Living in a vastly developed world means society tends to necessitate efficiency. Achieving efficiency comes at the expense of using incredible amounts of energy to support globalization and its processes. Saving the planet by buying a new Prius for your daily commute? Don’t forget that nickel and copper are mined, refined in factories, and put into the cars in Japan to be sent across the world in enormous cargo ships.
From Colorado: Great Old Broads Are Really Great! GREAT OLD BROADS FOR WILDERNESS is an organization that evolved serendipitously. In 1989 on the 25th anniversary of the Wilderness Act Utah Senator Orrin Hatch claimed that Grand Staircase-Escalante should not be declared a wilderness designation “if for no other reason, we need roads for the aged and infirm.”
Darrell Hammond Takes the Stage, West Side Comedy Club Opens, Plus News From Sherrod Small, Greer Barnes, and Catching Up with The Tonight Show’s Head Monologue Writer
From Cape Town, South Africa: Lufefe Nomjana adores spinach; in fact he loves it so much that he named his company Espinaca (Spanish for Spinach) Innovations. His story speaks of tenacity, adaptability and good old fashioned hard work.
“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” -- Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution, ratified 1791.
Thanks to J. Sterling Morton’s fascination with the most modern business practices and equipment of his day, Arbor Day Farms has always been a place of advancing technology.
In the October, we explore less quantifiable forms of energy—the energy it takes to run a business or run your body in a way that produces maximum power. Our contributors have an interesting view of the world, so we have little on energy resources and more stories about the energy generated by people.
