I’ve just finished a great book by Laurence Gonzalez called Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies and Why. Gonzalez does a great job of synthesizing a lot of the fascinating research that makes a connection between neural network activity and human behavior. Much of this research has been popularized by helpful books by […]

I’ve recently finished reading Daniel Kemmis’ Community and the Politics of Place.  He offers a very good discussion of civic virtue and how our society has wandered away from being an engaged public, promoting, defending and being stewards of the places in which we live.  (This whole issue of civic virtue seems to be conspicuously […]

The Lexington AASHE staff took a day this week (October 17) to attend the University of Kentucky’s “Big Blue Goes Green” conference. As an AASHE staff member I know about all kinds of efforts and initiatives in sustainability on campuses all over North America, but I didn’t know a lot about many of the […]

Why do you do what you do?  If you are reading this blog, you are probably part of an elite team of people that are working very hard to bring ideas and practices of sustainability to your entire campus ethos.  Depending on your setting, you may be the team.  In either case, have you considered […]

Niles’ post, as well as my reading of David Orr (Earth in Mind) and Michael R. M’Gonigle, Justine Starke, and Briony Penn (Planet U) have inspired me to tell the tale of my latest efforts toward a more sustainable lifestyle. 
Next week my wife and I will celebrate 11 years of marriage.  With the exception of […]