Y On Earth Features Hunter Lovins On Her New Book, “A Finer Future”

Y On Earth Features Hunter Lovins On Her New Book, “A Finer Future”

Author and global thought leader, Hunter Lovins, discusses her new book, “A Finer Future,” in which a hopeful pathway, grounded in actual developments worldwide, is laid out for achieving a sustainable world. Integrated bottom lines, the helix of managing a sustainable organization, growing “well-being economy alliances,” and the “baking in” of sustainability objectives are among the keys Lovins articulates. Her forward-looking book, with chapters like: “Moving Money from Harm to Healing,” “Triumph of the Sun: The Mother of All Disruptions,” and “Growing a Finer Future” on carbon farming, paints a picture of the future that is possible for all of...

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What Do You Say When Young People Ask If There Is Hope?

What Do You Say When Young People Ask If There Is Hope?

This last weekend one of my students asked if we might talk…? (I teach the next generation’s business leaders at the Bard MBA.) Sure. “It’s my daughter…,” she said, her eyes moistening. “She asked me this week if she is going to have a future.” It’s heartbreaking that our children have to deal with these fears. But in many ways, they are being more adult about it than we have been. They see speeches such as David Attenborough’s at the recent global climate conference in Poland where he stated: “The end of civilization is on the horizon.” Our children realize that grownups...

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