Topic: Conservation of Resources

Natural Capitalism

We stand at the cusp of a significant paradigm shift. We have been building towards a transformational tipping point, where natural capital will eventually be valued alongside financial capital. While progress has been steady and ...READ»

Room for Improvement...

The U.S. ranks only 45th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum's index of environmental sustainability for 2005.READ»

The McHummer of a Summer

McDonald’s finds itself under fire once again for what many are saying is an unhealthy selection of a different kind. This week Ronald and his friends began the "Hummer of a Summer" promotion, offering hungry kiddies all over the ...READ»

In Tune With the Environment

How a guitar maker got eco-friendly -- out of sheer self-interest.READ»

Energy Sprawl: Will Solar and Wind Farms Become Ghost Malls of Tomorrow?

Have you noticed the rapid proliferation of clean energy projects in the past few years? All those projects take up land. Now a paper from the Nature Conservancy predicts that the Waxman-Markey climate change bill could have the ...READ»

Microsoft Plans to Cut Carbon Footprint 30% by 2012

It's a big deal when a major corporation pledges to cut its carbon footprint--every detail of energy and transportation use needs to be taken into account--and it's an even bigger deal when a company as large as Microsoft says ...READ»

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Innovative Giving: The Nature Conservancy and (Lil) Green Patch

(Lil) Green Patch enables Facebook users to send plants to one another, and sponsors contribute money to save one square foot of rainforest in Costa Rica for every ten patches given. This is the first in a six-part series on innovative giving.READ»

Who The Blogosphere Says Is The Most Sustainable

According to J.D. Power and Associates’ 2008 Environmental Sustainability Report, four brands—Toyota, General Motors, Honda, and Whole Foods—have received the most positive attention in the blogosphere regarding ...READ»

P&G, Microsoft and Sustainability

P&G and Microsoft have both recently strongly committed themselves to "sustainability." P&G's Lafley saying: P&G’s commitment to sustainability is strategic. It is how our company conducts business. ...READ»

The Latest Planetary Quandry: Hybrid Cars Minimize Gas Usage, but Guzzle Rare Earth Metals

By most measures, hybrid cars are great--they save everyone's favorite non-renewable resource (gasoline) and they're quiet, too. But while these cars are oil-sippers, they guzzle rare earth metals--a class of 15 elements on the ...READ»

Are CO2 Emissions From Deforestation Exaggerated?

It's easy to shrug off climate change deniers who use incomplete or inaccurate data in their arguments, but it's a harder pill to swallow when supposedly reputable organizations dupe us with exaggerated claims. Yet that's exactly ...READ»

Are American Energy Companies Investing in a Bolivian Carbon Offset Scam?

Carbon offsets are often derided as a modern-day form of the Catholic indulgence. Pollute as much as you want, pay for someone else to offset your emissions, and feel good at the end of the day. But polluters might not feel so great ...READ»

Where the Grizzly Can Walk Featuring Brad Pitt

As a member of the Board of Advisors for The Vital Ground Foundation, I invite you to watch this video featuring Brad Pitt. And then take action by visiting www.vitalground.org to learn how you can join Brad, me, and many others ...READ»

Online Tools Save Endangered Wildlife from Construction Sites

All developments--including alternative energy installations--have to take into account wildlife habitats in their planning stages or risk facing the wrath of conservationists and policymakers. In the past, such analysis has been ...READ»

Work Life Flex is Even More Important In a Recession

We could all use some good news, especially as it relates to our work+life fit.  I’ve spent the last few weeks traveling the country delivering one simple message to a diverse group of business leaders, employees, academics and ...READ»

Behind the Scenes: A Peek at Reality - Chandron Nair

Internationalist Chandran Nair opened the economics section of PUSH 2008. He is the founder and chief executive of the think tank, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), based in Hong Kong. His work is defined by the questions ...READ»

Living Green: Tapping into the Hierarchy of Needs

This weekend I had the opportunity to peek into the Green Festival here in San Francisco. Years ago this public tradeshow was primarily full of folks wearing tie-die. Today the crowd is as mainstream as a crowd can look in ...READ»