By Jake Bolster, Inside Climate News Mountain West communities are split over the USFWS’ decision to manage isolated bear populations as one. But many agree that things may soon get worse for large predators. A Grizzly roams through Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Neal Herbert/NPS For over a quarter century, a …
Preserving Alabama’s Flagg Mountain, the Southernmost Appalachian Peak
By Dennis Pillion, Inside Climate News One of the state’s few remaining old-growth longleaf pine forests, Flagg Mountain connects to the famous Appalachian Trail. A diverse coalition of state and nonprofit organizations are working to preserve and restore this ecologically and culturally significant peak. An aerial view of the tower …
The US wants to cut food waste in half. We’re not even close.
By Frida Garza, Grist Americans waste more than 300 pounds of food per person per year, study says. Boston Globe / Getty Images The United States is nowhere near its goal of cutting food waste in half by 2030, according to new analysis from the University of California, Davis. In …
How to take Scope 3 Emissions from Data to Action
Sustainable Brands For Scope 3 to be monitored successfully, Scope 1 and 2 emissions reporting must be mandated across all businesses and suppliers, no matter their size. Scope 3 inventories have become an essential tool for organisations that are looking to take meaningful action to improve the environmental impact of their …
Virginia Once Drained and Dried Peatlands, but Now Eyes Them as Carbon Sinks
By Diana Kruzman, Inside Climate News The bogs, logged for centuries and recently burned, sequester far more carbon than forests. Now, thousands of acres are being “rewetted” as part of a restoration strategy. Fred Wurster’s favorite time to walk through the Great Dismal Swamp is at dusk. Pushing through thick …
A Court Says Coastal Marine Ecosystems Have Intrinsic Value—and Legal Rights
By Katie Surma, Inside Climate News In a landmark ruling, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court concluded that the government must set limits on human activity, like industrial fishing, to protect marine ecosystems’ natural cycles. Fish and sharks swim around North Seymour Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands on March 8, 2024. Credit: Ernesto …
“STEERING SOCIETIES BEYOND GDP to SDGs”: By Hazel Henderson
©2020 Hazel Henderson The simmering debate has now exploded about whether GDP the ubiquitous index, is a correct measure of overall progress, but still used by governments, financial markets, mass media, companies, and everyone else. Our Ethical Markets global ”Beyond GDP“ surveys with GlobeScan conducted since 2007, still find an average …
Hazel Henderson Presents at Family Office Forum, Wiesbaden, Germany, April 9-10, 2019
Investments Combining Returns with Positive Social and Environmental Impacts Hazel Henderson Presents to Family Office Forum, Wiesbaden Germany, April 9-10, 2019
Financial Transaction Taxes: The Commonsense Approach by Hazel Henderson
For Responsible Investor, October 19th, 2010 Despite the special pleadings of high frequency traders (HFT), the SEC’s initial report on the May 6, 2010, “flash crash” shows them as bogus. “Providing liquidity” claims for HFT turned out to be false – liquidity disappeared when needed. Price discovery was hampered by …
Chapter 13: Good Polling to Keep Democracy Alive and Elections Honest
Chapter 13: Good Polling to Keep Democracy Alive and Elections Honest By Alan F. Kay, PhD © 2004, (fair use with attribution and copy to author) Sept. 29, 2004 In Chapter 10, we saw the utility of often including authority figures in testing support for policy. Since adequate questions …