31 July 2014January 29, 2019

Coal Does Not Have a Future

Jamaica Observer Suzette Bonas 18 July 2014 Newsweek’s Green Business Icon talks of business opportunities in climate change. JAMAICA’S private sector was yesterday warned not to allow coal-fired plants into the country’s energy mix as they are financially and environmentally unsustainable. Addressing the Climate Change Learning Conference for the Private Sector at the Pegasus Hotel, president of Natural Capitalism Solutions L Hunter Lovins said of all the fossil fuels, coal, which is being proposed for the trans-shipment port on Goat Islands, as well as for the mothballed bauxite plants in Manchester and St Elizabeth, emits the most carbon — the...

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18 June 2014January 29, 2019

A Small Team Making a Big Difference: An Intern’s Look at NCS

By 2014 NCS Intern Teija Mortvedt “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” -Steve Jobs People often think that it takes extraordinary genius, luck, or serendipity to make big things happen. That corporations are untouchable behemoths that rule the world. I had grown up with the preconception that only the ‘big’ could produce big. At Natural Capitalism Solutions, I’ve...

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17 June 2014January 29, 2019

Economy on the Edge: Seeking a World That Works for the 100%

The Guardian 6 June 2014 The global economy is on the edge with 85 people having as much wealth as 3.5bn of the world’s poorest. We need a new story of an economy that doesn’t trash the planet Humanity is learning the hard way. We are exceeding the planetary boundaries that define the edge of our planet’s capacity to support us. At the same time, we remain below the edge of what people need to live within a just, safe, and prosperous operating space, what Kate Raworth has called doughnut economics. The global economy stands on the precipice, with 85 individuals having as...

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29 April 2014January 29, 2019

Lies, Half Lies and Nuclear Distortions: There Ought to Be a Law

Huffington Post 28 April 2014   The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to rule soon on whether a state can make it illegal for a political candidate to lie about his or her opponent in an election campaign. Expect the Court to side with the old saw that “all’s fair in love and war.” After all, this is the Court whose majority ruled that dark money is free speech, corporations are people, and the Constitution is a flak vest for pretenders who lie about being decorated war heroes. Wouldn’t the world be a better place if political candidates were held accountable for...

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