Not so long ago (18 years), our country’s economy was so totally confused that nothing could get done. Nobody seemed to have a handle on how the economic future was going to play out. We had ssurvived two huge (500+) dow drops, the go-go 80′s were over and it was time for a reckoning. You [...]
Archive for the ‘Live lighter on the Earth’ Category
Frozen
Posted in Denver, Live lighter on the Earth, tagged Green, Live lighter on the Earth on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bummer
Posted in Denver, Eliminate Waste, Live lighter on the Earth, tagged Denver, Live lighter on the Earth on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t help but wonder if the delay in ConocoPhillips delay in developing their alternative energy campus in Denver is a derivative of the decrease in gas price. While the statement is that the delay is tied to the economic climate, seems to me that this project might have already been bought and paid for [...]
Out Green Your Neighbor
Posted in Books, Live lighter on the Earth, tagged Books, Green on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently finished reading Thomas L. Friedman’s “Hot, Flat and Crowded” which centers all of the world’s most nasty problems on the use of oil. Specifically, petro-dictatorship, biodiversity, global warming, poverty can all be linked back to oil. The book is an excellent read for the thinking person as it succinctly details these issues, [...]
How to cut waste, not costs
Posted in Add Value, Denver, Eliminate Waste, Live lighter on the Earth, Real Estate Costs, tagged Add Value, Eliminate Waste, Live lighter on the Earth, Real Estate Costs, Rocky Mountain News on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These are lean times indeed. The Rocky Mountain News did a nice job of reporting how several Denver companies are cutting their costs to manage their budgets to a smaller revenue stream. Level 3 cited the use of several cost cutting measures that involve living lighter on the earth. To wit: “…lowering temperatures in offices [...]
