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Stealing from the Future
The omission of ecological services in economics is the equivalent of double bookkeeping: one set that looks (relatively) rosy for us and another for our children.
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Detroit files for bankruptcy; not the first or the last but the biggest yet
We've been writing for years about the city's comeback. What happened?
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Sailing barge launches in Vermont to test carbon-neutral shipping
Mat McDermott at YaleE360 reports on how the Vermont Sail Freight Project aims to show that carbon-neutral boats can be a viable shipping method with the help of 21st century technology.
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Did we really evolve to screw ourselves over?
One documentary maker uses evolutionary psychology to offer a critic of consumerism.
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Ten years ago, 50 million people lost power. What have we learned since then?
Today marks the ten year anniversary of the 2003 Blackout that left some 50 million people in northeast United States without power. Here's a look at what we remember from that time and what we've...
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Coca-Cola launches "natural" Coca-Cola Life.
After predicting that an Organic Coke would be the pinnacle of greenwashing five years ago, Next Nature Network reports that Coca-Cola has actually done it, launching a "natural" Coke called Coca-Cola...
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Brazil passes law directing all oil royalties to health care and education
A helping hand, or an oil-slicked slippery slope?
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"Helium cliff" is killing the party balloon business
As US government closes its reserve, the noble gas critical to medicine and industry (and parties) gets scarce and expensive.
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The most annoying argument an environmentalist can have
Who says a leather steering wheel is more important than my children's future?
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Local peppers, locavore privilege and a push for food justice
The Amazing Abundance Pepper Festival is a celebration of all things local and sustainable. Is it worth the money?
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Can Transition Towns help create a new economy?
Rob Hopkins feels like "the world has gone from “there’s no problem” to saying “it’s too late” without the bit in the middle “maybe we can actually do something.” That "bit in the middle" is what's...
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California, Oregon and Washington join British Columbia to create new...
Last week, California joined Oregon and Washington in signing a pact with British Columbia called the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, which forms an alliance to set shared fuel...
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Should farmers pay more for antibiotics?
University of Calgary's Aidan Hollis advocates user fees for the non-human use of antibiotics.
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Here's why turning off the lights really does make a difference
Small lifestyle changes can seem insignificant. But it doesn't take much to change an economic model.
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SolarCity wants to raise billions from small investors to finance more solar...
SolarCity needs money upfront to keep installing solar arrays because it only gets paid back over time by its customers, that's the whole point of leasing a system -- no upfront costs.
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