Powerful Men Are Declaring ‘War Against Carbon’
Larry Page, Tony Blair, Jimmy Wales, Vinod Khosla, Shai Agassi, Elon Musk, Runt Ramsbottom, William McDonough, and a bunch of other very, very rich, and powerful men recently congregated for a weekend...
View ArticleFrom Gas Tax Holiday to Conservation
First was this picture in the San Francisco Chronicle, of a ‘Pray-in at San Francisco gas station asks God to lower prices’. I almost choked! Then came Hillary Clinton and John McCain‘s joint request...
View ArticleOn Credit Card And Surprises
Yesterday came my monthly credit card bill, in the mail. I know I should switch to online billing, but the power of habits has been stronger than my green conscience. That’s besides the point anyway....
View ArticleDaring to Imagine a Sustainable World
Last month I accompanied my friend Christian Forthomme, during one of his visioning seminars. Christian’s job is to help companies imagine their future and devise a plan to make their vision a reality....
View ArticleWal-Mart Classifieds, Green Move or Consumerist Ploy?
Wal-Mart is getting in the online classifieds business. When I heard, I thought of it as maybe another one of their moves towards sustainability. What better than classifieds to encourage people to...
View ArticleC-Word Absent From Gore’s Moon Shot Challenge
Last night, during his interview with the Associated Press, Al Gore challenged the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly sources within 10 years, an...
View ArticleThe Jury’s Out On Pickens
T. Boone Pickens has generated a lot of press lately, with his plan: After watching Grist, TreeHugger, World Changing, Huffington Post, Climate Progress, and New York Times, all weigh in, it seems that...
View ArticleWhat’s Wrong With Biodiversity?
Why do the efforts of biodiversity groups such as Conservation International receive less attention than climate-change studies, though they are equally crucial? This question from Tom Friedman has...
View ArticleGetting Biodiversity Onto the Cultural Radar Screen
In their new paper, “Where does biodiversity go from here? A grim business-as-usual forecast and a hopeful portfolio of partial solutions”, just published today in the Online Proceedings of the...
View ArticleAl Gore Nails Down 3 Key Environmental Challenges For America
Al Gore did a fabulous job yesterday, of nailing down the three key environmental challenges facing our country. First, is the interdependence between climate crisis, economy, and national security....
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