Category Archives: Environment & climate

Climate Conversations, Episode 1: Sustainable Midlands

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Bob

Episode posted February 28, 2022 Link to the podcast is here. Transcript Bob  00:12 Welcome to Episode One of Climate Conversations. I’m your host Bob Petrulis. Climate Conversations is a podcast of the Climate-Ready Columbia Conference coming up on April … Continue reading →

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Book Challenge: Day 6

Posted on October 2, 2019 by Bob

So many books, so few days! I’m not going to even get to a whole raft of significant ones! Arrrrgh! What’s a person to do? Cheat, of course. So today, I’m sharing two books on a theme: The Madhouse Effect: … Continue reading →

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Thought for the day

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Bob
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Plastics in the environment

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Bob

“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned or removed from production.” –Pete Seeger Most plastics are an environmental nightmare. I’ve lately been learning about what happens as plastics … Continue reading →

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A fun coincidence

Posted on January 2, 2019 by Bob

Kind of a fun coincidence happened this morning. I was listening to Nature Notes on our public radio station while on the way to the Riverfront to do my morning exercise. This program is hosted by UofSC science professor Rudy … Continue reading →

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Pieces of the Puzzle #2: Cement

Posted on December 16, 2018 by Bob

Today I was reading Climate Change: What Everyone Needs To Know by Joseph Romm. He mentioned that the manufacture of cement is a major source of CO2 emissions. I’m sure I had heard this before, but had never run across … Continue reading →

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Pieces of the puzzle #1: Means, ends; means are ends

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Bob

I’ve been thinking a lot about things that are both means and ends lately. This idea spins off of a book by Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom. Sen is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and national development expert who has proposed … Continue reading →

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