NYTimes: Maps: Tracking Harvey’s Destructive Path Through Texas and Louisiana

Maps: Tracking Harvey's Destructive Path Through Texas and Louisiana https://nyti.ms/2vtPEwd

Tesla Is Turning Kauai Into a Renewable Energy Paradise | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-is-turning-kauai-into-a-renewable-energy-paradise/

"The economies of scale are such that Kauai's utility cooperative can install a solar-and-storage unit for about half what it would cost a family to install the same amount on a house. Even when it comes to the island's fossil fuel–generated power, the utility can produce more from a gallon of gasoline than someone with a $100 generator in their basement. 

Relying on personal power, Rockwell says, is no way to power a community, let alone an island.

This became obvious to Evslin midway through his yurt experiment: Inefficiency is the ultimate downfall of any individual effort to address climate change."

How to care about work less—but not do less of it — Quartz

https://qz.com/1048352/the-secret-to-office-happiness-isnt-working-less-its-caring-less/

""Is this who I am? Is this all I am?" This philosophical question, posed over and over again, is intended to arouse great doubt in you, inviting you to prod your deepest ambitions, why you're here, and what it's all about."