Normally one announces a summer hiatus at the beginning of summer, rather than in retrospect. It was not really my intention to post less frequently, as my passion for the added value (environmental, social, and economical) of reuse, repair and recycling does not fade. But I suppose I've had a growing awareness that a book on a hero cannot last forever, and my hero - the prototypical Geek of Color - would not ultimately be served in a soup-kitchen of essays.
I've still been writing, but the "draft" folder is burgeoning as I try to reflect more and more on what I'm writing which itself adds value, which is itself new, which is evolutionary.
The "e-waste" recycling industry is constantly evolving. When I started my business, after leaving the regulatory field 15 years ago, the USA was "The Saudi Arabia of Reuse". Americans had evolved to a period where the US Department of Labor forecasts for TV and electronics repair jobs showed an unprecedented shrinkage. Employment estimates of TV repairpeople were 100,000 in 1990, and they had fallen to 20,000.
So too, my blogging must evolve. (listen to cover of Steve Earle's "Hillbilly Highway" below).
I've still been writing, but the "draft" folder is burgeoning as I try to reflect more and more on what I'm writing which itself adds value, which is itself new, which is evolutionary.
The "e-waste" recycling industry is constantly evolving. When I started my business, after leaving the regulatory field 15 years ago, the USA was "The Saudi Arabia of Reuse". Americans had evolved to a period where the US Department of Labor forecasts for TV and electronics repair jobs showed an unprecedented shrinkage. Employment estimates of TV repairpeople were 100,000 in 1990, and they had fallen to 20,000.
So too, my blogging must evolve. (listen to cover of Steve Earle's "Hillbilly Highway" below).
