Thankfully, President Obama is getting it. He may not exactly embrace a diamond-cut life (for instance, he keeps his thermostat up and drinks bottled water), yet that’s nothing in light of the bigger-picture changes he has been initiating at a lickety-split pace. The below, rounded up from Huffington Post, are in addition to Michelle Obama’s [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Obama'
The 99th Day Of A Greenish President
April 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · energy, politics, sustainability
Tags: economics·environment·green-collar jobs·Obama·Van Jones
Inaugural Elation: There’s A ‘We’ Here
January 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · sustainability
My coworkers and I crammed into our boss David’s office yesterday morning on his invitation (he’s the one with a television) to watch Obama’s inauguration. Rick Warren’s prayer, Aretha Franklin’s rendition of “America”, the taking of oaths and our new President’s speech all held us rapt and riveted. Early on, David, who has three grown [...]
Tags: bipartisan politics·economics·global warming·inauguration·interdependence·manuebo·Obama·renewable energy
Emulating No Drama Obama
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments · lifestyle
While organizing the agenda of a difficult, contentious meeting at work recently, I told my coworker Pam that I was holding “No Drama Obama’ in my mind as my role model. She smiled and gave a thumbs-up to this notion, wanting a productive meeting as much as I did.
The meeting turned out to be partly [...]
McCain As Maverick? Look Harder . . .
September 10th, 2008 · No Comments · lifestyle, politics
Andy Jackson was good enough to offer a comment on yesterday’s post on the presidential race. Andy writing: I am revved up by McCain/Palin for the simple fact that they are not lawyers, and they are willing to buck the system. Now if only we can toss out the entire House of Reps and get [...]
Tags: carbon footprint·global warming·green living·happiness·Obama·Senator McCain
Needing Leadership, Not Entertainment
September 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments · entertainment, politics
Reading the op-ed pages of the New York Times this morning, I see David Brooks pointing out that ‘weirdness wins’ in the current presidential race (the nation craves drama). Over in letters to the editor, Governor Sarah Palin continues as the star attraction (example: “she accomplishes the much needed ingredient . . . she is [...]
Tags: Biden·bipartisan politics·climate change·culture·democracy·global warming·Governor Palin·leadership·McCain·Obama
