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by spodek 7y ago
Nothing creates more meaning for you than to create the opportunities based on knowing what you love. Since we're all different, different things create meaning for us differently. Rarely will a job someone else creates push our button
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by spodek 7y ago
Population and per-capita consumption are both issues.
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by spodek 7y ago
> long term solutions such as public transportation and the elimination of the suburban commuter lifestyle Would it be too off-topic to mention the most effective solution: having fewer children? > a country as densely populated as
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by spodek 7y ago
I found a simple 80% solution for home plastic: I avoid packaged food in favor of fresh, unwrapped fruits, vegetables, and foods from bulk bins. Now I have a load of garbage to empty a little less than once a year and a load of metal and pl
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by spodek 7y ago
I can't think of a more compelling illustration of the need for leadership at every level of government, business, and society promoting environmental stewardship, including each of us who can reduce consumption, vote, and lead others
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by spodek 7y ago
I hung out with Chipper too, which was delightful. He took me out for a surfing lesson, but there were no waves that day. With my background in ultimate Frisbee and his freestyling, we had a great time tossing the disc instead. As it turns
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by spodek 7y ago
I toured Patagonia's headquarters last year after featuring Vincent Stanley, who has been with them since 1973, on my podcast http://joshuaspodek.com/guests/vincent-stanley . The culture was amazing -- friendly, pr
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by spodek 7y ago
> I guess that nuclear weapons make it too frightening to start any large conflict if it can involve mushroom clouds. You don't need nuclear weapons to want to avoid war.
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by spodek 7y ago
I recommend to any parent Peter Gray's column in Psychology Today, Freedom to Learn https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn and his book Freed to Learn https://www.amazon.com/Fre
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by spodek 7y ago
Since this response comes up every time, I'm curious if you're just poking and trying to come up with counterexamples. What I'm talking about helps such situations, not hurts, and is more accessible, not less. > I thi
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by spodek 7y ago
I'd love to hear your experience. And help share it, whatever way it turns out, since I'm not trying to make a Disney version and say it's always easy. But I do believe it improves one's life. I find what leads people to
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by spodek 7y ago
I stayed with a friend in Houston in November and December. We went to a farmers market selling plenty of produce, nuts, etc that we put in our bags we brought. I spoke to one of the farmers a bit and he gave me some free vegetables. I find
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by spodek 7y ago
OP is wrong. I thought that way too before I started. If you blindly shift to whatever the store is promoting, you'll pay more. I joined CSAs (if you're around NYC, I recommend mine http://joshuaspodek.com/where-to
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by spodek 7y ago
One of the greatest misunderstandings of acting to clean our air, land, and water is that it's a burden or chore. In my experience, it's the opposite. I recommend taking on similar challenges. I bet you'll enjoy them and inco
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by spodek 7y ago
You never need to use another plastic bottle, single-use cup, fork, or bag again for the rest of your life. Try this challenge: go for a week without using those things. However far you make it, I bet you'll find it easier and rewardin
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by spodek 7y ago
I fantasize about American cities doing this. Ads don't make Times Square attractive. They make it wretched. I'd love to see the transformation like the London's pictured in the article. > the city would not only lose rev
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by spodek 7y ago
> Colas, the company that built the road, said in 2016 that the solar panels were covered with resin containing sheets of silicon to make them capable of withstanding all traffic. I'm going to bet they said that after the check cl
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by spodek 7y ago
I wrote a post about just this topic: http://joshuaspodek.com/choice-sidcha-isnt-important . It has a bunch of pictures or I'd copy it here, but the upshot is that more value comes from doing something self-imposed heal
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by spodek 7y ago
Only a few years later I tried to tell people how big Wikipedia would get. When it had tens of thousands of articles, everybody told me how it was pointless and would go nowhere.
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by spodek 7y ago
> I try to meditate every morning for about 15 minutes and been doing that for quite some time now. I find that doing any Self-Imposed Daily Challenging Healthy Activity will improve your life tremendously, meditation being just one ty
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by spodek 7y ago
> When the vote came on May 18, it was not, as some had predicted, a watershed climate change election. Australians, especially in coal country, voted to keep the incumbent conservative coalition in power. > Within days, the Carmic
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by spodek 7y ago
You mentioned the benefit, lower carbon emissions. You didn't mention the cost. I searched "France nuclear waste." The first response was a BBC article https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-2642567
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by spodek 7y ago
Check out Rob Greenfield if you haven't: https://www.youtube.com/user/RobJGreenfield . He's living for a year on only food he planted or forages from naturally growing sources. He's in Orlando, Florida. I
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by spodek 7y ago
The sad irony is that the pattern of - knowing the science enough to know they're contributing to others suffering - knowing what might happen with reasonable certainty - but compartmentalizing that awareness internally to avoid acting
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by spodek 7y ago
I don't know the middle steps, but the end step is everyone wishing they had made the area car-free earlier.
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by spodek 7y ago
I hope they help. You might also be interested in my books, which teach the social and emotional skills of leadership, initiative, and entrepreneurship, based on courses I teach at NYU. Initiative: https://www.amazon.com/Ini
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by spodek 7y ago
Citizens shooting each other is conflict resolution, which only becomes a police issue when people know no other resolution than violence. By the time conflict reaches the police, it's escalated to where third parties like the police c
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by spodek 7y ago
Maybe off-topic, but with the dates and places, it's hard not to think of this furiously paced physics and math work happening in the midst of World War 1, and not that far from it. I wonder how the context affected their work. I would
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by spodek 7y ago
Ancient Egypt reminds me of Ozymandias and the humility and perspective we could learn from time or within our lifetimes we'll be able to dive to see remains of soon-to-be lost cities like Miami.
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by spodek 7y ago
> it is pure privilege to deny use of tools in our toolbox that abet solutions to global hunger I'm curious if you support the solution of allowing human population to decrease by encouraging fewer children.

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