Read Archives - Green by John and Cynthia

26 Nov Read: Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation

Posted at 07:41h in Read

Sustainability isn't enough. I had coffee with Paul Hawken recently when he was working on this book. Regeneration is the most important word of the decade....

26 Nov Read: Fly by Chris Saye

Posted at 07:36h in Read

I’m really happy that Chris took the time to write about his journey. The book is not only about his and Galina's Blue Zone travels...

28 Oct A brush with shingles

Posted at 09:37h in Read

We asked our friend Chris to share his recent experience with shingles to help raise awareness of the virus and the vaccine. Chris Saye is the...

15 Apr Bandana Tewari asks “Could Coronavirus Spark a Sustainable Fashion Awakening?”

Posted at 03:47h in Read

Bali friend Bandana Tewari is a sustainable fashion advocate. She wrote this opinion piece about the effect of the current situation on the fashion industry. Sustainability...

10 Jan 2019 to 2020: Letter from John

Posted at 03:48h in Our Green World, Read

In 2019 I turned 70 years old. 2020 is upon us. Things are accelerating at an exponential pace. Time is short for me, for the...

01 Sep War on concrete continues

Posted at 08:38h in Press, Read

John Hardy quoted in "Flat-packed cities: wooden skyscrapers sprout over concrete concerns" by Thompson Reuters Foundation. Vancouver plans a 40-storey building it says will be the...

23 Aug The Eco Hotel Movement in Bali

Posted at 04:22h in Press, Read

Gisela Williams writes about the move towards eco-hotels in Bali in Departures and kindly credits us and our 'Green Family' for inspiring the movement. Bali was...

23 Jul There’s hope: Bali supermarket ditches plastic packaging for banana leaves

Posted at 03:56h in Read

Bali's plastic ban came into effect officially as of June 23rd, 2019. Make a Change World: “Although the ban is officially in effect, the government is...

19 Jun The Cement Files

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When I read the series of articles the Guardian posted for Cement week, this was seared into my brain: In the time it takes you to...

03 May WWD: Eco-expert Marci Zaroff on cultivating fashion’s future

Posted at 07:09h in Read

Marci Zaroff on the benefits of organic cotton farming in WWD. Marci also wrote a great book called ECORenaissance. Did you know that regenerative organic agriculture...