Australians are picking up on a way of getting things done that we here in the U.S. know rather well. From Australia’s Business Day: “Companies could face class actions from shareholders unless the companies adequately report the risks that climate change poses to their businesses. While climate change-related litigation has been confined to planning in [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on September 22nd, 2008 | No Comments »
What is the difference between an ecobuddhist and a regular ol’ Buddhist? Yesterday I discovered ecobuddhism.org, which conveys environmental messages in slightly different packaging. Here’s a quote from an interview with Dudjom Rinpoche on the site: “Well, then it seems renewable energy is possible, but the negative forces who seek to continue excessive use of [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on September 19th, 2008 | No Comments »
This might seem smack-your-head obvious, but in all of the defenses I’ve read of the media elite‘s “attacks” on Sarah Palin, no one has came out and stated the obvious. Before the announcement that she would be McCain’s running mate, no one in the lower 48 (what they like to call “outside” in Alaska) had [...]
Filed under: Media, Such as it is on September 15th, 2008 | No Comments »
Yesterday morning, Mr. Fields and I arrived at the Boulder Rock Club at 8 a.m. for something dubbed Group Training. We didn’t know what it entailed; when I inquired, I was told to just show up, no sign up necessary. It turns out that Group Training is a solid hour of spreading pain and exhaustion [...]
Filed under: Such as it is on September 9th, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m often amazed by the buzzwords and phrases the PR people create. They lend heavy connotation to words that lacked weight before. As a writer, I have to respect their cunning use of language. But “media elite” has always baffled me, so the recent bashing of the media elite sent me to my friend Merriam-Webster [...]
Filed under: Media, Such as it is on September 8th, 2008 | No Comments »
When we arrived in Chamonix in June, I peered up from under my umbrella in search of the mountains. I knew they were there. I sought out breaks in the clouds up the valley, or a window up above, where the Aiguilles (needles) should have been poking at blue sky. But there were only clouds [...]
Filed under: Climbing, Such as it is on September 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »