity, transportation
Tags: Atlanta·consumption·energy conservation·green hospitality·green living·hotels·hyku·Intercontinental Buckhead
Coal, Incandescents and Conservation
March 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · sustainability
I’m writing on the south bank of the Columbia River here in Boardman, Oregon (population 3,500). I went running last night at sunset . . . oh my. Beautiful; what a joy. I found deer tracks on the sandy beach and looked to the west, where Mount Hood was a tiny, rosy peak in the far distance.
Oregon’s only coal-fired energy plant was just a few miles to the south. This
Tags: CFL's·climate change·coal plants·Columbia River·development·economics·energy conservation·environment·global warming·hotels·Mount Hood·Oregonian·running
