[This paper isn't due until Monday - I finished it Thursday night. Enjoy!]   Executive Summary: Impediments to Establishing Global Sustainability   Ron Khare The purpose of this paper is to identify and clearly explain the single largest challenge to the establishment of global...

[unedited. enjoy.]   [As an aside, I'm also reading Derrick Jensen's book "Endgame, Volume 1: The Problem with Civilization" - the main thrust of which is that civilization itself is unsustainable and will end, probably sooner than later, and that we should be actively dismantling...

Reading: The Efficiency Dilemma (which you can read HERE!)   The better (more efficient) we are at doing something industrial (using coal power, increasing miles-per=gallon), the more we end up doing it. That is, rather than see an overall decrease of gasoline consumption due to more...

ok, actually...

I just made up that team name – I think we have a different one, but I can’t remember what it is offhand. We’re making strong progress on our project! - Our plans and designs have been approved. - We have gathered and are in the process of assembling the frame for our panel...

The obscure we always see sooner or later; the obvious always seems to take a little longer. – Edward R. Murrow I’m rather fortunate – a few days before the block started, a friend had picked some some sustainability-themed books at a local second-hand store and gave them to...