Reading the newspaper these days often feels like an onslaught of one crisis after another—storms causing severe flooding, droughts ruining crops and driving up food prices, wildfires destroying thousands of homes. In the midst of these immediate and dramatic stories, the global financial crisis of 2008 can feel like old news. But a new video animation by Doing It Ourselves [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Banking, Oil, and Us–A Troubled Trio
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 6th, 2012
By Sarah Parkinson
Reading the newspaper these days often feels like an onslaught of one crisis after another—storms causing severe flooding, droughts ruining crops and driving up food prices, wildfires destroying thousands of homes. In the midst of these immediate and dramatic stories, the global financial crisis of 2008 can feel like old news. But a new video animation by Doing It Ourselves [...]
Sustainability and Happiness: A Development Philosophy for Bhutan and the World
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: September 4th, 2012
By Jigmi Thinley
Thirty years ago, the fourth king of Bhutan famously proclaimed that “Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product,” setting the country on a development path that seeks to integrate sustainable and equitable socioeconomic development with environmental conservation, cultural promotion, and good governance.
This “happiness” has nothing to do with the common use of that word to denote an [...]
Growing Cities: Filmmaker Dan Susman Discusses Urban Agriculture
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: August 31st, 2012
By Sarah Parkinson
Dan Susman’s first experience with farming was growing giant pumpkins in his backyard as a kid. Since those early days, the Omaha, NE native has always known that growing food was something essential. Now, after graduating from Dartmouth College with degrees in Ecology and Environmental Studies, Dan has dedicated himself to tackling the problems of our national food system. With [...]
The Economic Case for a Green Economy
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: August 28th, 2012
By Sarah Parkinson
We know that the earth is warming. We also know why the earth is warming. The question, then, is what can we do about it? Is it really possible to curb emissions without crippling our economy and our society?
The answer is yes according to Paul Krugman, an internationally recognized economist and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. [...]
Anchoring Wealth to Sustain Cities and Population Growth
Posted by Kindle Loomis, Published: August 2nd, 2012
By Gar Alperovitz, Thad Williamson, and Steve Dubb
The following article is reposted from the July 2012 Solutions Journal.
A commuter train station in Vauban, Germany, a suburb of Freiburg recently constructed on the assumption that residents will not own cars. This kind of concerted policy effort will be critical if the U.S. hopes to move away from sprawling “throwaway” cities. Photo credit: Björn Freiberg (via flickr.com)
In Brief
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