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Driving, EVs, Transportation and Community Design
I love to drive. Plain and simple – I love to drive. I like seeing the scenery. I like seeing the life of the community – the farms, the wild areas, the bird life, people walking and being outdoors. I like experiencing the weather and the seasons. I do have limits. Travel: yes. Traffic: […]
To Create Sustainability, Change How People Think
Any time we take the initiative to create sustainability, we are intervening in a system. Systems are messy and resistant to change. Think capitalism (aka greed), or our weather (e.g. Climate Change), or local government (government of any size), or my daily routine (how dare you mess with that!). What hubris, thinking that we as […]
Crew Members on Spaceship Earth Vote – Are You Crew?
Regular readers of this weekly Crew Commentary know that we at This Spaceship Earth consider “save the planet” as a pointless phrase. The planet will be fine. It has been around for three billion years and will continue until the Sun blows up several billion years from now. Instead, we believe the phrase we should […]
Right to Repair: the First Step in Solving eWaste
As businesses navigate the landscape of technological innovation, it’s crucial to explore the intricate connections between eWaste, business growth and the imperative of embracing the right to repair. It’s difficult to talk about topics like eWaste and sustainability from the corporate or IT perspective without sounding preachy on one hand or self-serving on the […]
The Most Potent Climate Action You Can Take – VOTE!
I’m not telling you to just show up at the polls and cast your ballot. Crew members do their homework. There are two sides to this coin. Not only do you need to learn about your politicians’ stances on climate issues, but crew members must also understand the issues. They are climate literate. They know […]
Interconnected and Interdependent – a New Normal
“If man chooses oblivion, he can go right on leaving his fate to his political leaders. If he chooses Utopia, he must initiate an enormous education program… immediately.” – R. Buckminster Fuller We have to stop focusing on artificial dualities and past battles and move forward at every level. How do we categorize ourselves? […]
Addressing Our Climate Crisis at the Grass Roots
Editor’s Note: Jon Biemer gives us a real life example of what can happen at the local level when climate activists, municipal administrators and just plain folks cooperate and collaborate to tackle our climate crisis. Pat Wartinger is a retired teacher and grandmother and a whirlwind of sustainability. The point here is not so […]
A Better Way Forward for the IT Industry and All of its Stakeholders
“Businesses need to transform… be skeptical of business as usual. There needs to be a movement. There has to be a better way. Crew consciousness is the shift we need.” – Tomás O’Leary, CEO and Founder, Origina By forcing customers to migrate to the cloud or risk losing support and security updates, tech vendors […]
A Better Way Forward for the IT Industry and All of its Stakeholders
“Businesses need to transform… be skeptical of business as usual. There needs to be a movement. There has to be a better way. Crew consciousness is the shift we need.” – Tomás O’Leary, CEO, Origina By forcing customers to migrate to the cloud or risk losing support and security updates, tech vendors effectively continue […]
Crew Living in Symbiosis with Spaceship Earth
“If you really want to help this world, what you will have to teach is how to live in it.” Joseph Campbell The Quartermaster’s Report, Volume 3, like its predecessors, is designed to be a guide and reference as to how harmoniously humanity and Earth are getting along with each other. And this edition […]
