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Sustainability and the never-ending battle against burnout

GreenBiz

I felt sure I’d put burnout in the past. Then, with shame burning my face, I had to cancel a GreenBiz workshop I was leading about how to take care of yourself. Because I hadn’t taken care of myself. I began discussing burnout with GreenBiz leaders in early 2019. So, I took a mid-career break to recuperate.

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Bill McDonough at 70: A look back … and ahead

GreenBiz

On the occasion of his 70th birthday this month, I caught up with McDonough to discuss his journey and some seminal moments in his life and career, and how they influenced his work. There is so much going on, and I have so many things to do. And I expect to continue to be hyperactive for another 20 years. I did four speeches.

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One year car-free – how are we getting on?

Terra Infirma

So, this week marks a full year since I took the plunge and sold our family car. The other factor was I had already reduced my mileage so low that the fixed expense of keeping the thing on the road was getting silly – and we had constant battery problems as it wasn’t getting recharged frequently enough. So how do I manage?

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Climate connections: Four stories of relationships forged through climate action

Grist

conference and set up a table with a sign: “Looking for love? Last fall, she turned the idea into a more intentional matchmaking setup; she started hosting filmed meetups in New York and posting episodes of the show — called Love and Climate — on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube. Come on a climate speed date.”

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Biographite and the changing battery market

Smart Energy International

In September 2023, New Zealand-based battery material developer CarbonScape announced an $18 million investment, signalling the company’s plans to commercialise its biographite production in Europe and the US, enabling cleaner lithium-ion batteries for EVs and grid-scale energy storage. They hired me as an energy analyst.

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Remembering Flex exec Bruce Klafter

GreenBiz

I first met Bruce in 2007. Joel Makower and I had just founded GreenBiz Group (then called Greener World Media). I was very actively getting out to meet practitioners in what was then the emerging field of sustainable business. Over the years, I got to know Bruce and I considered him a friend.

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Interview – Dr. Juliet Newson on geothermal education and practical experience

ThinkGeoEnergy

She is a geological engineer with 13 years of experience purely focusing on geothermal energy including industry and academia. She is a geological engineer with 13 years of experience purely focusing on geothermal energy including industry and academia. I would like to start by thanking you for accepting my interview request.