tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post1989080101834192794..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: "Sustainable" is the New "Smurfy"Mungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-65396057897818411472013-11-02T11:16:29.928-04:002013-11-02T11:16:29.928-04:00I have visited your blog and I think that the Cult...I have visited your blog and I think that the Culture content could be of interest to our web site visitors. Great work and love to visit on your blog again and again. Keep posting nice information.<br /><a href="http://www.secondlifeecycling.com/" rel="nofollow">sustainability</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06739083669256220920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-79004611191974344452013-10-22T08:29:36.414-04:002013-10-22T08:29:36.414-04:00Hwy 421, just outside of North Wilkesboro, NC. Th...Hwy 421, just outside of North Wilkesboro, NC. There is a "sustainable" rest stop. I'm unsure when it became sustainable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-51654338938782415462013-10-17T14:01:39.436-04:002013-10-17T14:01:39.436-04:00After I took the GRE last year, I started getting ...After I took the GRE last year, I started getting email from Columbia, advertising a "Master's in Sustainability".<br /><br />In one of the emails, they profiled a graduate who has started his own "sustainable menswear firm".<br /><br />Where I'm from, we call that "hand me downs"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-48995687596788031832013-10-16T21:24:35.179-04:002013-10-16T21:24:35.179-04:00The next time I get shockingly, unbelievably, peel...The next time I get shockingly, unbelievably, peel-me-off-the-ceiling high, I'll see if I can figure out what "sustainable" means.<br /><br />Right now, I got nothing.Dead or In Jailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02838924015919222756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-44230108368897623432013-10-16T18:33:15.508-04:002013-10-16T18:33:15.508-04:00Hell, the University of Alaska even offers a PhD i...Hell, the University of Alaska even offers a PhD in sustainability.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-6740187767149740022013-10-16T17:58:02.395-04:002013-10-16T17:58:02.395-04:00Colleges and universities are treasure troves for ...Colleges and universities are treasure troves for such matters. Here is just one of many "sustainable" candidates I found in a quick search of my own college's website (from a news article): "Marshall's career goals include getting a sustainable job in a corporation so that one day he can start his own business."David O. Cushmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-13459666305507351472013-10-16T16:34:35.078-04:002013-10-16T16:34:35.078-04:00XKCD on an ominous trend:
http://xkcd.com/1007/XKCD on an ominous trend:<br /><br />http://xkcd.com/1007/Art Cardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913600136563861287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-9569405607786748062013-10-16T15:45:03.046-04:002013-10-16T15:45:03.046-04:00Robert Solow's essay on sustainability contain...Robert Solow's essay on sustainability contains one of the most memorable statements I've read on this topic: "It is very hard to be against sustainability. In fact, the less you know about it, the better it sounds."<br /><br /><br />http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~econ480/notes/sustainability.pdfBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224345512070782959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-36741516232856746652013-10-16T12:25:21.963-04:002013-10-16T12:25:21.963-04:00From the Leadership jargon generator:
I ask you t...From the Leadership jargon generator:<br /><br />I ask you to leverage and understand one key thing: What we are being asked to do -- execute expertly on our emerging sustainable methodology -- has not changed.<br /> <br />From the Business Jargon Generator:<br />Harmonized, re-engineered sustainable culture<br /><br />Your competing deans are paragons of the latter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-50837171464608044852013-10-16T10:48:35.876-04:002013-10-16T10:48:35.876-04:00The Northern Illinois University Library has escal...The Northern Illinois University Library has escalators. There's a sign on the ground floor.<br /><br />"To support sustainability, the escalators are turned off at 4.30 pm."<br /><br />I really should post a picture, perhaps your call for ideas will be sufficient motivation.Stephen Karlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945914425504935287noreply@blogger.com