Published

8 months ago

February 20, 2026

Alice Rush

A friend writes:

I get called out by farmers for using the word “sustainability” because nature is dynamic and doesn’t hold to a level. The word they prefer is “regenerative” as it is closer to the complex system of nature and its energy exchanges. I don’t have an argument for or against it.

I don’t think I’ve ever run across enmity to the would “sustainability,” which is strange, because I’ve been at this for 17 years, and I’ve incurred the wrath of an uncountable number of people, especially climate deniers. I laughed out loud when a caller into a radio show on which I was being interviewed called me a “cockroach.”

I would say that “sustainable” and “regenerative,” while certainly not mutually exclusive, are actually two different things.

There are dozens of different ways to define “sustainability,” but the one I use is: “A society’s meeting its needs without making it impossible for future generations to meet theirs.” From the perspective of farming, normally this is called “sustainable agriculture,” but calling it “regenerative” works just fine for me, and adds more depth of understanding.

Sustainable and Regenerative Farming

Renewable Energy

There Is a Third Option

Published

19 hours ago

October 10, 2026

Alice Rush

Whoa. Let’s take a step back. Is it really either A or B?

You could on the side of the morons, those incapable of any level of critical thinking, like the author of the meme here.

There Is a Third Option

Renewable Energy

Televised Executions

Published

2 days ago

October 9, 2026

Alice Rush

The United States seems set on propelling itself backwards.

Televised Executions

Renewable Energy

Does It Get Any Worse?

Published

2 days ago

October 9, 2026

Alice Rush

Maybe, as they say, “Hell has a special place reserved in it” for people like Thom Tillis, Republican Senator from North Carolina, who enabled Trump to rape and destroy the United States.

That was until it became clear to Tillis that he could jump ship, write a scathing book about the president, get all over mainstream news promoting it, and go on to enjoy another chapter of political success.

That we Americans are so stupid that we accept this blatant hypocrisy and criminality is sad proof that we’re not the people we were 20 years ago. Maybe what many people are saying are correct: we deserved what we got.