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 …
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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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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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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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Small Aeroponics Company Faces Big Marketing Challenge
I’m in the process of becoming a partner in an aeroponics company called Tower Harvest; I’ll have a video up on this shortly. I’m thrilled for the association with these people, in particular with CEO Rafael Quezada; he’s incredibly knowledgeable …
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A Zeitgeist of Eco-friendliness: The New Living Large Is Living Small
Frequent commenter John F. Robbins writes a post on the 2GreenEnergy Facebook page re: my announcement that I’ll soon be interviewing sustainable design guru Sim Van der Ryn: When I led a group called Alternate Energy Assn (AEA) in SW Ohio in the late 1990s, we …
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Sim Van der Ryn: Legend in Sustainable Design
I was delighted when Sim Van der Ryn returned my call yesterday and generously consented to grant me an interview when I’m up north at the end of the month. Four decades before the word “sustainability” had become a buzzword, …
Green Investment: Teak Reforestation
While I’m in the television studio next week, I plan to shoot a video on what may be the single most interesting investment concept in sustainability I’ve come across this year: teak reforestation. Consider a few basics: Hardwoods, especially teak, …
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