I like direct action, positive protest that has immediate, practical, social and economic use. That's why I say, Solar IS Civil Defense - light, phone, battery can be supplied by a few square inches of solar electric panel. The solar … [Read more...]
Can’t Solve Transportation Without Addressing Housing
Charley already wrote up WBUR's transportation poll, but WBUR did a sidebar story on some non-highway transportation ideas. Reporter Steve Brown talked to State Sen. Tom McGee about his idea to relieve traffic & help people get … [Read more...]
Boston Olympics as Development Stalking Horse?
Went to see Evan Falchuk talk at The Humanist Hub in Harvard Square on Sunday. Wanted to ask him about running a political campaign as a practical, grassroots organizing venture where you leave something active behind whether you win or … [Read more...]
Toilets, Stoves, and Solar
Susan Murcott, Bob Lange, and Richard Komp are three grassroots environmental activists who are changing lives all around the world. Susan is a water researcher whose work on simple water filters has benefitted the lives of hundreds of … [Read more...]
Sustainable Development and Climate Change: 2 Free Online Courses
I'd like to participate in an ongoing on and off line brainstorm using Buckminster Fuller's World Game design criteria, "How can we make the world work for 100 percent of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous … [Read more...]
Solar Christmas Present
Wakawaka (http://us.waka-waka.com) makes a super efficient, sustainable, lightweight, sturdy and compact solar phone charger and lamp. It enables you to charge virtually any type of (smart)phone or small electronic device within just a few … [Read more...]
Outdated Liquor License Laws Are Strangling Our Downtowns
Do we want to revitalize downtowns, or do we want to severely restrict people from buying wine with dinner? Thanks to our still-Puritanical liquor license laws here in Massachusetts, opening a new restaurant is a major financial … [Read more...]
Walczak Promises to Ramp Up Boston
Bill Walczak’s true believers are just that. He’s one of the dozen running for mayor of Boston. His supporters (and he) point to his phenomenal, 4-decades-long record of making things happen and even doing the unlikely or seemingly … [Read more...]
Tough Transit Talk
"The days of highway expansion in Massachusetts are over," declared Aliosi. Now is the time to act and particularly to level the playing field by developing passenger rail and public transit. He ticked off such benefits as sparking … [Read more...]
Planning Boston’s Future
Planning Boston's Future By: Sam Yoon For a city to thrive and grow it needs an economic development and planning strategy that is focused on the future, that seeks out innovative ideas - and acts on them. And as the old proverb goes: … [Read more...]