Bright Ideas No. 36 SHORT TAKES II: Leaf blowers, climate education & permaculture BRIGHT IDEA: Let’s Quit Gas-powered Leaf Blowers Seldom is there an opportunity with so much potential.... Read more
Bright Ideas No. 35 SHORT TAKES BRIGHT IDEA: Get Behind the Electrify Everything Campaign In partnership with Revision Energy, the City’s Sustainability Office has mounted a long-term Electr... Read more
PERMACULTURE & CLIMATE CHANGE Amidst the confusion of our times, we take refuge in what we know to be right and natural. So, this month we want to see the correlation between finding bal... Read more
WORKING WITH NATURAL SYSTEMS Spring is soon upon us. And if you are a gardener, now is the time to be planning what to plant and where. Since gardening is far more than planting a few seeds... Read more
TIME TO LIMIT NEW CONSTRUCTION Rather than demolishing old buildings to build new ones, why not add new footage, more natural light, and visual verve to existing buildings, creating living s... Read more
BRIGHT IDEAS NO. 31 Understanding Energy Democracy We expect the Pine Tree Power initiative to be up for a referendum vote next November. What do we need to know about it? Modern life would... Read more
Bright Ideas No. 30 A TIME FOR CLIMATE BOLDNESS Responding adequately to the climate crisis requires all hands on deck with no-holds-barred approaches. Every possible solution must be... Read more
Bright Ideas No. 29 OUR WETLANDS AND SHORELINES If you know the exhilaration of spotting a snowy white heron or egret waiting patiently in tall coastal grasses, you can appreciate some of th... Read more
HALF MEASURES Many of us are reduced to half measures or, at best, slow walking when we realize the true magnitude of the climate crisis. We talk about alternatives but there is no substitut... Read more
GET READY: IT’S CODE RED FOR HUMANITY As the most consequential thing to happen in our lifetimes, climate change threatens the existence of life on the planet. This is confirmed by the lates... Read more
