mixed greens

Just over the horizon

The Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), based in San Francisco, studies public and private global investment in climate change. Its 2021 report, titled “Global Landscape of Climate Finance,” sounded the alarm about the need for much more robust investments in climate adaptation and resiliency.

'For the people'

One of my cultural heroes died last month. Christopher Alexander, the British architect, teacher and design theorist, was a touchstone for a humanistic way of imagining the built …

Balancing act

It’s an axiom of sustainability that “you can’t manage what you don’t measure.” The saying is often attributed to Edwards Deming, a pioneering engineer and statistician …

Sunny times for solar

As we weather the February “deep freeze,” it’s a pleasure to share great news about utility-scale solar energy. First: the latest annual benchmarking report for PV solar energy …

The message of Janus

January takes its name from Janus, the deity ancient Romans believed presided over beginnings and endings; births and journeys; gateways, doors, bridges, borders and other points of transition; trade …

Do you know ALICE?

Just before Thanksgiving, the media reported breathlessly that Americans are deeply pessimistic about the economy. Based on an early November Gallup poll, the coverage largely ignored the relatively …