/]he first ever copy of Climate Capitalism arrived today. Margo Boteilho, our accountant, came in with the mail. I was giving an interview on my new book Climate Capitalism with Robert Colangelo of Greensense. It was my second interview of the day: this morning my co-author, Dr Boyd Cohen, and I did an hour long...
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It snowed in Berkeley last night
It snowed in Berkeley last night. Thought I saw some on a car going past. Then there it was, lining the verges of Interstate 80. OK, it’s still winter for a few more days… My tired mind didn’t register at first. The evening I’d been going to spend snuggled into the cozy little home in...
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I-80 West
It’s a long way from Des Moines to Colorado. We rose early – time-zone scrambled circadian rhythms being useful for something – and headed west. The morning started grimly though, as logging on to check the status of the crippled nuke in Japan brought the breaking news of the explosion. Dammit, why have humans persisted...
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Dispatch from Iowa
Today’s frontline is Iowa. Natural Capitalism has been working with various communities here to enhance the profitability of their small businesses through a for-profit venture that some folk in California has asked us to help create a year or so ago. It’s done OK, that little business, running half a dozen “sustainability learning circles,” with...
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Dispatches from the Frontlines of Sustainability
A block from Paddington Station in London is the Frontline Club, a haven for journalists and NGO activists who work on the front lines around the world. In its chic restaurant hang photos from wars its founders covered. And the original of the solitary man facing down a tank in Tiananmen Square. I belong, having...
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"Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change" by Victoria Stephens and Dena Zocher
Planet-Profit Report (by Victoria Stephens & Dena Zocher) 6 March 2011 Hunter Lovins, the president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, works with businesses, communities and governments to help them adopt sustainability principles and practices to deliver better value to their stakeholders. Lovins will give a keynote presentation at the 2011 Sustainable Opportunities Summit in Denver, April...
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"Convincing Even the Skeptics to Go Green" by Jim Witkin
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2 October 2010 | San Francisco, CA | West Coast Green & Madrone League Announcement
West Coast Green 2010 (no slides used) PRESS TreeHugger Michelle Kaufmann video interview with Hunter Lovins Just Means‘ Kevin Long video interview with Hunter Lovins Triple Pundit “Madrone League: Open Source Sustainability Education” (by Erica Frye) 4 October 2010 Triple Pundit “A Look at Women’s Leadership in Sustainability” (by Erica Frye) 14 October 2010 Tree...
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Elizabeth Bowman of CAPCOA Climate Change Forum
For me, Hunter’s presentation was the highlight of the conference very inspiring and practical at the same time. . . it’s a good mix. The best singular moment of the conference as a whole was when Hunter entered the room during Van Jones’ keynote address and they saluted each other. It was a special moment...
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The Future of Industry
By L. Hunter Lovins, Emily A. Evans, Bonnie Nixon and Catherine Greener This paper was adapted an expanded for a global audience from a paper written for the UNIDO International Conference on Green Industry in Asia, September 2009. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=””...