January 2012
2 posts
Donations Stop Oil Drilling In a National Park in... →
The main goal of the Yasuni ITT Initiative is to stop the exploitation of the Yasuni National Park in Ecuador, 722 square miles of Amazonian rainforest. The initiative met its first goal to raise $100 million by December 30, 2011. In 2007, Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador, agreed to stop extracting oil from Yasuni if half of the $7.6 billion in revenue the oil would have generated could be...
Dupont Building Innovations Achieves Zero Landfill... →
Dupont Building Innovations, Dupont’s building unit, achieved zero landfill status, the company announced on January 11, 2012. The company managed to send nothing to landfills by reducing, reusing and recycling manufacturing byproducts and waste at its manufacturing sites globally.
September 2011
1 post
Social Media Sites Are a Writer’s Best Friends →
The days when a writer could just hand an article off to an editor and be finished with it are gone. With the internet comes social media. Now an article must “perform.” In other words, an article…
July 2011
1 post
How to Use Twitter To Promote Yourself Or Your... →
Did you know that you can use Twitter for promotional purposes? You can use Twitter to promote your business or yourself if are a creative (writer, artist or musician).
G20 Agrees To Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subisides |... →
Fossil fuel subsidies totaled $558 billion worldwide in 2008, according to America.gov. Everyday the equivalent of the Exxon Valdez oil spill occurs in the Gulf of Mexico thanks to BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil well. Perhaps that is the reason President Obama managed to get the G20 to agree to take out the word ‘voluntary’ in the agreement to phase out fossil fuel subsidies. In...
May 2010
32 posts
Stop Condemning Yourself! →
TGIF Devotional
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1
Are you condemning yourself for mistakes you have made? Consider for a moment how much God loves…
More Manufacturing Needed In the U.S. →
The trade deficit grew in March to its highest level in over a year, 15 months to be exact. The combined imports and goods and services increased 3.1 percent to $188.3 billion. The deficit with China…
Americans Need Protection From Dangerous Cancer... →
After reading a recently released report by the President’s Cancer Panel released a report titled, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk, I am concerned about the environmental cancer risks. The report…
Can Toyota Win Back Consumers? →
Toyota has a massive public relations problem. Consumers just do not trust what used to be the most popular automaker in the U.S. anymore. An April survey of 1,704 adults by Consumer Reports showed…
Obama Not In Big Oil’s Back Pocket →
President Obama was the largest receivers of BP’s campaign contributions during the last election cycle, but he is not in the back pocket of the infamous oil company. On May 14, Obama condemned the…
Let the Bible Comfort You! →
Sunday Morning Devotional When we cry out to God to change us, He begins to perform spiritual surgery. It is painful! Remember that a worm becomes a butterfly by spinning a cocoon around itself, and…
The U.S. Will Finally Begin Regulating Greenhouse... →
The U.S. is the second largest emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the world, second only to China. So far, the U.S. government is doing nothing to reduce GHG emissions, but that will soon…
How Proctor & Gamble Will Impact Its Supply Chain →
A company’s supply chain represents tremendous amounts of energy and water use plus greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Greening the supply chain is something any company serious about sustainability…
Christ’s Resurrection Power Is Available To You →
TGIF Devotional
I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death, if somehow I may attain the resurrection from the dead….
Michelle Obama Unveils Report On Reducing... →
A report released on Tuesday by the White House’s Task Force on Childhood Obesity says that the youngest generation “may even be on track to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.” One in three…
Suffering From Initiative Fatigue In Election... →
I am sick of voting. I am a Californian. I know my fellow Californians understand what I mean. Elections in California mean voting on at least four initiatives. Call it initiative-fatigue. It has…
Climate Change Legislation Contains Massive... →
Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) introduced the American Power Act today into the Senate. The Act would create a cap-and-trade system to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions….
BP Plays Pass the Buck At Senate Hearings →
Call it the ‘pass the buck’ game. During a hearing yesterday with members of the Senate Energy Committee, BP passed blame onto Transocean Ltd. who built the rig, and Halliburton (Dick Cheney’s former…
Is There a Strategy To Reduce Obesity? →
Obesity is an epidemic in the U.S. In 2007 to 2008, a study on obesity among adult Americans concluded that 32.2 percent of adult men and 35.5 percent of adult women in the U.S. were obese. If that…
How Kaiser Permanente Is Helping the Environment →
I am not a huge fan of Kaiser Permanente, but I believe in giving credit where it is due. One of the largest health care organizations in the U.S., Kaiser Permanente has influence in the health care…
Fresh & Easy May Break the Foreign Owned Grocery... →
When I first heard of Fresh & Easy stores in 2008, I was skeptical. For research on a piece I was working on, I read a report about the Fresh & Easy stores by Tinderbox, the wing of the Hartman Group…
God Wants To Set You Free! →
Sunday Morning Devotional
Do not remember the former things, or consider the things of old. I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the…
Smart Companies Will Go Beyond Sustainability →
The words Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are ones that are part of most companies these days. However, a 2009 study by the Canadian research firm Terra Choice concluded that 98 of…
Another Recall For Manufacturer of Children’s... →
Ah, another recall for the company that manufactures over the counter infant’s and children’s medications. Johnson & Johnson recalled certain batches of infant and children’s liquid Tylenol, Motrin,…
Free Software Claims To Reduce Computer’s Wasted... →
Granola is the name of a free software program, released by MiserWare Inc., that claims to reduce the wasted energy of PC and laptops. Its creators say it can reduce energy use by 30 percent without…
What It Means To Be Crucified With Christ →
TGIF Devotional
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…
How JCPenney Is Greening Its Stores →
In a recent post, I wrote about how green buildings save money and the environment. JCPenney is a company that understands the importance of green buildings. This week, the department store chain…
Robert Reich: The (Almost) Crash of Wall Street →
Ninety minutes before the end of the trading day today, the U.S. stock market almost melted down The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped nearly 1,000 points. The market regained ground before the end, like a giant 747 narrowly averting a crash landing, but the questions of the day are: What…
Congress Moves One Step Closer to Financial Reform →
Congress moved one step closer to enacting financial reform on May 5. Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) announced that he reached an agreement with the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Banking,…
Major California Renewable Energy Project Gives... →
California has many problems, but there are reasons to be proud of residing in the Golden state. One of those reasons is the fact that California is an environmental leader. In 2008, Governor Arnold…
Arizona Immigration Law Has One Heck of a Critics... →
The immigration law passed in Arizona a few weeks ago has many critics, including the Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver who called it a “flawed state law.” The Tucson native suggested the team wear…
Why Helping Small Businesses Export Will Increase... →
Small businesses are the backbone of the U.S. economy. Businesses with less than 100 employees represent over 99.7 percent of all employers in the U.S. and 89 percent of all U.S. exporters, according…
Green Buildings Save Money and the Environment →
Buildings consume 70 percent of all U.S. electricity generated, and up to 50 percent of that is wasted, according to a recent report by IBM. Commercial buildings lose up to 50 percent of the water…
Hey California Natives, Let’s Pray For Our State →
Sunday Morning Devotional
I know it is in vogue to put the golden state down, but I love California. My love for California stems from the fact that I am a native Californian. On the European side of…
Green Tech Investment Strong Despite Recession →
Despite the economic recession, investments in green technology continue to remain strong. A recently released report by Cleantech Group and Deloitte L.L.C. said green technology ventures in North…
Why We Can’t Drill, Baby, Drill Our Way Out of the... →
I am convinced the good people of Louisiana need to vote one of their senators out of office. After a massive oil spill off the coast of her state, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) vigorously defended offshore…
Great Potential for U.S. Offshore Wind Power →
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that offshore wind power in U.S. coastal waters less than 100 deep could supply around 90,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity. New England, the…
April 2010
64 posts
Why Food Banks Should Not Give Away Unhealthy... →
There is no zeal like the zeal of someone who has been set free. Now that I am free from an addiction to sugary and salty foods, I want everyone else to be healthy. That is why a press release by…
Will You Allow God to Change You? →
TGIF Devotional: April 30, 2010
Here’s a word for today: covenant. The Hebrew word, berit, literally means “to pass between two flesh.” Let me give you a little background in Old Testament covenants,…
Avocados Marketed as Locally Grown Avocados Are... →
An advertisement for Save Mart, a grocery store chain that began in central California, boasts that the avocados sold in its stores are “locally grown.” Looking closer at the ad, I noticed a picture…
Is Ronald McDonald or Society to Blame? →
Recently, I wrote an article about the movement to retire the lovable clown, Ronald McDonald. Ann Pietrangelo, writing for Care2 Causes, points out that there is a wider problem than Ronald McDonald…
BP Shareholders Reject Resolution to Require... →
My April 26 article for Care2 Causes:
BP shareholders rejected a resolution on April 15, Special Resolution No. 25, which would require reports on the financial, environmental and social risks of…
Green Jobs Training for Prisoners? →
My latest article for Care2 Causes:
Climate change is one of the monumental problems of our time. A high U.S. prison population, partly due to recidivism rates, is also a big problem. In 2008 Van…
NBC Uses Behavior Placement During Green Week →
My latest article for TriplePundit.com:
We are familiar with product placement in television shows. Last week, NBC Universal (NBCU) tried what it calls ‘behavior placement’ which attempts to get…
What Is All the Fuss About Sara Lee’s EarthGrains... →
From TriplePundit.com (written by me):
The famous advertisement says, “Nobody does it like Sara Lee.” Considering the controversy surrounding the advertising of Sara Lee’s EarthGrains bread, I think…
Overcoming the Darkness: the Complete Series →
Overcoming the Darkness
Breaking Up Banks Too Big to Fail →
How many times have politicians and pundits said some banks are too big to fail over the past few years? The answer is simple: too many to count. The SAFE Banking Act of 2010, introduced on April 21…
Are You Fully Trusting in God’s Grace & Power →
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in…
Take a Moment & Remember the Victims of the... →
April 24 is the symbolic date to remember the Armenian genocide. During the years of 1915 to 1923 over a million Armenians were killed in the Turkish Ottoman Empire. Being part Armenian (on my…
Should Ronald McDonald be Retired? →
McDonald’s boasts that Ronald McDonald as is as recognizable as Santa Claus, a report by Corporate Accountability International titled Clowning with Kid’s Health: The Case for Ronald McDonald’s…