Today is Pub Day for My New Book, FALLING UP: A Memoir of Second Chances
Oct 5, 2019, 8:56 am By the green skeptic
"Steve Jobs is dead," I said.So begins my new book, Falling Up: A Memoir of Second Chances, which drops today from Homebound Publications as part of their Little Bound Book Essay Series. When I spoke those words, I was speaking to an audience at the SXSW Eco…Today is Pub Day for My New Book, FALLING UP: A Memoir of Second Chances
Sep 10, 2019, 1:48 pm By the green skeptic"Steve Jobs is dead," I said.So begins my new book, Falling Up: A Memoir of Second Chances, which drops today from Homebound Publications as part of their Little Bound Book Essay Series. When I spoke those words, I was speaking to an audience at the SXSW Eco…How My Simple Purpose Statement Stays Fresh [Hint: It's Real]
Jun 27, 2017, 10:57 am By the green skeptic
My sons, Jasper & Walker, in Alaska, July 2008 “My goal is to catalyze innovation and investments that generate a new prosperity by improving our world, sustaining our environment, and generating profits.” These words are posted at the very top of my…How My Simple Purpose Statement Stays Fresh [Hint: It's Real]
Jun 27, 2017, 10:57 am By the green skeptic
My sons, Jasper & Walker, in Alaska, July 2008 “My goal is to catalyze innovation and investments that generate a new prosperity by improving our world, sustaining our environment, and generating profits.” These words are posted at the very top of my…Top 5 Reasons US Pulling Out of Paris May Not Be a Bad Thing After All
Jun 4, 2017, 7:24 am By the green skeptic
Snowflakes were melting all over the Internet. The sky was falling and people forgot all about secret messages encoded in typos from the Tweeter-in-Chief. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump did what everyone suspected he would, despite the advice of some…Top 5 Reasons US Pulling Out of Paris May Not Be a Bad Thing After All
Jun 3, 2017, 3:10 pm By the green skeptic
Snowflakes were melting all over the Internet. The sky was falling and people forgot all about secret messages encoded in typos from the Tweeter-in-Chief. On Thursday, US President Donald Trump did what everyone suspected he would, despite the advice of some…Pulling Out of Paris Agreement is Bad for Business
May 31, 2017, 2:58 pm By the green skeptic
Should we stay or should we go? President Trump is following the advice of entrenched, vested old-economy interests that would turn our backs on a bright economic future. If his vision to make America great again requires further dependence upon fossil fuels…Pulling Out of Paris Agreement is Bad for Business
May 31, 2017, 12:52 pm By the green skeptic
Should we stay or should we go? President Trump is following the advice of entrenched, vested old economy interests that would turn our backs on a bright economic future. If his vision to make America great again requires further dependence upon fossil fuels…My Talk at Riverbend: Aware, Responsible and Caring Citizens
Tue 7:18pm By the green skeptic
My son Walker, then 2, in his "one square yard." "Aware, responsible and caring citizens." Yeah, we can use some of those right about now. Back in June 2016, a colleague at EY reached out to ask me to speak at Riverbend Environmental Education Center, just…Back at the Helm...Because the Planet Needs The Green Skeptic
Tue 6:21pm By the green skeptic
The Green Skeptic back at the helm. I've been away too long and look what happens? The lunatics are running the asylum. Well, my hiatus is over. I'm ready to start blogging again and calling out horse dookey (as Mary Karr calls it) about the environment…7th Annual Mid-Atlantic Energy Technology Forum - Coming up April 8, 2015
Feb 23, 2015, 11:54 am By the green skepticThe Cleantech Alliance Mid-Atlantic, an organization I co-founded with Kevin Brown of Hobbes & Towne, is hosting its 7th annual energy technology forum, once again in partnership this year with the law firm of Pepper Hamilton. More details to come, but I…An Email from Santa Claus to Climate Skeptics: An Annual Green Skeptic Tradition
Dec 22, 2014, 8:30 am By the green skeptic
Back in 2006, I published this email from Santa, which arrived on the night before the night before Christmas. Readers had so much fun with it, it's become an annual tradition. Enjoy!Happy Holidays! _______________________ TO: Global Warming Skeptics…10 Favs; 10 Years: Caring, or A New Conservation Ethic
Dec 17, 2014, 8:30 am By the green skeptic
My son Jasper tagging a saltwater croc,Mexico, January 2005. Photo by the author. This post originally appeared on The Green Skeptic in October 2005. It clearly demonstrates my concerns about the disconnect between people and conservation and articulates my…10 Favs; 10 Years: What We Talk About When We Talk About Protecting and Saving
Mon 8:30am By the green skeptic
This post originally appeared on The Green Skeptic in March 2008, when I was about to speak at the Aspen Environment Forum. It was a pivotal time for conservation and I think some of the strides that my former organization, The Nature Conservancy, and others…10 Favs; 10 Years: The Coming Disruption - Lead It or Lose It
Dec 10, 2014, 9:28 am By the green skeptic
Back in 2011, disruption was very much on my mind -- personally, professionally, and economically. Reading that post now -- in the wake of the current social unrest and new revelations about the banking system -- I wonder if plummeting down the same cliff. The…10 Favs; 10 Years: IMAGINE The Man Who Cared, John Lennon
Dec 8, 2014, 8:30 am By the green skeptic
It was 34 years ago today John Lennon was shot to death outside his home on West 72nd Street and Central Park West in New York. Here's a post that I wrote on the 25th Anniversary of that horrible event in 2005: John Lennon watercolored by the author. I was…10 Favs; 10 Years: Falling Up --The Choices We Make May Be Our Own
Dec 5, 2014, 8:30 am By the green skeptic
Letchworth Gorge by J. Stephen Conn, used by permission. Back in November 2011 I posted about the need for change in our economy and the way we approach that change. Here is my post "Falling Up -- The Choices We Make May Be Our Own":When I was 15 years old I…10 Favs; 10 Years: "What Keeps You Up at Night?"
Dec 3, 2014, 8:30 am By the green skeptic
Back in November 2009, Lou Rappaport of Blank Rome asked me a disturbing question at the MAC Alliance Conference in Philadelphia.Here's the post I wrote in response to his question:On the face of it, Lou's question was a simple one:"What keeps you up at…10 Favs; 10 Years: Philanthropy & Environmental Change -- Should Social Capital Markets Take Over?
Dec 1, 2014, 8:30 am By the green skeptic
Back in October 2007, I had an exchange with my friend Lucy Bernholz about philanthropy as an agent of change in the environmental sphere (I was still working for The Nature Conservany). Lucy, as it happened, introduced me to my (then future) wife, Samantha,…10 Favs; 10 Years: A Tale of Two Cleantech Companies -- One Failure, One Success
Nov 28, 2014, 8:30 am By the green skepticHere's another favorite from the past decade. I did a deep dive on two cleantech companies for the IMPACT investor conference back in 2011. I looked at the examples of Solyndra and CPower and examined why one failed and the other succeeded. This post included…
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