Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Saturday, April 4, 2026

Easter 2026 & The Renewal & Resilience of Nature In Springtime

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Easter comes every year, for both the religious and the secular folks. For some it might be just a date on the calendar. For those in Christ...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

The Four Winds of Change: Connecting the 1930s Dust Bowl & the 2020 Pandemic

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A few months ago I listened to the audio book The Four Winds: A Novel by Kristin Hannah. It details the ten-year time period during the Dep...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Story of Stuff & Their Endless Pursuit on Sustainability

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I've been a long time fan of The Story of Stuff Project and their many documentaries. Their very first one came out in 2007, and I'v...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

Fashion's Footprint

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Fashion, particularly "fast fashion" (you know the stuff--the cheap and easy quickie clothing purchases at the department or box s...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

The Environmental Cost of AI

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I have been embracing AI and trying out a multitude of platforms: ChatGPT, Microsoft CoPilot, Claude, Google Gemini, Canva's "Magic...
Saturday, March 1, 2025

Grist's Interactive Tool on Climate & Inrfastructure Funding

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As a person who has been writing an environmental, edtech, and innovation blog for 15 years, it has surprised me from time to time when some...
Saturday, January 4, 2025

Top 10 TED Talks from 2024

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The age-old traditions in the days between Christmas and New Year's include both looking forward and looking backwards. Making New Year...
Saturday, November 2, 2024

NOAA's 2024 Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters

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Just like my Leaf Peeping Maryland map I ran across last week, I happened upon another interesting graphic on Justin Berk, Meteorologist...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Grist's 23 Predictions for 2023

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The week between Christmas and New Year, Week #52 of the year, has long held the tradition of being dedicated in media and magazines to that...
Saturday, October 15, 2022

The Power of Purpose at Patagonia

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Almost exactly a month ago on September 14th, outdoor-apparel company  Patagonia  released new of their new, one and only shareholder: Mothe...
Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Seasonal Shopping: Gifts That Give Back

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Finding that “just right” gift can be tough.  Now, during this early- moving to mid-December time, the pressure is on. Email inboxes are fil...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Pursuing EcoTourism in the Classroom

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I co-lead an twice-a-week elective for 4th and 5th graders called "Funtography." It's a combination of photography and digit...
Saturday, August 3, 2019

Minimalism Meets Environmentalism

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Minimalism, like mindfulness, are on the move and trending a lot over the last several years. I just recently watched the Netflix show ...
Wednesday, June 19, 2019

The Story of Water: Who Controls The Way We Drink?

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I've long been a fan of Annie Leonard and the Story of Stuff . Her "stuff" has been a frequent highlight here at GTG. Annie ...
Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Bicycling Recyling!

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I love it when innovation is in action. In the Netherlands, where a million bikes are discarded every year. To solve that problem, Roetz-B...
Saturday, April 6, 2019

What's In Your Kitchen Sink For Clean Up?

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We all have kitchens, and they all need attention & cleaning. Watching this video created by 1 Million Women , (which I found on the U...
Saturday, August 11, 2018

Thinkport: Online #Edtech Resources

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I don't just like Thinkport because of its affiliation with Maryland Public Television. Yes, I live in Maryland, but that tie-in isn...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

Bar Shampoo: A Plastic-Free Variety

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 Most of us probably spend more time singing in the shower rather than thinking about our carbon footprint or plastic footprint. "We...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

Revisiting "Drawdown" and Solar & Wind Power

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In revisiting Drawdown's Top 10 list I recently wrote about as ways to reduce Earth's greenhouse gases, I was certainly struck by ...
Saturday, February 3, 2018

Your Food's Roots with Zoey Deschanel

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Now that we're an official month into the new year, how's your resolutions doing?  The statistics of wayward resolutions that are lo...