I like the idea of the future. The future has cool gadgets! Gadgets and thingees! How could I think the future will pay off and no take the F out of SF? How could I get a job writing about the science to come? Heck, I could become a futurist.

I remember hearing of people “going away for the Summer.” Wait, a second? Isn't Summer like a quarter of the year? Who the Hell goes on holiday for 3 months? How could that ever happen?

Mega projects carry massive price tags. In the case of the local sewage scheme, they spent over $42-million with nothing to show for it. What if we’re looking looking for mega- but micro- is the solution that does us the most good?

Our ability to make fire and control the darkness is what sets us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom. But pushing back the darkness is an expensive prospect. There are some cool things out there to banish the darkness.

In 1970, Paul Ehrlich, a population biologist at Stanford, predicted that by 1999 the US population would be decimated to 22 million people living on 2400 calories a day. We're obsessed with doom. What if we're not on the cusp of ultimate disaster? What if we're really close to an excellent future?

"Two Wrongs Never Make A Right." -- how many times did you hear that as a kid? What if that dubious adage is getting in the way of the right solution? Here are three problems that can create solutions.

What's going on at St. Ann's Academy? Creatively United: a combination of arts, business and community to showcase talented individuals, groups, businesses and green leaders in a festive way.

I have been ruminating on the Singularity for some time.