Wow, what a week. First we had the senatorial election in Massachusetts. Whatever your politics, the election of Scott Brown was bad news for climate change policy in the United States (and possibly across the world). The cap and trade bill was already stalled, and now you can move it one vote further away from…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Changing Defaults for Sustainability
Last week I wrote about how when we’re presented with a choice, most of us stick with the default option. One commenter noted that it has worked for her family with gluten-based snack food. I bet it was far less painful than convincing her teenagers to forsake their cookies! Since then, I’ve been thinking about…
Shouldn’t But Do: Act II Popcorn
The title of this post is a shout out to a blog that I loved – Shouldn’t But Do (and its companion, Should But Don’t). Sadly, both blogs appear to have been abandoned by their creators. If you’re out there, Andrea and Jeff, come back. We miss you and all the things you shouldn’t but…
On Changing Behavior
I am not comfortable with being called an environmentalist, which is funny considering how many times in a week I am called a hippy treehugger and respond with a grin and a nod. I’ve been thinking about it, and have come to the conclusion that I don’t like the environmentalist label because I associate it…
