Energy Tip for Winter

I’m not sure if this is a “green tip” or just a “money-saving tip”. Either way.
Just a quick thought which I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned earlier. But I thought about it this morning as I pulled down my space heater out of the attic.
For the last 2 winters, Anna and I have used (for [...]

Jim Wallis and Richard Land Debate Voter Values

Excerpted from God’s Politics Blog.
On Friday, Jim Wallis and Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention, engaged in a dialogue on the role of faith in politics at the Family Research Council’s “Values Voters Summit,” tackling such issues as abortion, poverty, the environment, and national security. Below is a video with some of the highlights.
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Equality & Equity

I was talking to Eric on the phone this afternoon and he said my thoughts on water this weekend weren’t feasible. Or at the very least unfair. To which I agree. His point was that each house shouldn’t be rationed the same amount of water. That it wouldn’t be fair for a house of [...]

Water & Politics

Georgia is about to become a natural disaster area. It sounds drastic. But unless you live in the Atlanta/North Georgia area, you really have no idea how bad it has gotten. We live about 5 minutes from the DAM in question. We go there for walks all the time with Jack.
So trust me I get [...]

Easy Ways To Save Money

This is post that Eric would be proud of.
Jordon Cooper linked to a MSN (they’re still around) article entitled 10 Easy Ways to Save $500 or More. Some of the ideas are really legit and we are even practicing a few of them. I thought it might be a cool little thing to do on [...]

Al Gore Finally Said Something Smart & 10% Original

Sorry for the post title. I’m sure some will object. But it’s just a light hearted poke at a guy who seems to be more opportunist than originator. But I digress.
This is from his TED2006 speech.
“The key to fighting global poverty is to have the wealthy nations and the developing nations join together to reduce [...]

Green Revolution?

Thomas Friedman says that there really is no green revolution . . .
Hey, I’m really glad you switched to long-lasting compact fluorescent light bulbs in your house. But the growth in Doha and Dalian ate all your energy savings for breakfast. I’m glad you bought a hybrid car. But Doha and Dalian devoured that before [...]

New Podcast, Scooping Oprah, & Kiva

Well it was bound to happen and one night it did. The podcast came home and it was just us kids. He had a dozen roses and a bottle of wine. If he was looking to surprise he was doing fine.
Sorry. Not sure how Garth Brooks just came out of me like that.
Anyway . . [...]

New Podcast With Ariah Fine

We’ve got a new podcast up. It’s a short little conversation between Ariah Fine (pronounced a-RYE-ah) and myself about corporate responsibility. It’s sort of a continuation and development of some of the themes that we discussed in our collaborative blogging effort called Corporate Responsibility Mondays.
This will also be a new monthly feature where we will [...]

True-Cost Economy

So I’ve been thinking about what “true-costs” are in our economy.
For example. Say you go buy a widget for $10. That’s factoring in what should be the standard 30-40% mark-up. So $6 to make the widget. And $4 of profit.
But here’s the hang-up. There are a great many companies (not all) that rely on cheap [...]