Insights

Essays on conservation strategy, wildfire resilience, working lands, and what makes solutions stick — plus selections from a 1,108-post archive that named solutions years before they became mainstream.

Selected Writing

Beef Supply Chain Sustainability — seven-part series (TriplePundit / Medium, 2018–2019)

The Quest for a Sustainable Mattress — four-part series (TriplePundit, 2011). Pairs with the Spaldin case study on the Sustainable Business page.

“Don’t Let the Naysayers Get You Down” — Conservation Value Notes, 2011

Climate Camp Afterthoughts, Part I and Part II — Conservation Value Notes, 2006. Real-time reflections written days after leading the WWF Climate Camp workshop — the direct source for the WWF Climate Camp Portfolio entry’s key insights.

Musicians Inspiring Fans to Act on Climate Change Solutions — originally published at Yale Climate Connections, October 2009. Written while directing the Rothbury Festival’s climate “Think Tanks.”

What You Are, What You’re Meant to Be — my heart-felt tribute to Bob Weir, January 2026.

From the Archive

A recurring feature drawing on a 1,108-post archive (2006–2011) — not recycled content, but proof of having noticed something a decade before it was obvious, resurfaced with a short new introduction on why it’s worth revisiting today.