Written by Stacy Feldman. Originally published May 14, 2009, at SolveClimate Solar photovoltaics (PV) in the UK will be as cheap as grid-sourced fossil fuels much sooner than expected, a [ … ]
Tag: economics
Eco Libris: Book Industry Announces Carbon Reducion Goals
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on April 22, 2009 at the Eco-Libris blog. Happy Earth Day everyone! We wanted to write a special post for Earth Day and [ … ]
Earth Policy Institute: A Massive Market Failure
By Lester R. Brown When Nicholas Stern, former chief economist at the World Bank, released his ground-breaking study in late 2006 on the future costs of climate change, he talked [ … ]
Where are the Next Great Ideas for a Green Economy? Find ’em… and Win!
Even with yesterday’s stock market rally, we’ve all got the economy on our minds… and, for the most part, we’re worrying about it. Our retirement accounts are shrinking, our jobs [ … ]
Give Me Your Vote, and I’ll Give You Clean, Abundant Energy…
Sound familiar?ย Unless you’ve had your head stuck in the sand for the past couple of months, you’ve heard variations on this statement from both Barack Obama and John McCain… [ … ]
Ecopreneur or Entrepreneur: What’s the difference?
There are many ways in which entrepreneurs and ecopreneurs are similar. Both embrace failure and are idea driven, innovative, creative, risk tolerant, flexible, adaptable, freedom minded and independent. Perhaps you [ … ]
The Economics of Global Warming: Fred Krupp and Miriam Horn’s “Earth: The Sequel”
I’m a bit behind the curve in getting to Fred Krupp (the president of Environmental Defense Fund) and Miriam Horn’s new book Earth: The Sequel— my reading time ain’t what [ … ]
Morality and Markets: The Depth of our Carbon Footprints
Change your lightbulbs, buy local food, keep your tires properly inflated: all of us in the green publishing space, both online and off, promote such actions as ways for all [ … ]
Dispatches from Paros: The Green Economy
Finally getting up to speed here — of course, that must mean it’s the last day of the symposium. Here’s my report from yesterday’s morning session, which is also published [ … ]
Cleveland Goes Green
One news item making the rounds in the Sustainable Blogosphere is Cleveland, OH’s hiring of Andrew Watterson as its new sustainability programs manager. As the Plain Dealer points out, Cleveland [ … ]