Yearly Archives: 2017
Here’s a couple of films about Douglas Tompkins, who founded the North Face and the Esprit companies. If that was as far as the history went, it would be a successful but boring story. Who wants to learn about another … Continue reading
I’m a big Yvon fan. It’s pretty fascinating to hear this story and to see the kind of company that Patagonia has become. Business can make changes in the world….and become wildly successful at the same time. What would happen … Continue reading
I guess that isolation can be good. I guess. I figure that it’s kind of nice to have some people around, though. I don’t know that this is really all that “perfect”. Maybe “good” in some ways, but not perfect. … Continue reading
Here’s a short film about a couple who live in the New Zealand wilderness. Every couple of weeks, she goes into the city to play music and buy groceries with the money she makes….so they don’t live completely off the … Continue reading
I listened to some talks that Yvon Chouinard gave a while back while I drove the mail around today. Noble stuff….capitalism with good intentions. I don’t involve myself with ecological activism much…. We’re too busy raising a family. We recycle….grow organically….all … Continue reading
There are a lot of ways to use your money. This is one of the good ones. From the YouTube description: Almost 50 years ago, fried chicken tycoon David Bamberger used his fortune to purchase 5,500 acres of overgrazed land … Continue reading
This sounds better than what Chris Farley described all those years ago on SNL. Now….how do you do it with kids? … Continue reading