Independent Writer
Ecological Values / Education/Family / Slower Living / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published February 22, 2015 · Last modified June 24, 2016
Are we all secretly proud of our capacity to multitask–conversing, texting and walking (or worse, driving!)–all while listening to music? Captivated by the limitless potential of e-connectivity, we convince ourselves that we can effectively...
by Marina Schauffler · Published February 8, 2015 · Last modified June 12, 2016
If you’re fortunate enough to have some savings, what’s a sustainable way to invest that nest egg? The ready answer is often socially responsible investment (SRI) funds – which typically screen their holdings (ruling...
Climate Change/Energy / Health / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices / Transportation/Travel
by Marina Schauffler · Published January 25, 2015 · Last modified June 12, 2016
The easiest paths to sustainability offer multiple benefits – helping the environment while benefiting health and finances. Businesses refer to the “triple bottom line” when choosing options that simultaneously enhance people, profits and planet....
Ecological Values / Education/Family / Technology
by Marina Schauffler · Published January 11, 2015 · Last modified June 24, 2016
Imagine inviting a guest to your house who seems – at first – charismatic and endlessly entertaining, able to expound on topics from current events and sports to history and world travel. Before long,...
In the documentary “Fed Up,” Katie Couric and Laurie David depict America’s sugar-saturated food system in ways that are at once startling and all too familiar. It reveals why Americans have such a hard...
Ecological Values / Sense of Place / Slower Living / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published December 14, 2014 · Last modified December 6, 2017
In the first of her “Little House” books, Laura Ingalls Wilder describes a Sunday afternoon in her grandfather’s youth. He and his brothers had just built a sled, but the Sabbath had begun before...
Ecological Values / Economics / Food / Pollution/Waste / Sustainable Practices
by Marina Schauffler · Published November 30, 2014 · Last modified June 12, 2016
With Black Friday behind us, we are now officially in the annual biathlon of spending and overeating – a feeding frenzy not for the faint of heart or light of wallet. Economists see the...
Climate Change/Energy / Ecological Values
by Marina Schauffler · Published November 16, 2014 · Last modified June 12, 2016
As I write these words, a wild card storm has just blown through the area, dumping a foot of heavy snow atop trees still holding their leaves. It was the second nor’easter in two...
