Question: How many industrial chemicals are in use right now? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Every day, we introduce 3 – 5 new chemicals, less than 1% of which are tested for toxicity.
Category: Sustainability
Aeroponics Vs. the Global Food Shortage
Here’s a short video in which I interview Tower Harvest CEO Rafael Quezada on the subject of aeroponics, a unique approach and capability re: growing produce organically, with a very minimum of space. This is a technology that can have …
Teak Reforestation
We all hope that the investments we make grow over time — figuratively speaking — i.e., the asset value grows. In this short video, I discuss an investment opportunity that literally grows: your own grove of teak trees. I look …
Early Books on Environmentalism and Sustainability
I figured it was time to read the seminal pieces on environmentalism and sustainability. So, for Christmas, I asked my daughter for a copy of Beyond the Limits, the follow-up to Donella Meadows’ et. al. The Limits to Growth. Very …
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Global Economic Collapse Revisited
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 …
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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