Karen Seeh is a young environmental professional and consultant in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, with over ten years of experience at the intersection of business and environmental sustainability. In other words, Karen has been doing this since before it was the cool thing to do! Karen exercises her passion for launching mission-based ventures as Principal of Jihi Consulting, offering business [...]

According to the Urban Monk, the blogosphere is coming to an end. If I had just one last post, what would it be? What would I say…to you guys…my audience… I was thinking about what’s most important to me yesterday–what I’m most passionate about–”why do I spend so much time researching and writing about this stuff?” I thought to myself. [...]

This is the final installment in the Slow Cooker Earth series. We’ve looked at what global warming means in terms of extreme weather and rising sea levels, and its effect on animals and the land. Today we look at its effect on human society. “Global warming” and “climate change” are obviously becoming the new buzzwords in our lexicon, and a [...]

Today I finally return to an old series about the impact of global warming on our earth. If you’re new, I invite you to catch up on Parts 1, 2, and 3. This “Slow Cooker Earth” series is meant to give you some hard evidence of the harmful trends occurring in ecosystems and climate around the world and how it [...]

Many believe that in order to conquer global warming, we need to see a full transformation in human living spaces and transportation. Which is a LOT of work! Well, there are a few communities that are working hard to create drastically innovative living centers that change land use and transportation needs for the better. These “eco-cities” are something I’ve been [...]

Sources tell me that the House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 6 today, the “Creating Long-Term Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act of 2007,” or “CLEAN Energy Act of 2007.” Representatives Jerry McNerney (CA), Charles Rangel (NY), and Nick Rahall (WV) introduced the Act on Tuesday for the House’s first 100-Hour Agenda, a bill that will repeal approximately [...]

This is the third post in a series that I was inspired to write by what I learned from a recent National Geographic Traveler feature. In today’s post, I give some concrete examples of animal species that are suffering due to global warming. Many people tend to think that “global warming = everything getting hotter,” so when there are unusually [...]

This is the second in a series where I examine the effects of global warming on our world—effects which are already visible, and threats that loom on the horizon unless we change the way we live our lives. To read Part I, click here: Slow Cooker Earth Part I: How Weather Patterns Are Changing Worldwide. Today I examine rising sea [...]