Columbus, Nebraska, has a problem. The rural town has jobs, but it can’t find workers to fill them. Columbus officials have gone on recruiting missions to find new residents, but they’ve discovered that there are reasons people can’t move. The Article
Archive for January, 2012
Getting Workers to Columbus, Nebraska
Posted in U.S. Economy on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
on the lighter side / Winter mtbking
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
a short film I made this week about my new “fat tire” winter mountain bike. Yes, the tires really are 4″ across…enjoy
Food for 9 Billion
Posted in Food on January 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting series on feeding the world. The Link
A New Sub-prime Bubble Threat
Posted in Climate Change on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A new, and slightly bizarre, perspective on the future use of oil and gas reserves and the impact of climate change on those assets. The Article
A Report on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
Posted in Carbon Markets on January 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A new report is touting the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) for helping cut carbon dioxide emissions in the Northeast. The news is somewhat hazy for Rhode Island, however, and overall the data show that the cap-and-trade program is still a work in progress. Environment Northeast (ENE), a nonprofit that tracks the 10-state, carbon-cutting RGGI [...]
EcoAsset Inc Brief History
Posted in Uncategorized on January 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
EcoAsset Inc Historical Timeline Peter and I decided – as a planning tool – to develop an EcoAsset Inc. Timeline for our all too brief history.
Ed Med
Posted in Business, Politics on January 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We were invited to a presentation this morning by the Rhode Island Governor, Lincoln Chafee, and the State’s Economic Development Corporation. In the Governor’s opening remarks he emphasized wanting to take advantage of “where the economic growth action is….Ed Med”. For us non-economic opportunist, Ed Med is education and medical industry – primarily academic medical [...]
Organic Tomatoes in the Winter
Posted in Food, U.S. Economy on January 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The explosive growth in the commercial cultivation of organic tomatoes here (Mexico), for example, is putting stress on the water table. In some areas, wells have run dry this year, meaning that small subsistence farmers cannot grow crops. And the organic tomatoes end up in an energy-intensive global distribution chain that takes them as far [...]
Patagonia Becomes a “Benefit” Corporation
Posted in Uncategorized on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Perhaps a new model for corporate governance…. I think a move in the right direction (away from greed & and toward common good) http://crooksandliars.com/kenneth-quinnell/patagonia-becomes-benefit-corpora
The Last Waterman of Wittman
Posted in Uncategorized on January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Last Waterman of Wittman from ListenIn Pictures on Vimeo.
