Quepos Five years ago the tsunami hit south Asia as bringing a terrible tragedy killing more than 225,000 people in more than a dozen countries. Banda Aceh in Indonesia was at the epicenter with almost 170,000 of the total estimated deaths. I have often spoken about our partner, the Urban Poor Consortium, and the work …
Category: Personal Writings
New Yorker: White Men Save the World
Quepos It’s probably always true to a huge degree in the New Yorker eye view of the world, but it was even more stark reading the current issue on the plane that was ostensibly about efforts to impact environments. The “world changers” as the magazine labeled them were all stereotypically weird, outsider, loner white dudes. …
With Banks, Speak Softly and Carry No Stick
New Orleans On the front page of the papers today there is more drumbeating about the President having yet another meeting with the nation’s top bankers to jawbone them to finally start making loans to small businesses and homeowners. At this point it is hard to even call this jawboning. It’s more like gumming them. …