Last week we described Natural Capitalism Solutions’ (NCS) vision for transforming the Boulder-Denver region from an extractive economy to a regenerative one. A regenerative economy can provide solutions to the ecological crises we face while delivering shared prosperity for all. But in order to get there, we must exercise our imaginations. We have to tell...
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...
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....
Huffington Post L. Hunter Lovins September 2017 Puerto Rico is a mess. Or if it’s not, as Tommy Lee Jones observed in the movie No Place for Old Men, “It’ll do til the mess arrives.” That was a dark movie, and this is a dark time for 3.5 million American citizens. While Puerto Rico is...
Blog Post: Ocean Acidification BY: TATJANA KUNZ (Summer Intern 2017) Even those of us in landlocked Colorado, 745 miles from the nearest shore, rely on the ocean. The ocean absorbs large amounts of the carbon dioxide that we release, provides us with tasty seafood, is a major source for pharmaceuticals, and generates 70 percent of...
