
Essential Reading
The Green Column
W. Cecil Steward, President and CEO of the Joslyn Institute, penned 56 timely and pertinent essays for the Lincoln JournalStar Neighborhood Extra editions beginning in April 2009. We are publishing them here for you to read as well.
Green Column #56 Buildings and cities as green designs click here
Green Column #55 Downtown: A tale of two cities click here
Green Column #54 Luddites and Flat Earth advocates click here
Green Column #53 The language of meaning & the meaning of language: Sustainability click here
Green Column #52 New gold found in Lincoln click here
Green Column #51 More evidence that Lincoln is a special place click here
Green Column #50 Paradigm Lost: Can Americans Change Course? click here
Green Column #49 Centennial Mall—the difference between a green space, and a green, green urban space click here
Green Column #48 New green environments benefit 35,000 Lincoln citizens click here
Green Column #47 Lincoln’s Well-Being Index: Proof of Sustainability click here
Green Column #46 Think Green It’s Thursday: New Green Social Networking click here
Green Column #45 Jane Goodall in Nebraska click here
Green Column #44 Water Wars? Ten Years of Funding Will Not Be Enough click here
Green Column #43 Nebraska’s Destiny is Yet to Come click here
Green Column #42 New Green Products Exhibit and Learning Center click here
Green Column #41 22 Sustainability Resolutions for 2011 click here
Green Column #40 So, You Are Anti-Sustainability? click here
Green Column #39 Local Opportunities in Home Energy Efficiency Upgrades click here
Green Column #38 Green Marketing: Smart Consumers click here
Green Column #37 Working in Lincoln: Ideas for the Future click here
Green Column #36 Visions of Play in Lincoln’s Future click here
Green Column #35 Lincoln’s Future Housing and Neighborhoods click here
Green Column #34 Lincoln’s Transportation Future click here
Green Column #33 Lincoln’s Future Beautiful Places click here
Green Column #32 Community Ideas for Lincoln’s Future click here
Green Column #31 Sustainability: Thinking Globally, Acting Locally click here
Green Column #30 Businesses and Portfolio Investments: How Green Is It? click here
Green Column #29 Urban Chickens: Small Beginnings for Local Foods click here
Green Column #28 Here’s Your Chance to Help Update Comprehensive Plan click here
Green Column #27 Meeting of the Minds 2010 Convenes in Omaha, a First for the Midwest click here
Green Column #26 Sustainable Landscaping . . . The Logical Choice click here
Green Column #25 Earth Day 2010 Aims to Educate, Empower and Celebrate click here
Green Column #24 But Wait A Minute, Will It Be Sustainable? click here
Green Column #23 Greens Want To Reverse Wasteful Throwaway Culture click here
Green Column #22 City’s Sustainability Coordinator Loves Green Challenge click here
Green Column #21 Lincoln Residents Choosing Now Between Efficiency and Coal click here
Green Column #20 Lincoln Couple Journeys Toward Energy Independence click here
Green Column #19 Humans Must Learn to Engineer Repairs to the Planet click here
Green Column #18 How Far is it From Copenhagen to Lincoln? click here
Green Column #17 Green Building, Green Campus, Green Planet click here
Green Column #16 Keeping it Local Saves Money, Resources and Builds Community click here
Green Column #15 Vote with Your Dollars to Steer Corporate Merchandising click here
Green Column #14 Three Workshops Promote Greener Construction, Remodeling click here
Green Column #13 Measuring Lincoln Green by Design’s Own Sustainability click here
Green Column #12 Billions at Risk of Dying from Starvation, Disease click here
Green Column #11 Net Zero Houses Buffer Rising Energy Prices click here
Green Column #10 Green Buildings in a Cleaner Greener Lincoln click here
Green Column #9 Cap and Trade Bill Urgently Needs Public’s Support click here
Green Column #8 Can ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Faith’ be Compatible? click here
Green Column #7 Can Americans Think In Terms Of Sustainability? click here
Green Column #6 Who Could Possibly Be Against Sustainability? click here
Green Column #5 Groups Making Lincoln a More Sustainable City click here
Green Column #4 A Sustainable Community Nurtures Local Food click here
Green Column #3 It’s Not The Economy, It’s Consumption click here
Green Column #2 Green Retrofits Would Stimulate Lincoln Economy click here
Green Column #1 It’s Time to Define New Green Vision for City click here