You Can’t Eat GNP: Economics As If Ecology Mattered

By on November 19, 2011 in Books

Scientist Eric A. Davidson writes a valuable primer on economics versus ecology. The most recent thinking on the evolution of homo sapiens is that we shared the planet with as many as 15 to 20 other hominid species for four million years. This is in contrast to the single line evolution theory that was gospel. [...]

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Desso – Eco-Effectiveness and the Triple Top Line

By on November 16, 2011 in Corporate Acts, Recycling, Triple Bottom Line

Desso is a leading European manufacturer of carpets, carpet tiles and artificial grass and sells in over 100 countries. Andrew Sibley from Desso explains how the Triple Bottom Line is being turned on its head. The Greeks called it Helios, the Romans Sol and, despite forming over 98% of the solar system, it is technically [...]

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Subway’s Greener Eco Restaurants

By on November 15, 2011 in Corporate Acts

14 Eco-Restaurants Now Opened, Many Others Incorporating “Eco” Elements The SUBWAY® restaurant chain, an industry leader in providing healthier options for consumers, announced the opening of five new “Green” SUBWAY Eco-Restaurants – with more on the way – each designed with environmentally friendly aspects to reduce energy, water, and waste consumption in cost effective ways. [...]

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Finding Raw Material from Waste

By on November 15, 2011 in Recycling

Disposal of hazardous waste can be deadly. It can seriously harm or kill plants, animals and people. It is a critical issue that needs to be tackled. Companies have been fined but that really has not helped solve the problem. Nobody likes change because status quo feels safer, it is familiar, we are used to [...]

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Fear Factor

By on November 15, 2011 in Frankel-y Speaking

Courage can supply a competitive advantage for corporations bold enough to be leaders. Picture this: the starting gate is here, today. The finish line (let’s call it a “sustainable society”) is off in the distance, somewhere out in the fog. Global corporations are lined up at the gate, snuffling and snorting like thoroughbreds. And there’s [...]

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