In lieu of Rinaldo S. Brutuco’s weekly Perspectives column this week, the staff at The Optimist Daily (a partnership incubated by The Academy) stepped in to lend their “Optimist View” on tackling the negative news bias. If you would like to receive more content like the following, and start the day with solutions-oriented good news […]
Archives for July 2021
A win in Santa Barbara: Goodbye natural gas
All electric new building construction is now the future of Santa Barbara! We are excited to share that last week, Santa Barbara City Council and Mayor Cathy Murillo voted unanimously to enact a new building ordinance prohibiting natural gas infrastructure in newly constructed buildings (with a few exceptions where there isn’t yet a viable electric […]
Perspectives: Death and Taxes!
Goodbye Lloyd’s of London BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share A common refrain that echoed around American society for the last 70 years or so goes like this: “Nothing in life is certain, except death and […]
Perspectives: So Many Words, So Little Action!
It’s time for Corporate America to step up its game BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share As almost everyone in the US is now aware, Georgia’s Republican legislators passed legislation to: a) actively suppress voter turnout, making it significantly harder for minorities to vote by adding new vote-by-mail […]
Perspectives: What’s With Toyota?
Corporate responsibility is not optional BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share The “Sedition Caucus” is defined as those members of the House of Representatives who, after the January 6th riots were brought to a halt, voted to stop […]
UnGUN Virtual Workshop July 9th-11th
UnGUN’s Disarming Trauma Workshop Our Fellow, Dr. Dorothy “Dot” Maver of the National Peace Academy, will be involved in co-presenting a powerful workshop with the Biosophical Institute. Dr. Marty Casey, founder of UnGUN Institute will offer an UnGUN Collective Healing Online Workshop July 9 – 11, 2021; collective trauma healing with the arts using unique […]
Perspectives: Twelve Story Building Collapses!!!
Cloudy with a chance of chaos BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share What on earth is going on in Miami? A 40-year-old, twelve-story building named the […]
