

Performative Progress Isn't Real Progress
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 9 of 10: Sustainability Equity & Justice tl;dr: Just because you say it's a...
Derek Fisher
Apr 17, 20235 min read
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Overusing Antibacterials Seems To Be Contagious...
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 8 of 10: Antibiotic Abuse tl;dr: We are overusing antibacterial and antibiotic...
Derek Fisher
Apr 10, 20236 min read
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The Future is Blight
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 7 of 10: The impact of blight tl;dr: Blight needs to be prevented, not dealt with....
Derek Fisher
Apr 1, 20239 min read
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With Walmart, Savings Come at a Price
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 6 of 10: Growing Food Locally tl;dr: Walmart ends up hurting small towns, not...
Derek Fisher
Mar 18, 20237 min read
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Mass Problems When We Don't Embrace Mass Transit
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 5 of 10: Public Transportation tl;dr: Americans love driving their cars by...
Derek Fisher
Mar 10, 20235 min read
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The Power of Less Power
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 4 of 10: Electricity tl;dr: Americans use more power than ever at the highest...
Derek Fisher
Feb 25, 20236 min read
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Reduce Water Flow to Increase Cash Flow
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 3 of 10: Water and Wastewater tl;dr - Water is cheap for Americans, so we don't...
Derek Fisher
Feb 17, 20235 min read
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Literally Throwing Money Away
Green: Money and Sustainability Working Together Part 2 of 10: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) tl;dr: Americans produce more trash than ever...
Derek Fisher
Feb 13, 20236 min read
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Going Green Makes Green
Green: Money And Sustainability Working Together Part 1 of 10 tl;dr: Yes, sustainability is good for green practices, but it can also...
Derek Fisher
Feb 3, 20235 min read
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One Person's Trash is Another Person's Dessert?!?!
tl;dr: Start looking into edible wrappers and utensils to reduce fast food trash output. As I have said many times before, sustainability...
Derek Fisher
Jan 27, 20234 min read
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An Ounce of Prevention Has Varying Worth
tl;dr: Municipalities spend money in some interesting ways and sustainability always takes the hit. The title of the blog post is a play...
Derek Fisher
Jan 20, 20235 min read
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Things Look Up When We Go Down
tl;dr: expanding cities underground is a good thing I was talking to someone the other day who moved from NYC to the Raleigh/Durham area....
Derek Fisher
Jan 13, 20236 min read
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New Year, Same Bad Habits
tl;dr: EVs won't be much different than gasoline powered vehicles, and that is a problem. I believe that this year will be a banner year...
Derek Fisher
Jan 6, 20235 min read
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We Put the Pro in Procrastination
tl;dr: We have a lot of work to do and not much time to do it if we're going to meet our declared emissions goals. One of the biggest...
Derek Fisher
Dec 30, 20224 min read
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You Know What Else Are Green? Grinches.
My wife and I were driving around looking at holiday displays throughout various areas of Durham the other day. I was very encouraged to...
Derek Fisher
Dec 23, 20224 min read
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Terms and Restrictions Apply
tl;dr: don't let decarbonization become a trendy buzzword Sometimes during a trend, a word or phrase describing that trend takes on a...
Derek Fisher
Dec 16, 20224 min read
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The World Cup Runneth Empty, Except in Sustainability?
tl;dr: Special event, single-use stadiums are hardly sustainable We are in the midst of the FIFA World Cup located in Qatar. This is the...
Derek Fisher
Dec 9, 20225 min read
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As Serious as a Heart Attack
tl;dr: quitting smoking is way harder than making changes toward living sustainably I recently had a cardiac incident that required me to...
Derek Fisher
Dec 2, 20224 min read
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To Quote Mr. Mom: You're Doing it Wrong!
tl;dr: Buying packaged fish in a supermarket is very wasteful. When I lived in Barcelona, the way I purchased food was very different...
Derek Fisher
Nov 21, 20225 min read
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The Idolization of All Things Indigenous
Tl;dr: Indigenous habits might help, but are not the answer to our sustainability issues. After a very long wait of almost 13 years, the...
Derek Fisher
Nov 14, 20223 min read
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