The World Leaders in Bike Sharing Programs are really all in China

I must admit that I generally greet the regular semi-sensational internet titles about how China is Achieving Sustainability such as “China has just built 20 million miles of high speed rail when the USA can’t build any” with a large degree of skepticism. For this I have three main justifications: Authoritarian governments can make absolute … Read more…

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For Sustainability, Spanish sees Double

La version en español. When I first arrived in Mexico I was surprised to discover that there were actually two different translations for Sustainability in Spanish-Sostenibilidad and Sustentabilidad. Since my colleagues at UNAM’s Institute of Ecology used Sostenibilidad I decided to stick to that version for all my work here. Inevitably when I present about … Read more…

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Book Review: Bowling Alone

I recently finished Bowling Alone (2000) by Robert Putnam which has been very influential in Sustainability discourse.  My first response upon completing it was skepticism that very many of those referring to the book had gotten past its jacket summary-its title activity, lonesome bowling , is far more gripping than reading every page of this … Read more…

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