By Alexandra Rose Images are flashing across my computer screen of the California sky blazed with a haunting orange glow. Ice that was once impenetrable in Greenland is now melting beyond a point of no return. Partisan politics and having the most divisive and dangerous president in modern history has made it so that basic … Continue reading Staying Strong While Everything Falls Apart Event: An Eco-Anxious Perspective
by Aaron Hersum I’m going to just go ahead and say it: we might need to do Invite to Ignite more often. Someone actually said that to me as I was leaving our second iteration of the BASG version of speed-dating with sustainability organizations, except at this event making meaningful connections is the norm. Before … Continue reading Riding the Wave of Sustainability
by Aaron Hersum It is good to be back! After the summer hiatus, I was looking forward to Power to the People: The New Energy Democracy, mostly because I was curious to learn what “energy democracy” is. As it turns out, energy democracy is multifaceted in its meaning, and nuanced in its application. The dictionary … Continue reading Share the Power
by Aaron Hersum and Tilly Pick It may be one of the most fundamental questions environmentalists ask- maybe less of a question and more of a concern: Is all the “stuff” we make and consume each day destroying our environment? This month, the Boston Area Sustainability Group (BASG) invited Juliet Schor, Professor of Sociology at … Continue reading The Unsuspecting Impact of Minimalism on Sustainability
by Aaron Hersum Well, I understand the 2016 election now: data analytics. According to Nathaniel Stinnett, Founder and CEO of the Environmental Voter Project (EVP) and veteran of many political campaigns, Trump and Clinton ran by far the most sophisticated data analytics campaigns in political history. Their managers knew every individual likely to vote in … Continue reading #IamaVoter
by Aaron Hersum My takeaway from Tuesday’s Boston Area Sustainability Group (BASG) event, Invite to Ignite, can be summed up in one word: passion. The Venture Café here in Cambridge, MA, was packed full of people whose passion was palpable as one great organization after another spoke about its mission and the role it plays … Continue reading Keep Shouting
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