In response to my fairly pessimistic piece on global economic collapse, human nature, and its impact on sustainability, Cameron Atwood writes: Excellent observations, Craig, However, let me play the angel’s advocate by pointing out that we emerged from our wild …
Category: Sustainability
Global Economic Collapse?
Frequent commenter Cameron Atwood called my attention to a report from MIT predicting ‘global economic collapse’ by 2030. A new study from researchers at Jay W. Forrester’s institute at MIT says that the world could suffer from “global economic collapse” …
Environmentalists Are Not Lonely
According to environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and author Paul Hawken, the environmentalist and social justice movement is by far the largest on Earth. Although groups like Greenpeace and the Sierra Club get the most ink, there are literally hundreds of thousands …
How Would Business Function in the Absence of Environmental Regulation?
Here’s an ad for a seminar on sustainability. Waste. It’s more than an environmental taboo; it’s a total disregard of valuable resources. And that affects everyone’s bottom line. Brand reputations, market share and valuation depend on meeting objectives. How do …
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Free Report: How Sustainable Is Our Way of Life?
Soon we’ll publish another in our continuing series of free reports in which we aspire to provide an understanding of the most important trends that face civilization today. Based on a survey conducted in January 2012, we attempt to answer …
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Understanding Climate Change Means Knowing Nature’s Ways
In connection to climate change, I often warn that, where people can make compromises, physics doesn’t. From there, I sometimes find myself going off into long-winded explanations and examples. But I recently found that Voltaire, one of my favorite people …
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Sim Van der Ryn: Sustainable Design Pioneer
I’m up here in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco for my interview with Sim Van der Ryn later this morning, and a few thoughts are passing through my head. One is that this part of the world will …
CleanTech Forum Offers Ideas in Renewable Energy and Sustainability More Generally
I’m up at the CleanTech Forum today, meeting people, making new friends, and checking out the latest ideas in renewable energy, electric transportation, and sustainability more generally. There are quite a few concepts in water purification, including a system to …
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Survey: Is Our Way of Life Sustainable?
I’m wondering if I could ask your help in another of our surveys. There is not too much doubt that the last 150 years have brought ever-accelerating damage to our environment. There IS, however, a great deal of controversy about …
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Amory Lovins at the “Eco-Nomics” Conference
I hope Amory Lovins doesn’t think I’m stalking him. He certainly could get that impression, as I’ve approached him twice in the past three days — Wednesday after his incredible talk at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and …
