Derek Fisher
- Apr 17, 2023
- 5 min
Performative Progress Isn't Real Progress
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 9 of 10: Sustainability Equity & Justice tl;dr: Just because you say it's a...
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Derek Fisher
- Apr 10, 2023
- 6 min
Overusing Antibacterials Seems To Be Contagious...
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 8 of 10: Antibiotic Abuse tl;dr: We are overusing antibacterial and antibiotic...
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Derek Fisher
- Apr 1, 2023
- 9 min
The Future is Blight
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 7 of 10: The impact of blight tl;dr: Blight needs to be prevented, not dealt with....
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Derek Fisher
- Mar 18, 2023
- 7 min
With Walmart, Savings Come at a Price
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 6 of 10: Growing Food Locally tl;dr: Walmart ends up hurting small towns, not...
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Derek Fisher
- Mar 10, 2023
- 5 min
Mass Problems When We Don't Embrace Mass Transit
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 5 of 10: Public Transportation tl;dr: Americans love driving their cars by...
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Derek Fisher
- Feb 25, 2023
- 6 min
The Power of Less Power
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 4 of 10: Electricity tl;dr: Americans use more power than ever at the highest...
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Derek Fisher
- Feb 17, 2023
- 5 min
Reduce Water Flow to Increase Cash Flow
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 3 of 10: Water and Wastewater tl;dr - Water is cheap for Americans, so we don't...
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Derek Fisher
- Feb 13, 2023
- 6 min
Literally Throwing Money Away
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 2 of 10: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) tl;dr: Americans produce more trash than ever...
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Derek Fisher
- Feb 3, 2023
- 5 min
Going Green Makes Green
Green: Money And Sustainability Working Together Part 1 of 10 tl;dr: Yes, sustainability is good for green practices, but it can also...
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Derek Fisher
- Jan 27, 2023
- 4 min
One Person's Trash is Another Person's Dessert?!?!
tl;dr: Start looking into edible wrappers and utensils to reduce fast food trash output. As I have said many times before, sustainability...
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Derek Fisher
- Jan 20, 2023
- 5 min
An Ounce of Prevention Has Varying Worth
tl;dr: Municipalities spend money in some interesting ways and sustainability always takes the hit. The title of the blog post is a play...
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Derek Fisher
- Jan 13, 2023
- 6 min
Things Look Up When We Go Down
tl;dr: expanding cities underground is a good thing I was talking to someone the other day who moved from NYC to the Raleigh/Durham area....
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Derek Fisher
- Jan 6, 2023
- 5 min
New Year, Same Bad Habits
tl;dr: EVs won't be much different than gasoline powered vehicles, and that is a problem. I believe that this year will be a banner year...
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Derek Fisher
- Dec 30, 2022
- 4 min
We Put the Pro in Procrastination
tl;dr: We have a lot of work to do and not much time to do it if we're going to meet our declared emissions goals. One of the biggest...
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Derek Fisher
- Dec 23, 2022
- 4 min
You Know What Else Are Green? Grinches.
My wife and I were driving around looking at holiday displays throughout various areas of Durham the other day. I was very encouraged to...
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Derek Fisher
- Dec 16, 2022
- 4 min
Terms and Restrictions Apply
tl;dr: don't let decarbonization become a trendy buzzword Sometimes during a trend, a word or phrase describing that trend takes on a...
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Derek Fisher
- Dec 9, 2022
- 5 min
The World Cup Runneth Empty, Except in Sustainability?
tl;dr: Special event, single-use stadiums are hardly sustainable We are in the midst of the FIFA World Cup located in Qatar. This is the...
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Derek Fisher
- Dec 2, 2022
- 4 min
As Serious as a Heart Attack
tl;dr: quitting smoking is way harder than making changes toward living sustainably I recently had a cardiac incident that required me to...
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Derek Fisher
- Nov 21, 2022
- 5 min
To Quote Mr. Mom: You're Doing it Wrong!
tl;dr: Buying packaged fish in a supermarket is very wasteful. When I lived in Barcelona, the way I purchased food was very different...
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Derek Fisher
- Nov 14, 2022
- 3 min
The Idolization of All Things Indigenous
Tl;dr: Indigenous habits might help, but are not the answer to our sustainability issues. After a very long wait of almost 13 years, the...
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