I’m back after a week-long break from Diamond-Cut Life. I’ve been reading Bill McKibben’s excellent book Deep Economy . . . . . was delighted by President Obama’s speech last night (clean energy, what a concept!) . . . . . attended a good Illahee lecture about desire . . . . have been organizing [...]
Entries Tagged as 'vanpool'
Vanpool As Study Hall
February 25th, 2009 · No Comments · community, sustainability, transportation
Tags: carpool·carpooling·environment·happiness·relationships·vanpool
Rejecting Agrofuel: What To Do
May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · food & drink, sustainability
The diamond-cut life is about more joy, more integrity and less consumption as we deal with global warming. The food-as-fuel track that the U.S. is on (ethanol) assumes unlimited consumption (driving alone, for instance) with no particular joy or integrity.
What are practical, concrete things we can do? Here is what my household is doing to [...]
Tags: agrifuel·agrofuel·bicycle·biofuel·carbon footprint·carpooling·consumption·diet·Drive Less Save More·environment·fuel·global warming·green living·Honda hybrid·hybrids·Prius·trip diary·vanpool·walk
Driving A Prius In The Wild West
April 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · sustainability, transportation
My job in transportation options has taken me, in a new Prius, to the high desert town of Bend, Oregon (recently named by American Cowboy magazine in its Top Ten list of wild-west towns). The Prius, mud-splattered from the Santiam Pass, is now dusted with snow as well, so it reminds me of an [...]
Tags: Appaloosa·Bend·carbon emissions·climate change·conservation·consumption·energy conservation·global warming·green living·hybrid·hybrids·Juliet Schor·Old West·Oregon·peak oil·Prius·vanpool·Wild West
