Bright Idea

Welcome to Beyond the Light Bulb. I have decided that the new year and a new decade deserve a new and more dedicated way of thinking from me. My resolution this year is to truly THINK HARD. And it is through BTLB that I hope to accomplish this. My mission is to provide a jumping point for critical thought and discussion. This is a blog about global climate change, but more importantly, about global climate change in context. No problem, and certainly no problem this massive, occurs in isolation. I come across interesting people and ideas on a day-to-day basis; BTLB will challenge me to go beyond these initial bright ideas connect them to other bright ideas and place them within their larger societal, economic, political, legal and environmental context. Further, I refuse to accept easy solutions to global climate change. They do not exist. There are small things (like energy-efficient light bulbs) that can add up to big things, but the scale and scope of the necessary changes are mind boggling. Researchers at the Carbon Mitigation Initiative have put together a helpful resource they call stabilization wedges that help to comprehend the enormity of the challenge we face. It is with this enormity that I will go forward in trying to connect some of the dots within the Green Revolution. I will go beyond the initial bright ideas and the easy solutions, I will go beyond the light bulb and I hope you will join me.