Sustainability Sustainability and the Role of Marketing in a Capitalist System I’m in a graduate certificate program on Corporate Sustainability and Innovation. For a class on systems thinking, I wrote this paper, and am posting it here because I thought the information to be
Sustainability Increasing Circularity Within the Clothing System I recently began a graduate certificate program in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation. For a class on the circular economy, I wrote this paper, and am posting it here because I thought the information
Sustainability Waste Within the Clothing Value Chain I recently began a graduate certificate program in Corporate Sustainability and Innovation. For a class on the circular economy, I wrote this paper, and am posting it here because I thought the information
Travel 5 Things I Learned On the Oregon Trail So Michael and I moved to Portland, Oregon. We lease our car, and we had our car lease for another 3 months, and plenty of miles left on it, so I wanted to drive
Spirit Confession I have to confess something. I’ve gone to church approximately 1650 times, but I think I only really started studying the Bible about a year ago. I feel like a traitor about that.
Technology On why I'm mad at Facebook When I first joined Facebook more than 10 years ago, it asked me for my political views. I answered “politics are a joke”. I still believe that. I’ve watched the State of the
Spirit This is where I'm at Although my personal New Year’s is on October 1 (that’s they day when I always feel renewal and refreshment in my soul… fall air, October skies, colorful leaves, apple cider, pumpkin spice everything),
Technology Building Bridges For several years now, I’ve heard nothing but positive feedback about the Open Source Bridge conference, held annually each June in Portland — perhaps the open source software capital of the world if
Technology Open Help Last week, I wrote about teaching folks to fish. This weekend and in the coming week, I’m spending my time thinking about how to help people be better open source citizens. I’ll be
Technology Fishing Lessons One of the best parts of my role at OpenMRS is teaching people to fish. We don’t hand out poles and bait, but we do share knowledge and tools to help people collaborate
Technology Multiple hats, multiple blogs, & multiple blurry lines Those of you who’ve known me for a while (or at least those of you who have followed me online for several years) can probably remember that this site has contained several blogs
Spirit New Year's Resolutions Just in case there is no 2013, some of these are starting effective immediately, some are effective retroactively, and some will start after my class is over in a week and a half.
Art I lied. Tonight I was talking to a group of people and it somehow came out if my mouth that I was an artist. I haven’t said that in years. It felt really cool to
Travel Portland For years I’ve wanted to go to Portland. Even before I’d really done much research on what’s out there, I knew it was a city I’d really enjoy. And it’s true. I crammed
Health Here's to health I remember eating pizza in some form or another for most days of the week in college because it was my favorite food. I remember believing that “light” mayo just meant it was
Health Reading — Fitness for Geeks “In terms of pursuing personal, optimal health, it’s not selfish… it’s the fit person who has the energy and availability to be charitable, help others, and give more of herself.” I just started
Spirit More to life Later this week I’m starting a class at one of the five churches I can’t commit to. It’ll be a seven dollar investment in “finding and feeding what my soul is hungry for”.
