by Head Green Guru | Oct 8, 2018 | Climate Change, Green Events
I attended several events the week of the Global Climate Action Summit September 12-14 and I must vent one of my gripes. I was excited to attend Spirit Rock’s event Loving the Earth. Spirit Rock is a meditation center nestled against the hills of West Marin and...
by Head Green Guru | Oct 8, 2018 | Climate Change
A landmark report from the United Nations’ scientific panel on climate change, as summarized in the New York Times, paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought and says that avoiding the damage requires...
by Head Green Guru | Jan 30, 2018 | Best Practices and Tools, Climate Change, Sustainability
You survived the holidays. But are you ready for the next big consumer-oriented holiday: Valentine’s Day? I am a romantic at heart (I painted the heart painting above), but the tradition of celebrating love with chocolate, roses, and jewelry leaves a wake of...
by Head Green Guru | Aug 16, 2017 | Best Practices and Tools, Climate Change
A recent post in Greenbiz.com, Why travel giant Expedia paid a premium for these carbon offsets explains, “Among the many schemes that companies and individuals use to address their personal or professional impact on generating carbon dioxide emissions, buying...
by Head Green Guru | Jun 9, 2017 | Climate Change
If the recent news about the U.S. pulling out from the Paris Climate Accord has you down, here is a ray of good news on the climate front. Inspired by the University of California’s pledge to become carbon neutral by 2025, more than 50 UC researchers and scholars have...
by Head Green Guru | Feb 8, 2016 | Best Practices and Tools, Climate Change
Higher temperatures. More extreme weather events. These are some of the expected impacts of climate change. Along with these changes, we will see wide-ranging and mostly negative consequences for human health. Climate change has been linked to many public health...