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Unburnable Fuels: Removing Reserves From The Balance Sheet (2013)
By Micha Tomkiewicz
Several recent reports suggest that markets are now overlooking the risk of ‘unburnable carbon.’ The share prices of oil, gas and coal companies depend in part on their reserves. The more fossil fuels a firm has underground, the more valuable its shares. But what if some of those reserves can never be dug up and burned? More…
The "Unusual" Yet Ubiquitous Left-Right Alliance: Towards an Anti-Establishment Center (2013)
By Sam Husseini
Every time you have this convergence of progressives and conservatives against the establishment, it's regarded as "unusual" "odd" or "bizarre" … There are in fact two "centers" – one that is pro-war and Wall Street (the establishment center) – and another that is pro-peace and populist (the anti-establishment center). More…
The Living Universe: Where Are We? Who Are We? Where Are We Going? (2007)
By Duane Elgin
2007
An excerpt from Chapter 7: Humanity Is Halfway Home of the visionary new book The Living Universe . Elgin is the bestselling author of Voluntary Simplicity (more than 150,000 sold) and an internationally recognized speaker, author, and social visionary who looks beneath the surface turbulence of our times to explore the deeper trends that are transforming our world. More…
What
We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Lessons from Nature (Spring
2002)
By Tachi
Kiuchi and Bill
Shireman
In the rainforest, nature uses feedback to "close
the loop." In the face of limits, feedback triggers adaptations
that lessen or make an end-run around physical constraints. In business,
companies like Coors use feedback to "close the loop," triggering
innovations that lead to new products, processes, businesses, and
profits.
Creating
Livable 21st Century Cities (Winter 2002)
Fourth Of A Series
By Karen Walz
While the term 'livable community' often evokes
an image of pleasant neighborhoods, inviting parks and friendly people,
a city's economic health is equally important to its livability. Without
jobs, few residents will choose to remain in those neighborhoods.
Without thriving businesses, the local government will be unlikely
to have the tax base to maintain those parks. Continuing economic
vitality is also an important part of a community's sustainability
over the long term.
Choosing
Simplicity: Real People Finding Peace and Fulfillment in a Complex World
(Summer 2001)
By Linda
Breen Pierce
Shortly after World War II, we entered a period
of great prosperity and material abundance - a prosperity that continues
to grow unabated, except for minor fluctuations from time to time.
But here we are, fifty years later, with many of us finding that our
hearts and souls are hurting. The prosperity we have enjoyed is just
not enough.
Creating
Livable 21st Century Cities (Spring 2001)
Third Of A Series
By Karen Walz
As we begin the 21st century, it is clear that
emerging technologies and changes in the economy will have a significant
impact on the shape of our urban areas. At the same time, the long-term
viability of these areas will depend on the locational choices made
by millions of individuals and businesses, choices that will be based
on the same question as in past centuries - is this city a good place
to live and conduct business? This series of articles explores the
factors that help answer that question.
Creating Livable
21st Century Cities (Winter 2001)
Second Of A Series
By Karen Walz
What makes a livable city? What lessons can be
learned from today’s cities so the cities of the future are both livable
and sustainable? In this article, the examination of major postwar
cities in the United States continues with an assessment of the characteristics
that define these cities and distinguish them from older major cities...
Art, Nature
& Recycling (Winter 2001)
By Reena Kazmann
Whether you think of your household garbage or
your local landfill, chances are good that what comes into your mind’s
eye is not a pretty picture. But there’s beauty to be found everywhere,
and so its not really surprising that a growing number of talented
and committed artists, designers, architects, and builders are converting
old stuff that would have gone to landfills into a wide array of useful
and beautiful products.
Restructuring
the Global Economy (Winter 2000)
By Lester
R. Brown
There has been more growth in world population
since 1950 than during the preceding four million years -- from when
we first stood upright. I don’t think we have yet grasped the dimensions
of the consequences of the sort of population growth that we are experiencing.
Livability
and Community Renewal (Winter 2000)
By Congressman Earl
Blumenauer
Recently (on the Charlie Rose show) Bette Midler
was asked what she would do if she had an opportunity to start her
career anew. What would she choose if she weren’t an entertainer?
And without missing a beat, she said she would be an urban planner.
Creating Livable
21st Century Cities (Fall 1999)
By Karen Walz
Livability. Smart growth. Sustainability. These
are some of the phrases politicians, urban planners, developers and
others use when describing the future of American communities. The
words used by residents are more direct: safe, clean, affordable,
friendly, with good jobs.
Making A Living
While Making A Difference (Fall 1999)
By Melissa
Everett
You are walking down to the corner cafe at dusk
to buy a local newspaper, and you notice: how pleasant it is to have
a corner cafe and to be near it, rather than in traffic, as the sun
sets; how reassuring it is to feel safe strolling in your own neighborhood,
since you remember years when the streets were less welcoming.
Livability:
The Perspectives of Local Government (Summer 1999)
by Paul Helmke
When mayors speak of livability, they talk about
reducing crime, improving public education, helping kids and adults
secure better job and housing opportunities, improving the delivery
of public services, recycling brownfields, enhancing the local environment,
improving parks and libraries and making transportation systems work
for people.
Earth Day
2000: Launch of the Earth Day Network (Winter 1999)
By Denis Hayes
Earth Day Network will use cutting-edge information
technology and traditional grassroots organizing to enlist half a
billion people around the world to challenge the power of vested interests
and protect the public interest.
A Powerful
Tool for Sustainable Development (Winter 1999)
The 1997 Taxpayer Relief Act may be the most significant
environmental legislation enacted by Congress in recent years, according
to a new report by the Environmental Law Institute.
Citizens Want
Teeth In Environmental Laws (Fall 1998)
The majority of people in the most populous countries
want tougher laws to protect the environment, according to the largest-ever
international survey of public opinion on the environment.

Living Beyond Our Means (2013)
By Dennis Church
The idea that we humans may be growing beyond – or overshooting – the capacity of the natural resources we depend upon to sustain us has a long history. It has proven premature when previously asserted, but now appears increasingly realistic. More…
A
Global Marshall Plan to Fight Terrorism (Spring 2002)
Comment by Richard C. Bell and Michael Renner
Regardless of how successful we may be in
the short run in tracking down the perpetrators of September 11. As
Marshall's words so plainly suggest, finding the terrorists should
be part of a much more ambitious campaign, one in which the rich countries
approach the appalling inequities of the world with the same boldness
and determination that the United States brought to bear in Europe
in 1947 under the Marshall Plan.
Calling The
US' Bluff On Kyoto (Summer 2001)
By Christopher Flavin
President Bush has breathed new life into the global
effort to combat climate change. In Europe, shock has turned to anger
over Bush's hasty rejection of the Kyoto protocol. His rejection has
also fostered a new determination to bring the protocol into force
- without the US if necessary.
Dissatisfaction
Guaranteed (Spring 2001)
By Dave Wann
It's like going into a room and forgetting what
you came for, except in this case it's the whole culture, forgetting.
We forget to ask, "What's an economy for?" En route to a
brand new American millennium, we got detoured. Price tags and bar
codes began to coat the surfaces of our lives, as every single activity
became a transaction. Eating, entertainment, socializing, health,
even religion - all became marketable commodities.
The Color
Asphalt (Summer 2000)
By Hartmut Gerdes
I trust you are as pleased as I am to hear about
the "hybrid" electric-gas powered smart car. In the future, we’ll
likely have cars powered by fuel cells. Hybrids produce far less environmentally
or atmospherically damaging exhaust, and fuel cell powered cars will
produce almost none.
Promise Ahead:
A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity’s Future (Summer 2000)
By Duane Elgin
How grown up do you think humanity is? When you
look at human behavior around the world and then imagine our species
as one individual, how old would that person be? A toddler? A teenager?
A young adult? An elder?
Preparing to
Live in the Next Millennium (Spring 2000)
By Denis Hayes
We tend to think of eras with great leadership
as eras that have great challenges, and that different people if placed
in different circumstances might have moved from mediocrity to greatness.
How Profit
Shapes Urban Space (Spring 2000)
By Jeffery J. Smith
Like the rest of the universe, US cities keep expanding.
Some time before the universe begins to contract, American metro regions
may, too. What counterpart to gravity might suck suburbia back into
the hole of our doughnut cities?
Environmental
Stewardship Vs. Economic Devel. (Winter 2000)
By Walter
McGuire
In the long term, the economy and the environment
are inextricably linked. Today's economy depends heavily on the availability
and cost of resources. Yet, we have built an economy that values resource
consumption rather than stewardship.
Beyond Ecomilitarism:
A New Path For Activism (Fall 1999)
By Bill
Shireman
This was a war-based strategy, a military-modeled
strategy that used as its motto the credo of the Spanish Civil War:
"Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees." This is the
model on which we developed the first wave of environmental activism.
The military model.
Intergenerational
Ethics In Water Supply Planning (Fall 1999)
By Eric Rosenblum
In 1746 Benjamin Franklin warned, "When the Well's
dry, we know the Worth of Water." As difficult as it is to anticipate
thirst in the midst of rain, it is even harder to appreciate today
the needs of generations yet unborn, and to provide for them.
Urban Living
in the New Millennium (Winter, 1999)
By Jerry T. Estruth
The leaders of our cities are struggling to build
transportation systems and to create communities that are livable
and provide an environment friendly to people and animals. Slowly,
awareness is growing and methods are being developed to enable us
to build self-sufficient places to live in the future.

Thinking, Fast and Slow (2013)
By Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman helps us distinguish between reality and the stories we often tell ourselves. By shining a spotlight on our exaggerated confidence in our visions of the future, he helps us to remember how much we don’t know, to stay open to new information, and to beware of our tendency to preferentially seek and retain information that reinforces our existing views. It is vital that we keep re-centering and re-grounding our views in reality, and this book explains specific and useful methods to help us do just that. More…
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (2009)
By Lester Brown
In this updated edition of the landmark Plan B, Lester Brown outlines a survival strategy for our early twenty-first-century civilization. The scale and complexity of issues facing our fast-forward world have no precedent. With Plan A, business as usual, we have neglected these issues. In Plan B 3.0, Brown warns that the only effective response now is a World War II-type mobilization like that in the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor. More…
Building
An Economy for the Earth (Spring 2002)
Successful
Sustainable Land Development (Winter 2002)
Renewing The Countryside (Winter 2002)
Sprawl Costs Us All (Winter 2002)
The Smart
Growth Challenge PowerPoint Presentation (Summer 2001)
"Dashboard
of Sustainability" Software (Summer 2001)
"Sprawling
of America" Videos Available (Summer 2001)
Sustainable
Practices Newsletter (Summer 2001)
Eco-Industrial
Development Strategy Guide (Summer 2001)
Gardens in
the Sky (Spring 2001)
Smart Growth Yields Environmental
Benefits (Spring 2001)
Solutions for a Sustainable
Future (Spring 2001)
Reinventing Cities for
the 21st Century (Spring 2001)
Successful
Sustainable Land Development (Winter 2001)
Renewing The Countryside (Winter 2001)
One Click
Green Lobbying (Fall 2000)
Sprawl Costs Us All (Fall 2000)
The "Pattern Language"
Of A Conservation Economy (Fall 2000)
Sustainable
Planning Tools Available (Summer 2000)
Urban Quality
Indicators Newsletter (Spring 2000)
Smash Your Stereotypes Here (Spring 2000)
Turning Disasters
Into Opportunities (Winter 2000)
Sustainable Development Gateway (Winter 2000)
Ecological Land Use Planning (Winter 2000)
Communities By Choice Web Site (Winter 2000)
Mapping The Journey Toward Sustainability (Winter 2000)
Sustainability/Natural Disaster Link Explained (Winter 2000)
National Housing Institute: Shelterforce Online (Winter 2000)
Building Sustainability
Video (Fall 1999)
The
GreenScene (Fall 1999)
Bigger
Not Necessarily Better (Fall 1999)
EcoTalk.com
Now Online (Fall 1999)
Sustainability
Indicators: More & Better (Fall 1999)
New
EDF Site: Environmental Justice (Fall 1999)
Sustainable
Measures Focus Of New Book (Fall 1999)
Green
Urbanism: Learning From European Cities (Fall 1999)
Livable
Communities Web Site Launched (Fall 1999)
This Place
Called Home: Tools for Sustainable Communities (Summer 1999)
Wealth, Ecology & The Evolutionary
Corporation (Summer 1999)
Updated Sustainable Community
Indicators Released (Summer 1999)
SustainableBusiness.com (Summer 1999)
Report on Sustainable Business (Summer 1999)
Seniors Focus on Livable
Communities (Summer 1999)
SCN Case Studies Updated (Summer 1999)
Business Benefits of Sustainable
Practices (Summer 1999)
Bring Back Our Neighborhoods (Summer 1999)
Indicators
Benchmark Sustainable Development (Spring 1999)
Cities
On The Rebound (Winter 1999)
Smart
Growth: Economy, Community, Environment (Winter 1999)
Design
Charrette For Sustainable Urban Landscapes (Winter 1999)
Guide
Helps Communities Explore Alternatives (Winter 1999)
Report
On Sustainable Communities (Winter 1999)
Going
Local (Fall 1998)
On
Community Development & Environment (Fall 1998)

News Feeds & Summaries (2014)
Includes news feeds from the Environmental News Service and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Also links to the complete News & Events archive. More…
Milestone
Reached for Corporate Sustainability Reporting (Spring 2002)
Urban Heat Island Summit
(Spring 2002)
Americans Say Helping Environment
Creates Jobs (Spring 2002)
Growth Management Helps,
Not Hurts, Affordability (Spring 2002)
Sustainable Dallas: From
The Business Community (Spring 2002)
State of the Planet: Science
and Sustainability (Spring 2002)
Aligning Environmental,
Economic and Social Objectives (Spring 2002)
Renewable Technologies
for Sustainable Development (Spring 2002)
Livable Communities
Seen As Critical Concern (Winter 2002)
Growing Pains Encourage
Growing Smart (Winter 2002)
Leading
Investors Urge Sustainability Reporting
(Winter 2002)
Institute Launched
To Help Build Eco-Economy (Summer 2001)
Solar Decathletes To Compete
(Summer 2001)
Right-Thinking Leadership In
Michigan (Summer
2001)
Preservationist Says "Take
Cities Off Life Support"
(Summer 2001)
Leading Investors
Urge Sustainability Reporting (Spring 2001)
Workshop on Pollution Prevention
for Sustainable Cities (Spring 2001)
Growth-Related
Votes Reflect Complexity (Winter 2001)
Eco-Industrial Development Strategies
Promoted (Winter 2001)
Beyond Gray Pinstripes: Greening
Business Ed (Winter 2001)
A Rising Tide Of Urbanization
(Winter 2001)
Growing Pains Encourage Growing
Smart (Winter 2001)
Study Disproves Jobs Vs. Environment
Myth (Winter 2001)
Pennsylvania Sets
Smart Growth Example (Fall 2000)
Livable Communities Seen As Critical
Concern (Fall 2000)
Transportation &
Community Preservation Workshop (Summer 2000)
Exploring The Social Dimensions
(Summer 2000)
Gore Livable Communities Initiative
(Summer 2000)
Promoting Sustainability in the
21st Century
(Summer 2000)
Rail-Volution 2000: Building
Livable Communities with Transit
(Summer 2000)
Livable Communities
Proposal To Improve Transit (Spring 2000)
The Business Case (Spring
2000)
PlaNetwork Conference (Spring
2000)
Developing Naturally: Enhancing
Communities (Spring 2000)
Empowering People & Creating
Communities (Spring 2000)
Dow Jones To Rank
Business Sustainability (Winter 2000)
Be
Part Of Greenprints 2000 (Winter 2000)
A Clean Government
Should Put Money Where Mouth Is (Fall 1999)
Center for Livable
Communities Seeks Nominations for Ahwahnee Awards (Summer 1999)
Rail~Volution ‘99 (Summer
1999)
Workshop on Education for Sustainability
(Summer 1999)
Clinton-Gore Livability Agenda
(Summer 1999)
Seeking
Suggestions For Sprawl Study (Winter 1999)
Federal
Initiatives To Help Communities (Winter 1999)
Pew
Seeks 50 Problem-Solving Communities (Winter 1999)
Terrain:
Journal On Built & Natural Environ. (Fall 1998)

Resources For Promoting Sustainability (2014)
Includes resources for conference and campus activity planners, for authors and environmental journalists, for educators, for nonprofit leaders and organizations, and for political leaders and green advocates. More…
National
Charrette Institute Launched (Spring 2002)
Greenways Grants
Available (Spring 2002)
Benefit Valuation
Proposals Invited (Spring 2002)
Smart Growth Funding
Guide (Spring 2002)
Investing
for Sustainable Jobs (Winter 2002)
Smart
Growth Funders Network Launched (Winter 2002)
Financing
Programs Promoting Sustainability (Winter
2002)
Insights For
Difficult Decisions (Winter 2002)
Toxics,
Sustainable Communities Funding (Summer 2001)
Foundations "Leading
The Field" (Summer 2001)
Sustainable Forestry
& Forest Dependent Communities
(Summer 2001)
Beyond
the Horizon: Predicting Future Environmental Problems (Spring 2001)
Grants To Strengthen
Conservation Organizations (Spring 2001)
Oregon Offers Livability
Incentive Funding (Spring 2001)
Sustainable Communities
Funding (Spring 2001)
Insights
For Difficult Decisions (Winter 2001)
Envisioning Partnerships
for a Sustainable Future (Winter 2001)
Ag Land Stewardship
Grants In California (Winter 2001)
Investing
for Sustainable Jobs (Fall 2000)
Grants Available In
Minnesota (Fall 2000)
Sustainable Economic
Development Grants (Fall 2000)
Funding For Land Use
& Transportation Activists (Fall 2000)
Greening The Entrepreneurial
Spirit (Fall 2000)
Transportation & Community
Grants Available (Fall 2000)
EPA Planning
Innovative Community Grants (Summer 2000)
SF Bay Area "Transportation
for Livable Communities" Grants
(Summer 2000)
Education for Sustainable
Development
(Summer 2000)
Funding
Availability for ROSS Program (Spring 2000)
Contribute While Buying
Online (Spring 2000)
Time.com’s E-Green Market
(Spring 2000)
Visit
The Hunger Site Every Day (Winter 2000)
Brownfields
Funding (Winter 2000)
Sustainability
Review Available
Now (Fall 1999)
Speakers
For Conferences Or Events (Fall 1999)
Financing
Programs Promoting Sustainability (Fall 1999)
EPA
Grant-Writing Tutorial (Fall 1999)
Smart
Growth Funders Network Launched (Fall 1999)
The
Sustainable Business Challenge (Fall 1999)
EDA
Gives Priority To Sustainable Development
(Summer 1999)
Acorn
Sustainable Future Grants
(Summer 1999)
Kit of Sustainable
Development Tools Available
(Summer 1999)
Plan For Your Sustainable
Downtown
(Summer 1999)
Kit To Help Communities
Become Sustainable
(Summer 1999)
Clean
Cities Program Seeking New Members (Winter 1999)
New
Model Planning Statutes Available (Winter 1999)
New
Ecosystem-Based Management Website (Winter 1999)
Indicators
of Sustainability Software (Winter 1999)
Sprawl
Watch Clearinghouse Online (Winter 1999)
Sustainable
Development Gateway Online (Winter 1999)
EDF
Offers Sustainability Kit (Winter 1999)
Discussion
Guides On Sustainability Available (Winter 1999)
Sustainable
Development Scholarships (Fall 1998)
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