Meryl Compton January 2016 With the recent year of historic climate action behind us, it’s now time to gain some perspective about where the general public stands on issues related to climate and clean energy. By carefully studying the full complexity of public opinions, and identifying significant gaps between mass public and expert opinions,...
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Fear
Huffington Post L. Hunter Lovins December 2015 This article has been submitted as part of the Natural Capital Coalition’s series of blogs on natural capital by Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions, Professor of Sustainable Management, Bard MBA and Time Magazine Millennium “Hero of the Planet”. We’ve all felt it. Anxiety before an exam; the...
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Playing Catch Up: The U.S. is Losing the Renewable Energy Race
Kendall Kraus November 2015 No one enjoys playing catch up. Why work twice as hard after falling behind if you are already at the top of the ladder? Right now, the United States is at the top of the global economic ladder and has been since the twentieth century. However, the U.S. is vulnerable to...
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Project Spotlight: Lyons, CO
Sustainable Recovery (by Toby Russell) It’s been a long time in the making. Way back in August of 2013 Natural Capitalism Solutions won the contract to support the creation of the Lyons Environmental Sustainability Action Plan. The vision of the plan was to create a document that would help guide Lyons on a path...
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Hunter’s Corner: Traveling The Globe To Create a Movement That Matters
Spring 2015 Where did winter go? My friends in the Northeast are pleased to see it move off, but for me it’s been a blur. My main priority has been to push forward the creation of a narrative for an economy in service to life—one that works for 100% of humanity, as Bucky Fuller...
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Turning Passion into Action
NCS Interns: Where Are They Now Series My internship at Nat Cap was the first step in turning a passion for environmental stewardship into a new career. The very talented Nat Cap staff worked side by side with interns, treating us as colleagues, to produce their research and many consulting and education projects. I’ve...
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Hunter’s Homework Assignments
ISSP Conference | Wisdom Panel Denver, CO 13 November 2014 During the ISSP Conference Wisdom Panel last Thursday, November 13th, if your pen wasn’t flying fast enough you might have missed some of the books, videos, ideas and leaders Hunter thinks worth checking out. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back. Videos: Charlie Rose interviews Jeremy Grantham...
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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...
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Why We Rob Our Childern
Bill Becker 5 February 2014 In 1934 when the FBI asked Willie Sutton why he robbed banks, he reportedly answered, “Because that’s where the money is.” Today, if you ask an investor in the fossil energy sector to be candid about why he is robbing our children’s future, he would give the same response:...