Nov 22, 09
New Study: Changes to Economic Policy Necessary for Switch to Low-Carbon Economy
by Bill Becker New Study: Changes to Economic Policy Necessary for Switch to Low-Carbon Economy In case we need more evidence that an urgent economic transformation is required to avoid catastrophic climate change, it can be found in a new study commissioned by World Wildlife Fund International. Conducted by Climate Risk Pty. Ltd. of Great Britain and Australia, the study concludes: Runaway climate change is almost inevitable without specific action to implement low-carbon...
More Corporations Are "Greening" Supply Chains
Savvy business sometimes requires only a flip of a lid. When Stonyfield Farm switched from plastic to foil lids six years ago, the organic yogurt company avoided 16 percent of the energy costs associated with producing its containers. Similar savings have been discovered throughout Stonyfield's manufacturing, transportation, and packaging divisions since the company began measuring its carbon footprint in the early 1990s, according to Chairman Gary Hirshberg. "Our carbon footprint is...
Transparency, Accountability and the "dot eco" Debate
It's All in the Name: A New Tool Will Provide Assurance for Green Claims By Peter ter Weeme. Despite the troubled economic times, recent research shows that consumers are continuing to purchase “green” products. According to a survey conducted in March of this year by BBMG, an American branding and marketing agency aligned with “forward-thinking brands and conscious consumers,” nearly seven in ten Americans (67%) agree that "even in tough economic times, it is important to purchase...
Smarter Cities and Flawed Rankings
Smarter Cities is an NRDC project designed to support urban transitions toward sustainability. It's a good project: "When thinking about the urban environment, more often than not problems come first to mind. Less commonly thought about is the potential presented by cities, potential to rethink and reshape their environments responsibly. Today urban leaders — mayors, businesses and community organizations — are in the environmental vanguard, making upgrades to transportation...
Green Platform - The World Bank
As i wrote yesterday, i've just spent a day in Florence to see Green Platform - Art, Ecology, Sustainability at the Strozzina center. It is a good show, more coherent than Greenwashing and much darker than Radical Nature. Proper review should land on your screen shortly but i felt compelled to dedicate a post to a project i found particularly striking. Michele Dantini, The World Bank, 2009. Courtesy the artist In the Winter of 2001/02, Michele Dantini traveled to Cameroon to photograph...
Radical Nature - Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009
From the photo archive of the Centre for Land Use Interpretation, 1977. Photograph: CLUI archive Radical Nature - Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009, an exhibition that opened a few days ago at the Barbican in London, brings together Land Art, environmental activism, experimental architecture and utopianism. Artists and architects have always been moved and inspired by the beauty and mysteries of nature. Since the 1960s and even more unreservedly over the last five...
Reader Report: Investing in a Bright Green Future
Photo by Michelle Check By Lisa Chacón The two women journalists looked at each other in stunned amazement, as they registered the news that they’d just found the half-million dollars they needed to take their business to the next level. We were networking over hors d’oeuvres and wine on the top floor of the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, at the opening reception of the Investors' Circle Spring conference, while the last strains of sunset played across the cityscape below. ...
Earth Day: 10 Big, Really Hard Things We Can Do to Save the Planet
Traditionally, this is a day devoted to making green accessible to all. It's a day when each of us is invited to take small, individual steps toward reducing our carbon footprints, limiting our waste, or restoring the environment. See how easy it is – and how fun – to do your part to save the planet? Whether Earth Day does any good is a subject of some real debate around here. Admittedly, this year's goals from the Earth Day Network (EDN) show that the holiday might be heading in the...
Headlines from Worldchanging Canada (3/31/09)
The top stories from our Canadian blog: Food for thought and action What is Vancouver doing to encourage local food? A lot, as it turns out. Peter ter Weeme reports on backyard chicken coops, a challenge by city council that has already created more than 1600 new garden plots, and a system that helps restaurants green their operations. The Missing Link Even when a company is well-meaning, how do we get companies to do their green due diligence? Jordy Gold explores how green chill may get...
Will Green Jobs Become the New Greenwash?
If you were to believe the hype — from politicos, the mainstream media, the blogosphere, academics, activists, and countless green gurus — you'd think that President Obama and Congress are readying to unleash small armies of green workers across the USA. "Green jobs" has become a rallying cry for activists and politicians alike. They're soon to arrive, and in big numbers — right? Well, maybe. The fact is, we don't really know what a green job is, let alone how to count them and...
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