Rich ‘Rico’ Leon earned degrees in Engineering Science and Mechanics and in Sociology and was employed for a stretch as a power systems engineer and later paid the bills as a freelance Internet software developer and instructor, technical writer, and marine electrician. These days, he devours books and articles on energy and environmental issues, sustainable development, and ecological economics and earns a living—and tries to banish some ugliness from the world—as a writer and musician.
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Island Culture Rising
Local lean economies are emerging that can be described quite accurately as ‘island cultures,’
December 15, 2016
