Practical Environmentalism

"A house can have integrity, just like a person" - Ayn Rand -  Practical Environmentalism is strategic and transformational environmental stewardship that adds tangible value in the effort to be more responsible. It doesn’t matter if the organization practicing it is a household, a business, a state, regional or national government.

History’s Lesson: Sustainability Requires Everyone in the Trenches

“Our republics cannot exist long in prosperity. We require adversity and appear to possess most of the republican spirit when most depressed.” - Benjamin Rush -

Sustainability Is a Team Sport

"You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle." - Bill Peterson - I wouldn’t recommend following that directive. In fact, I am not even sure how it can be accomplished. But, it is relevant. Here’s why:

From Davos with Hope

Every year, leaders from industry, government and civil society meet in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.  This year’s meeting was held from January 29 through February 1 with a central theme, “Shaping the Post-Crisis World.”  The objective was to ensure that we look at the world in a holistic, systemic way going forward.

Ponzi Scheme, Pyramid Scheme, Bubble, and the Importance of Endogenous Growth

There has been a lot of discussion in the media about Ponzi schemes.  In fact, some economists have been debating whether we were facing a system-wide Ponzi scheme as financial imbalances that rely on new investors (including those overseas) could not last forever. A scheme needs a schemer, but this, of course, is not the case for the financial system at a macro level.  If we look at practices at a micro level, including the situation in the housing market, fraudulent practices and schemers did exist.