Oceans of Opportunity

Tag: Thomas Friedman

Rising Seas – where should we go?

The September 2013 issue of National Geographic Magazine includes a beautifully developed and presented feature about ‘Rising Seas’ – the imminent threat of sea-level rise due to a variety of factors. The cover page includes a series of questions addressed in the article which read as follows: 1. What will we protect? 2. What will…

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Hot, Flat, and CROWDED

Perhaps it is no coincidence that I wrapped up Thomas Friedman’s ‘Hot, Flat, and Crowded’ via audiobook while travelling last night. While en route to France from New York City, with the tools afforded by globalization at my fingertips, namely my iTouch, laptop, wi-fi on the plane, and my little fingers going blog-wild, I was…

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