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An Interview with Karen Seeh, Corporate Sustainability Strategist

Friday, August 24, 2007

Welcome! Thrilling Heroics is a site for young professionals and college students who want to pursue an unorthodox, exciting lifestyle & career. If you like what you read here, subscribe for free and get tips on personal development, entrepreneurship, branding & lifestyle design delivered to your email inbox or RSS reader. Karen Seeh is a young environmental [...]

The Last Thrill

Monday, April 23, 2007

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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?” [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part V: The Unforseen Effect on Public Policy

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

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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 [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part IV: How Global Warming is Changing the Face of Our Icons

Monday, March 19, 2007

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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 [...]

Drastic Evolutions in Sustainable Development

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

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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 You CLEAN Or Dirty??

Thursday, January 18, 2007

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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 [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part III: What You Should Know About Species Extinction

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

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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 [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part II: The Threat Posed By Rising Sea Levels

Monday, November 27, 2006

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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 [...]

Slow Cooker Earth Part I: How Weather Patterns Are Changing Worldwide

Friday, November 17, 2006

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National Geographic Traveler magazine recently featured a full exposé on global warming, climate change, and how it will affect travel and tourism. This was a great series, but unfortunately it is not available online. So I will post a series of articles that covers the evidence they’ve gathered, plus some. Today, I present the emerging [...]