L. Hunter Lovins: “Investment for an Economy in Service to Life” (Download PDF Slideshow Here) Please contact [email protected] for the powerpoint slides. Related video on YouTube: Hunter Lovins – Holistic Management rebuilds community, economy and ecology
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...
5 June 2014 | New York | WOBI on Innovation
Hunter Lovins The Edge Economy, disrupting what doesn’t work to create an economy in service to life. WOBI on Innovation, 2014 (download slides)
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...
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...
5 June 2014 | New York, NY | WOBI on Innovation
L. Hunter Lovins: ” The Business Case for Sustainability” (Download PDF Slideshow Here) Please contact [email protected] for the powerpoint slides. Youtube Video: Hunter Lovins-The Edge Economy-WOBI on Innovation, NY
5 April 2014 | Boulder, CO | TEDxCU
Toby Russell Disaster Recovery – A Growth Industry?
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...
14 April 2014 | Austin, TX | SPEER Conference
L. Hunter Lovins: “Triumph of the Sun: The Threat of Solar” (Download PDF Slideshow Here) Please contact [email protected] for the powerpoint slides.
10 April 2014 | Albany, NY | State University of New York
“Jobs in the Anthropocene” by L. Hunter Lovins (Download PDF Slideshow Here) Please contact [email protected] for the powerpoint slides.