With levity the object, we provide herewith an implausible alternative to the usual fare from the financial establishment, which disturbingly seems possible in these unsettled political and economic times.
This is time of year when we automatically wish people a "Happy New Year." But if we start to seriously think about what might happen in 2010, we may fall into despair -- unless of course we are optimists.
It could be a long time before we achieve consensus on global climate strategy. In the meantime, there are "no regrets" strategies we can implement to improve our lives and our future prospects.
While there is a lot of fun and games at CES, that is not all that's taking place in our industry today. The next decade offers the promise of touching everyone on the planet in bold and new ways.
History repeats. Like the Empire State building before it, the Dubai tower was built in a global depression when cheap labor was plentiful -- as were the dreams of the ambitious and affluent.
The speed of climate change and the rate at which feedback mechanisms approach or exceed tipping points are of growing international military concern, especially in countries facing critical resource depletion now or in the near future.
Blowback, which we think of as a political phenomenon, will by 2020 have gained a natural component. Nature is poised to strike back in unpredictable ways whose effects could be unnerving and possibly devastating.
IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Baby, it's cold outside! Record cold and storms in U.S. and Europe -- but the hottest decade on record Down Under; Water sh...
I set out with a simple goal: to remove all of the garbage I am personally responsible for (theoretically, of course) out of the ocean.
On a whim, I spent part of the holiday season in Sydney, Australia. To my surprise, I found the folks Down Under are ahead of us in a number of ways when it comes to going green.
Population growth can be the sudden multiplier of climate change and the depletion of the earth's bounty. The problem boils down to girls not knowing what they can do with their lives.
With love from Hollywood Hills, here are some musical strategies to help promote the best kind of global warming for those confronting a big chill.
We may look back on the '00s as the time when we began to turn in a new direction -- one that can sustain us and the planet, powered by the aspirations and power of ordinary people.
Multilateral negotiations broke down in Copenhagen: future climate change talks should take a note from Silicon Valley, where tools to innovate and bypass obstacles were developed by small groups of people in kitchens and garages.
This decade will be remembered and felt for its impact on Nature: the species that were saved and those that were lost; the heating of the planet; the forests cut down and those that continue to provide oxygen to our children's children.
We can return to full employment by creating jobs that lay the foundation for shared prosperity, or we can wait for the captains of capitalism to rescue us under the same trickle-down paradigm that has failed so spectacularly.
What was the decade of the '00s about? The following nine trends are a snapshot of some of the driving forces we're dealing with now at the turn of the decade.
We have been on a roller coaster when it comes to how we now sleep and what a ride we have been on.
With a rare optimistic bent, here are my top 10 reasons for positive thinking on climate change in 2010.
The last year of the decade may best be remembered for one piece of particularly good news: carbon dioxide emissions from the United States have peake...
There is about 40 times more clean energy available than we need for the present world consumption. All that energy can be captured with technology that already exists!
