Yet another report illustrates that bicycling isn’t just good for our health and the natural environment, but that it also provides tangible economic benefits to communities that embrace it as a form of transportation.
Tag: economics
Radical New Market-Based Campaign Aims to Make Forests More Valuable Alive than Dead
Over the past 2 decades, since the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, we have witnessed the launch of many initiatives to stop deforestation. Despite the good intentions of each approach tried, we have continued to lose an area the size of New York City every other day to deforestation. These activities account for 17% of global greenhouse gas emissions – more than the entire global transportation sector. Code REDD plans to harness the economic activities that create deforestation as tools to fight it.
Victoria, Australia's Generous Feed-in Tariffs Under the Microscope
The amount of money Victorian solar panel owners get paid for selling their excess electricity back to their energy retailer could be slashed if a draft report by the Victorian Competition and Efficiency Commission (VCEC) is any indication.
Throwaway Economy Headed for Junk Heap of History
In their book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, American architect William McDonough and German chemist Michael Braungart conclude that waste and pollution are to be avoided entirely. “Pollution,” says McDonough, “is a symbol of design failure.” The challenge is to re-evaluate the materials we consume and the way we manufacture products so as to cut down on waste.
Economic Sustainability: Two Views to Our Future
No previous civilization has survived the ongoing destruction of its natural supports. Nor will ours.
Fukushima Meltdown Hastens Decline of Nuclear Power
With the world’s fleet of reactors aging, and with new plants suffering construction delays and cost increases, it is possible that world nuclear electricity generation has peaked and begun a long-term decline.
Bike Paths and Sidewalks: Transportation Investments that Work
A new report out from the Federal Highway Administration shows that investments in “nonmotorized transportation” – bike paths, sidewalks, trails, etc. – works: more people use this infrastructure when it’s available to them.
Global Economy Expanded More Slowly than Expected in 2011
The global economy grew 3.8 percent in 2011, a drop from 5.2 percent in 2010. Economists had anticipated a slowdown, but this was even less growth than expected, thanks to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, unrest in oil-producing countries, the debt crisis in Europe, and a stagnating recovery in the United States.
Bikes and Health: What Can We Learn from Europe? (Infographic)
Are we Americans driving ourselves to obesity… literally? Yep, we love our cars here… but our reliance on them for nearly all of our transportation could be killing us… and costing us a ton of money.
Food Price Spike Persisting
The UN’s Food & Agriculture Organization has released its monthly index of global food prices for November, and it shows persistently high prices across major food categories.
The Economics of Pollution: How is Government Policy to Reduce Carbon Emissions Actually Created? [Infographic]
You no longer need to ask an economist! Read this beginner’s guide to environmental economics.
Gränsfors Bruks: Still Hand Forging Axes in High Tech Gadget Age
A big part of my life is building. I moved into my own hand-built cob house two summers ago, and currently I’m building a timber frame kitchen, and planning for [ … ]
Economic Growth: Another Benefit of Bicycling
A few months ago, I took note of Jay Walljasper’s arguments for public investment in bicycling infrastructure: in short, government spending on trails and bike lanes pays off in terms [ … ]