Last summer, I was admiring a pair of adult quails ambling through the sage brush adjacent to my back yard. Following close at hand were roughly twenty puffball-like baby quails. Apparently I got a little too close for comfort. At a signal from the adults, the entire flock of puffballs...

"Certain bacterial infections now defy all antibiotics." --Stuart Levy, M.D.

"We have to recognize that we are in the most dramatic moment of the epidemic... And the number of cases will unfortunately increase and that's why we will reinforce all the measures necessary to contain the outbreak." --Mexican Health...

Bernie Madoff sure made a name for himself, didn't he? First he made a name for himself as a "Wall Street Genius" whose coveted firm not only promised, but consistently delivered, extraordinarily high annual returns on investment, even when the economy was down. More recently he made a name for...

Sometimes it feels as if America is a huge ocean liner, much like the Titanic, steaming full speed ahead on dark nights through treacherous iceberg-filled waters. So far, we have clipped a few icebergs, and are taking on water, but we are still managing to stay afloat. Like the Titanic,...

Six months ago, I had little hope that we could turn things around in our world to reverse the trends that are bringing us to the brink of economic and environmental collapse. America's historic election of Barrack Hussein Obama as president of our country has rekindled my hope that we...

Unregulated greed will result in the demise of our planet just as surely as it is causing the collapse of our economy.

There has been a morbid fascination lately in watching the "greed bubble" collapse, taking with it what is left of the equity in many American's homes at...

Could You Get By, Like Your Grandparents Did Back In 1929 When Their Jobs and Savings Evaporated?

When the stock market crashed in 1929, most Americans saw the value of their investments evaporate overnight, and then watched helplessly as their cash disappeared in a seemingly endless stream of bank closings....

"We have the capacity and ability to create a remarkably different economy, one that can restore ecosystems and protect the environment while bringing forth innovation, prosperity, meaningful work, and true security. The restorative economy unites ecology and commerce into one sustainable act of production and distribution that mimics and enhances...

Watching the Olympics with the TV controller in hand, ready to hit the mute button on a moments notice to silence the seemingly endless stream of commercials, has given me a lot of time to ponder what it means to be "An American."

Does it make me less of...

Recently Katharine Walton asked me, "What is your vision of our world or our country in 10, 20, or 50 years?"

Door #1 (Making the Shift to Sustainability):
We proactively manage the transition away from fossil fuels and Make the Shift to Sustainability. In ten years...

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These days, most people sense that our world is off balance and that we are sliding steadily towards some dark abyss. It can be hard to keep a cheerful positive outlook when you consider just these three signs of trouble:

1. Recent record high oil prices may be just the...

With less than 5% of the world's population, and 3% of the world's known oil reserves, the US is currently consuming nearly one quarter of the world's oil production. Our American "oil habit" is costing us dearly in more ways than one. To support this oil habit, America imports roughly...