As part of my care giving services to my mother, I decided to drive from New York to Florida to be with her, and initially my stepfather, from January 19th until about February 24th, including the driving. I will be returning to South Beach, Miami from March 15th until March 30th when my mother, her […]

One of the outcomes of my Nicaragua trip was that I met a very experienced hydrologist who has spent the last fifty plus years organizing large scale angler fishing expeditions around the world. His conclusion is that in some time in the not too distant future, there will be widespread drought in the area between […]

To my network: This 2016 year is a pivotal one for me.  I am pretty much divorced and moving on with my life. I am also in my 60th year so I would like to slow down, take care of my mother and concentrate more on my music and meditation in a much warmer climate […]

I am in the middle of reading an excellent book by Johan Rockstrom (climate scientist) and Mattias Klum (photographer)  called “Big World Small Planet” that really encapsulates our current situation. As a postscript to Paris COP 21, I thought this excerpt from their book really summarizes where humanity is at: A New Narrative “It’s high […]

Just finished an excellent book called Mastery by Robert Greene.  He is also the author of the 48 Laws of Power, a book I have not read yet. I am not really into self-improvement books as they are sometimes just exercises in “feeling good” about oneself.  Mastery, however, is the real thing and can assist […]

I was in DC last week meeting with two members of the National Security Council and a colleague of mine discussing resilience efforts and measures at the Federal government level. One of the results of the discussion was the desire, on the part of the Federal Government, to engage Fortune 500 companies in the adoption […]

Seminar at Baruch College/CUNY sponsored by the Sustainability Practice NetworkThe UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — Impacts on companies and their Stakeholders.October 13, 2015The panel talked about UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).  I can’t help thinking that SDGs sounds a lot like STDs (Sexually Transmitted Diseases).  So, not the best acronym in my opinion. […]

Climate Week — September 21-27th 2015 It was a grueling week for me (I do not really enjoy 8 AM meetings and I had several this past week). On Monday evening, I saw three short films sponsored by the Tzu Chi Foundation, s 50 year old philanthropic worldwide Buddhist Organization (www.tzuchi.us) that were about some […]

Last year’s Climate Week really was a pivotal event for public awareness about the effects of climate change when 400,000 people walked in New York City to support efforts to combat this pervasive problem.  After this event, President Obama announced a clean power act for existing power plants in an effort to reduce carbon emissions […]

On July 20th and 21st, I had the privilege of attending, with about 500 other people, the Rockefeller Foundation sponsored Cities for Tomorrow conference held at the Times Center in Midtown Manhattan. The conference took off Monday evening with a talk by New York Times Chief Architecture Critic Michael Kimmelman, who coordinated the entire event […]