We need to ask ourselves why the United States uses almost twice the energy that Japan does per $1,000 GDP. Or why do we spend more energy to produce a ton of cement than Canada, China or Mexico?
wowOwow | Posted 12.16.2009 | Living
The power of slow says time is your friend, not your foe. When you embrace time with an abundant attitude, you actually have more of it....
intent.com | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living
To unitask effectively, we have to resist the multiple distractions of our environment -- the emails, tweets, news streams and the voices of our child...
Delia Lloyd | Posted 12.03.2009 | Living
As I learned two weeks ago while taking a self-imposed vacation, you never completely eradicate your to-do list. But here are some tips to help reduce your "laundry."
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.19.2009 | Living
It turns out that being a nag is just as unpleasant as being nagged -- so figuring out how to end nagging brings a real happiness boost to a relationship.
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
I ran into a friend who said, "I loved the tips your parents gave you. My mother had a great one, too. She always said, 'When you're in a hurry, take your time.'"
Jamie Starr | Posted 10.30.2009 | Denver
Once rolled out, the training program could create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, reduce energy costs by $3.5 billion per year, and save 500 million barrels of oil annually.
Robert Stavins | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green
The new debate over climate change is repeating the confusion that was prevalent in the press about the allowance allocation in the Waxman-Markey legislation in the House of Representatives.
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
Feeling as though you're always running twenty minutes behind schedule is an unhappy feeling. Having to rush, forgetting things in your haste, dealing with annoyed people when you arrive...it's no fun.
Fast Company | Cliff Kuang | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business
Caterina Fake, who, with her husband Stewart Butterfield, founded Flickr, knows a thing or two about bliztkreig work schedules. But she points out tha...
beliefnet.com | Terry Hershey | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living
We live in a world that urges us to admire and pursue everything that's faster, newer, bigger. But here's the disquieting truth: a life based on urgen...
cnn.com | Anthony Balderrama | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living
In a culture where we're constantly being told to be better than everyone at everything, slacking off can be the right way to go for your health and y...
realsimple.com | A.J Jacobs | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
Multitasking makes us feel efficient. But it's an insane delusion; it actually just slows our thinking down. Our brains can't handle more than one hig...
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 10.23.2009 | Living
I know for myself, and judging by my unscientific poll of a lot of people I know, putting on shoes makes you feel ready for action. If you're a shoes-optional freelancer, telecommuter, homemaker, or part-timer, consider wearing your shoes when you're trying to be productive.
Deane Waldman | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics
ObamaCare is a boondoggle, plain and simple. It is a political approach coupled with a self-proclaimed solution for a medical problem. It is snake oil, not an evidence-based treatment.
Gretchen Rubin | Posted 08.02.2009 | Living
Nothing can drain the happiness from you faster than a long, unproductive meeting. You're bored; you're not getting anything done; emails are piling up while you sit, trapped.
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.21.2009 | Green
Job-starved southern Ohioans are being promised a shiny new nuclear plant. But the announcement has come with a cruel reminder, and the scent of a desperate hoax.
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 07.05.2009 | Green
once we've wiped the Earth clean of fossil and nuclear generators, we could install sufficient renewable resources to run the planet without a blink in the lights.
A. Siegel | Posted 06.12.2009 | Green
Here's a discussion of some companies with Energy COOL business models for getting that efficient lighting into the homes of the world's poor and bringing more people to the web.
Dumb Little Man | Posted 04.22.2009 | Living
However motivated, fired-up and enthusiastic you are about your life and work, there are going to be times when you have to force yourself to do somet...
Jim Jaffe | Posted 04.05.2009 | Home
Reformers interested in making American medicine more efficient should never ignore the story of Philadelphia department store magnate John Wanamake...
Dennis Markatos | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green
A focus on green jobs in the stimulus package can keep emissions on a downward trajectory throughout the next several years and provide ancillary benefits.
Hank Green | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green
How have incandescent lights managed to hold on for so long? I put incandescent buyers into four groups. Here's what to say to them.
Jodi R. R. Smith | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living
As you prepare for the new year, here are some tips to help you work smarter, not harder in 2009.
Donald Berwick, Elliott Fisher, and Amory Lovins | Posted 01.29.2009 | Green
If we want to achieve our ends with fewer resources, then why do we create market structures that link profits directly to volume?
James C. Davis | Posted 12.17.2009 | Business