Tackling the climate crisis and changing the world Our Founder and President, Rinaldo S. Brutoco, recently sat down for a chat with Aasmah Mir on the podcast “Talking Success.” Aasmah talks to Rinaldo about the thread that links his varied career and how his passion for reversing the effects of climate change is being realised […]
Archives for November 2021
Perspectives: Guns, Gosar, Violence and Economics
War only enriches gunsmiths BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has galvanized the country, splitting already “warring factions,” into something far more dramatic. The travesty of that trial began with the systematic exclusion of Black jurors and was further amplified by a clearly […]
Perspectives: Secession Revisited
Peace is always cheaper than war BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share Robert Muller, the recently deceased Santa Barbara resident and globally known United Nations official who many of us admired, famously observed: “Use every letter you write, Every conversation you have, Every meeting you attend, To […]
The Giving List 2022
We made it! We are thrilled to announce our inclusion in The Giving List, Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara is home to a number of nonprofits. The Giving List team consulted with leaders across philanthropy, financial services, and philanthropic advising to determine which organizations should be highlighted – and we are delighted to have made the […]
Perspectives: “Conscious Uncoupling”
Loving separation vs. violent divorce BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share Gwyneth Paltrow famously described her attempts to end a long-term marriage without acrimony as a “conscious uncoupling”, which she explained is a way that a couple can consciously choose to disengage with each other and go their […]
Perspectives: Marjorie Taylor Greene–Leaving???
Irreconcilable differences? BY RINALDO S. BRUTOCO Click here to share Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia is one of the wackier folks ever elected to the House of Representatives. Don’t take my word for it: Republican arch-conservative Congresswoman Liz Cheney has said that Greene’s thoughts and words […]
