Need a pep talk for the sustainability work you are doing? Reconnect with meaningful places of beauty around you and remind yourself of why you do what you do, of what you’re trying to sustain.

The author of Silent Spring would surely welcome your active involvement in studying and fighting the damage caused by pesticides, and in steering the EPA back to its mission.

Last week Green Success Stories talked some more about The Story of More. The author, Hope Jahren also provides a blueprint for getting to “less.” In our opinion, there’s still more to say. More or less.

Green Success Stories takes an appreciative look at Hope Jahren’s seminal book “The Story of More,” the story of our exponential growth in population, production, consumption, and pollution.
Here’s just one of many things she points out to think some more about: The amount of food we waste is equal to or more than the amount of food it would take to adequately feed all of the undernourished people on Earth.
Hope has hope. There’s more we can do.

How much trash do we produce? How did our ancestors deal with it? Where does it go now? How do you make a cool, funny, interesting read about it? All these questions, and more, are answered by Derf Backderf, in his graphic novel Trashed.

Green Success Stories offers a salute to Dr. John “Planetwalker” Francis, environmentalist hero. After seeing a huge oil spill under the Golden Gate Bridge, John took and lived a vow – never to ride in a motorized vehicle again. When he realized that people weren’t listening to each other, he listened – and didn’t talk for 17 years. But his voice for the environment rings true to this day.

Take it from John Muir, famous naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club – taking a walk is good for the body, good for the soul, and often, good for the planet.