The financial sector is failing. The dollar is already a lame duck in currency markets, and the Fed just printed up another trillion dollars (God knows where that will come from!) so Wall Street can pay their C-level executives. The presidential campaign is like a bad joke, and the absence of laughter in the crowd is deafening. And then there’s [...]

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It’s been a long time since I wrote about sustainability, but it is one issue that will challenge Generation Y like no other generation yet. I’ve shied away from it because I got tired of reporting on news that always seemed to be negative. I got tired of feeling like a doomsayer, which—unfortunately—is what a lot of environmentalists come off [...]

Today I have the opportunity to share a fascinating interview with a young businessman that is helping to change the world for the better! Duff McDuffee is an inspiring jack-of-all-trades. He is co-founder of Falling Fruit TV, a conscious online media company, as well as a deeply passionate philosopher, life coach, and yogin. His work is concentrated on the possibilities [...]

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 [...]

Contributed by Jaime McKibben. Veganism and Sustainability continued In part one I discussed the frightening ways that livestock production destroys our planet. To understand the full situation I suggest reading part one. Many people are under the false impression that eating fish is not harmful to the environment. For starters, entire coral reefs are blown with dynamite to scare the [...]

Happy Independence Day everyone! To celebrate, today I share an interview with David Anderson, a young entrepreneur who’s endeavors embody the pioneering spirit of the early Americans! David Anderson is a young guy who wanted to make a difference, so he founded the company Green Options upon graduating from the University of California at San Diego! (And funny enough – [...]

Today’s guest post is authored by my sister Jaime McKibben. Jaime’s a student at Chico State, an actress, and self-described health food fanatic. She has studied nutrition and sustainability and advocates vegetarian and vegan diets. She will present a different perspective for many readers of THRILLINGheroics, however it is interesting to see her arguments for sustainable food. She’s just started [...]