Unreasonable Institute L. Hunter Lovins January, 2015 It’s flattering to be asked to be a poster child for a major international campaign. The language was veiled but the implication clear: Would I help a big company undertake a campaign to end energy poverty? The client? Peabody Coal, the largest private-sector coal company in the world....
Day: April 15, 2015
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The Climate Denier’s Guide to Getting Rich From Fossil Fuel Divestment
The Guardian L. Hunter Lovins 14 April, 2015 Don’t believe in climate change? Okay, let’s pretend it’s a hoax. From a purely financial perspective it doesn’t matter. If it is a hoax, you’ll make a lot of money. If it’s the real and worsening catastrophe climate scientists believe it to be, you’ll still make a lot of...
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Life after divestment: how to spend the money saved from fossil fuel investments
The Guardian L. Hunter Lovins 13 April, 2015 As more US colleges divest from fossil fuel companies, a new question arises: what to do with all that cash? It began in 2012 with Unity College in Maine. Then Stanford joined in, followed by Syracuse. Now, more than 20 US colleges have divested from fossil fuel...
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Challenging the Old Narrative that Possessions Equal Prosperity
The Guardian by Hunter Lovins 10 October 2014 A shift to the sharing economy, millennials shunning private car and home ownership, a saturation of consumerism – is a new economic narrative emerging? Prosperity. Every segment of society seeks it, but ask what it means or how to get it and the answers are not always...
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10 April 2015 | Poughkeepsie, NY | Sustainable Hudson Valley Conference
L. Hunter Lovins: “Water and Life” (Download PDF Slideshow Here) Please contact [email protected] for the powerpoint slides.