While traveling by train and bus to Belize, my daughter Keziah (yellow t-shirt and blue shorts) met the delightful enthusiastic Telugu-language YouTube celebrity @Naanveshanaa, who is a brilliant cross-cultural communicator. This has 400k views in 2 days. youtube.com/watch?v=mKXNZu4f…

At Long Wharf in Boston, on a sunny day in October, we discuss history tourism, sea level rise, and the misleading understatement of CO2 emissions in an official report from Logan Airport across the harbor. A Red Rebel silently passes through the frame. youtu.be/m-pyVyKRgRE?si=B8i1…

In local tourism, on our street in Massachusetts, we saw the Aurora Borealis last night for the first time ever.

Nice article on Newport homes for the titans of industry. I've been appreciating the IPS work on both inequality and private jets. These several themes collide in this recent episode of "Lifestyles of the NOT Jet Set." youtu.be/-Ikktp25vN0?si=6a_v…

I can't resist one more photo, because the day is beautiful and the subject is fascinating. This appears to be wind turbines being prepared for installation offshore. The low-carbon world we fervently wish for is feasible, within what economists call our "option set."

My office window on Amtrak just now is the Connecticut coastline, while on my way home from business travel in DC.

The replies are stinging with anti-gay hate and climate denial, but I said what I said, and I have no regrets.

For church this week, my message was a bit like the old tale of stone soup. We THINK we do not have much to offer on the climate crisis, but, as we start to tally up what little we have, we find more than we thought. youtu.be/T9vlQz5-c3I?si=34yk…

Out my office window this morning, Manhattan is doing its thing, scraping the sky.

Meet us for happy hour today 5-7pm in Philly at #APSA2024. I'll be the speaker (briefly, between sips!) for the political scientists working on sustainability. The photo is from my Amtrak office just now. This is not austerity. paperlesspost.com/go/b0AgNA1…