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Peter Burgess

Gmail Peter Burgess Latest Writings--Plus matthew polsky Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 7:22 PM To: LIST All: We’re up to 49 now on the “Opted-In” list for Updates to these. I think this is the eighth or so Update, but it’s been a while so more is on it. In contrast, 38 of you, mostly recent or renewed contacts, are seeing one of these for the first time. Let me know if you would like to continue to. My Latest Publications & Thought Pieces · “Why Sustainability Metrics Need to Mix Simplicity with Complexity: Part V,” with Claire Sommer, GreenBiz.com, July 17, 2013. http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/07/17/why-we-need-simple-and-complex-sustainability-metrics · “What 'Moneyball' Can Teach us About Sustainability Metrics: Part VI,” with Claire Sommer, GreenBiz.com, August 19, 2013. http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/08/19/what-moneyball-can-teach-us-about-sustainability-metrics · “Dodging Big Data's Big Problems: Part VII,” with Claire Sommer, GreenBiz.com, September 16, 2013. http://www.greenbiz.com/print/54242 · “New Era: Can Profit-Seeking Approaches Protect Natural Capital?” Sustainable Brands. August 19, 2013. http://www.sustainablebrands.com/news_and_views/collaboration/new-era-can-profit-seeking-approaches-protect-natural-capital (Reprinted from 'EarthPeople Speak' and my first for Sustainable Brands) · “The Local-Global Connection: Forging Inter-scale Sustainability Action,” EarthPeople, September 17, 2013. http://www.earthpeopleco.com/media-all/knowledge-bank (link available tomorrow) This is one of the first two of EarthPeople’s new Working Paper series. · “Interdisciplinary Studies as a Vital & Unappreciated Approach Towards Sustainability: Some Tips Along the Way,” Presentation to the FDU class: “Globalization: Nature, Causes, and Consequences,” September 9, 2013 (see attached) My Comments on Others’ Articles (Including going beyond the usual sustainability beat) & Initiatives · David Brooks‘ “The Secular Society,” The New York Times, July 8, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/09/opinion/brooks-the-secular-society.html?comments#permid=105 · David Bornstein’s “Summer Reading: How to Shake Up the Status Quo,” The New York Times, July 10, 2013. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/summer-reading-how-to-shake-up-the-status-quo/?comments#permid=5 · Esha Chhabra‘s “Should a Social Enterprise Go for Profits,” The New York Times, July 10, 2013. http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/should-a-social-enterprise-go-for-profits/?comments#permid=30 · Joe Nocera‘s “My Case Against Twitter,” The New York Times, July 15, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/opinion/nocera-a-case-against-twitter.html?comments#permid=8 · Andrew Revkin’s “Harvesting the Biosphere’--Bill Gates on Vaclav Smil,” The New York Times, July 25, 2013. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/harvesting-the-biosphere-bill-gates-on-vaclav-smil/?comments#permid=10 · Amy Harmon’s “A Race to Save the Orange by Altering Its DNA,” The New York Times, July 27. 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/science/a-race-to-save-the-orange-by-altering-its-dna.html?comments#permid=369 · Andrew Revkin’s “Can Genetic Engineering Save the Orange, and Vice Versa?” July 28, 2013. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/can-gmo-technology-save-the-orange-and-vice-versa/?comments#permid=15 · Andrew Revkin’s “The Silent Partner Behind the Shale Energy Boom--Taxpayers,” The New York Times, July 31, 2013. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/the-silent-partner-behind-the-shale-energy-boom-taxpayers/?comments#permid=21 · Andrew Revkin‘s “Google Science Fellows Challenge the Company’s Fund-Raising for Senator Inhofe,” The New York Times, August 1, 2013. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/01/google-science-fellows-challenge-companys-support-for-inhof/?comments#permid=36 · Su-Hyun Lee‘s “Mom Wants You Married? So Does the State,” The New York Times, August 4, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/world/asia/mom-wants-you-married-so-does-the-state.html?comments#permid=2:2 · Thomas Friedman’s “Kansas and Al Qaeda,” The New York Times. August 10, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/friedman-kansas-and-al-qaeda.html?comments#permid=58 · Suzanne Daley & Nicholas Kulish‘s “Germany Fights Population Drop,” The New York Times, August 13, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/world/europe/germany-fights-population-drop.html?comments#permid=10:1 · Andrew Ross Sorkin‘s “Hiring the Well-Connected Isn’t Always a Scandal,” The New York Times, August 19, 2013. http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/hiring-the-well-connected-isnt-always-a-scandal/?comments#permid=4 · Ross Douthat‘s “On Taking Sides in the Middle East,” The New York Times, August 21, 2014. http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/on-taking-sides-in-the-middle-east/?comments#permid=12 · David Bornstein‘s “The Real Future of Clean Water,” The New York Times, August 21, 2013. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/21/the-real-future-of-clean-water/?comments#permid=53 · Margaret Sullivan’s, ”A Year in the Life of a Watchdog,” The New York Times, August 31, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/opinion/sunday/a-year-in-the-life-of-a-watchdog.html?comments#permid=3. The best things I’m reading or viewing (these tend to be contrarian or show new, unexpected possibilities) · Jame Hale’s “The Importance of Correlational Studies,” Psych Central, 2011. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/07/18/the-importance-of-correlational-studies/ · Lee Gutkind’s “How to Listen,” The New York Times, July 1, 2013. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/how-to-listen/ · Andrew Revkin’s “Battery Recycler Says We Should Keep the Lead In,” The New York Times,” July 18, 2013. http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/07/18/a-u-s-battery-recycler-says-we-should-keep-the-lead-in/ · David Brooks’ “The Nudge Debate,” The New York Times, August 8, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/09/opinion/brooks-the-nudge-debate.html · D.D. Guttenplan’s “When Philosophy Meets Psychiatry,” The New York Times, August 11, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/world/europe/When-Philosophy-Meets-Psychiatry.html?ref=psychologyandpsychologists · Michael Benson‘s “Exposures: Gorgeous Glimpses of Calamity: Man-made Perils to the Universe’s Garden of Life are Evident from Space,” The New York Times, August 16, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/opinion/sunday/gorgeous-glimpses-of-calamity.html?hp&_r=0 · Mark Bittman’s “Not All Industrial Food is Evil,” The New York Times, August 17, 2013. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/not-all-industrial-food-is-evil/ · Recyclebank’s Job Ad: “Director, Product Management Loyalty and Incentives Program,” GreenBiz.com, August 20, 2012. http://jobs.greenbiz.com/job/director-product-management-loyalty-and-incentives-new-york-ny-recyclebank-eb6375ad02/?d=1&source=site_search Unusual, I know, but I thought that was an interestingly-written job ad, with clues about future needed career skillsets. · Sissel Waage’s “Ecosystem Services: The Next Wave,” GreenBiz.com. August 22, 2013. http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/08/22/ecosystem-services-next-wave · Frank Knapp, Jr.’s “Climate Change Washes Away Partisanship for South Carolina Tourism,“ GreenBiz.com. August 27, 2013. http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/08/27/climate-change-partisanship-sc-tourism · Anna Clarke’s “George Lakoff to Green Marketers: Use the F-word,” The Guardian. August 27, 2013. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/george-lakoff-green-marketing · Ron Schultz’ “Can Sustainable Business and Economic Development Work Together?,” GreenBiz.com, September 6, 2013. http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2013/09/06/can-sustainable-business-economic-development-work-together · Lien Hoan’s, Crying for the Common Father, The New York Times, September 6, 2013. http://latitude.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/crying-for-the-common-father/ · Paul Sabin’s “Betting on the Apocalypse,” The New York Times, September 7, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/opinion/sunday/betting-on-the-apocalypse.html · Eduardo Porter’s “Counting the Cost of Fixing the Future,” The New York Times, September 10, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/business/counting-the-cost-of-fixing-the-future.html?pagewanted=all · Jennifer Kahn’s “Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?,” The New York Times, September 11, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/magazine/can-emotional-intelligence-be-taught.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 · William Rhoden’s “In N.F.L.’s Violence, a Moral Quandary for Fans,” The New York Times, September 15, 2013. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/sports/football/in-nfls-violence-a-moral-quandary-for-fans.html?hp. Upcoming Forums · Sustainability Summit, Sustainable Jersey, tomorrow, September 18, 2013, Duke Farms. Unfortunately/fortunately, it’s Sold Out, but you can download the “Briefs,” and watch for any follow-up Papers or articles · Jay Rosen, Professor of Journalism, NYU, speaking on “The Snowden Effect and the Press,” North Jersey Public Policy Network, Thursday, September 19, 2013, 7:30 PM, FDU Wilson Auditorium, Hackensack, New Jersey (100 Kotte Place off Hackensack Avenue). Pre-register or for directions: info@njppn.org. Free · Marcellus Shale and Sustainability Conference, Widener University Law School, in Harrisburg, PA, September 27, 2013, 8:30 AM-5 PM, Room A180, Administration Building. John Dernbach (jcdernbach@widener.edu). Agenda and registration information at http://blogs.law.widener.edu/envirolawblog/files/2013/07/Marcellus-Shale-bro_2013-1.pdf. Any comments? Matt interdisciplinarystudies.ppt 480K