Earth Day: Thinking Win-Win

Earlier this week, I watched Affluenza, which suggests that saving the world may just be a matter of detaching from consumer culture, chillaxing our way into a better future. Of course that's not enough, things aren't that simple. Still, it's important to remember the win-wins.

Think of how business and government will change when measures of economic progress measure more than quantitative growth. Or of the public space reclaimed when parking lots turn to parks. How children will be happier and healthier when they're actually allowed to play outdoors, beyond the featureless yard. How enjoyable cities will be when free public transit gets as much attention as the freeway system does today.

In other news, they commissioned a power-generating wind turbine on the Babson campus today, oil is over $118 after almost touching $120, and Hillary is winning in Pennsylvania... though not by nearly enough, fortunately.