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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.
Oil: More
Costly Than You Think (Summer 2000)
By Lauren Poole
Every time gas prices rise, there is a public
outcry to reduce the cost of oil. What most Americans don’t realize,
however, is that they have been paying a very high price for oil -
but only a fraction at the gas pump - for years.
Tree Cover
Drops - Loss Costs DC Millions (Spring 2000)
Washington DC has experienced a dramatic loss of
tree cover since 1973, including a 64 percent decline in the most
ecologically valuable areas with heavy tree cover, according to a
new report by the national conservation group American Forests.
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.
Urgent Infrastructure
Needs Remain Unmet (Summer 1999)
One year after the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE) outlined $1.3 trillion in critical infrastructure needs, the
Society reports that urgent needs in the nation’s school buildings,
airports, water infrastructure and waste disposal systems remain unmet.
However, the Society says the federal government has responded to
the nation’s surface transportation needs.
Right To Know
To Grow (Spring 1999)
Fulfilling Vice President Gore's 1998 Earth Day
commitment to expand the public's right to know about toxic chemicals
released into local communities, the EPA has proposed to increase
public reporting of such releases by almost 25 percent.
Applications
For Chemical Microtechnology (Spring 1999)
Chemical processing systems are undergoing a transformation
- and a dramatic reduction in size - that may soon allow groundbreaking
applications in biohazardous conditions, fuel-cell-powered automobiles,
and waste treatment.
Opportunities
In Nonpoint Source Regulation (Winter 1999)
The recent outbreak of the dangerous Pfisteria
microbe in the Chesapeake Bay area demonstrates not only the profound
effect that agriculture can have on the health of waterbodies and
the economies they sustain, but also the differences in how states
respond.
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.
Flush With
Success (Fall 1998)
A new study says that efficient toilets, showerheads,
and faucets could save billions of dollars in water infrastructure
costs for communities that encourage them.

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…
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.
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?
Damn the Torpedoes
& Torpedo the Dams (Spring 2000)
By Robert
Caughlan
Four hundred miles of California’s fabulous beaches
are starving for sand, but surfers and other beach lovers have the
muscle to bring them back. We know why they’re starving and shrinking,
and we know how to rescue them.
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.
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.
Act Now ...
Or Wastewater Costs Will Swamp Communities (Summer 1999)
By AMSA & WEF
The "Cost of Clean" is rising sharply. To focus
national attention on skyrocketing wastewater infrastructure costs,
two leading national water quality organizations have released startling
findings on massive funding gaps facing local governments across the
country.
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...

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)
Wetlands Organizing
Tools Online (Spring 2002)
Sediment and Erosion
Control Best Practices (Spring 2002)
Toxic
Brew Endangers World Water Supply (Winter 2002)
Urban
Waterways Restoration Video (Winter 2002)
Ultimate Guide To
Muni P2 Legislation (Winter 2002)
Ecologically
Sound Lawn Care (Summer 2001)
Sustainable
Practices Newsletter (Summer 2001)
Toxic Brew
Endangers World Water Supply (Spring 2001)
Gardens in the Sky (Spring 2001)
Whole Systems Green Building
Guide Online (Spring 2001)
One Click
Green Lobbying (Fall 2000)
Watershed Case Studies &
Initiatives Directory (Fall 2000)
Urban Waterways
Restoration Video (Summer 2000)
Water Pollution Slide Show
Online (Summer 2000)
Sustainable
Lakes Workbook (Spring 2000)
New Report Details Energy
& Water Savings (Spring 2000)
A Whole Book
Just On Composting Toilets! (Fall 1999)
Ultimate
Guide To Muni P2 Legislation (Spring 1999)
New Environmental
Products Catalog Online (Spring 1999)
Waste Minimization National
Plan (Spring 1999)
Cities
On The Rebound (Winter 1999)
1999
National Green Pages Released (Winter 1999)

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…
Institute Launched
To Help Build Eco-Economy (Summer 2001)
Right-Thinking Leadership In
Michigan (Summer
2001)
Workshop on Pollution
Prevention for Sustainable Cities (Spring 2001)
Rainwater Harvesting (Spring
2001)
Deciding Our Water
Future (Fall 2000)
Water and Growth
in the West (Spring 2000)
Conserving Our Past -- Developing
Our Future (Spring 2000)
Symposium To Promote
Water Sensitive Design (Winter 2000)
USCM Launches New
Conservation Initiative (Fall 1999)
Cities Impact
Endangered Species (Spring 1999)
EPA Issues Changes To Risk Management
Program (Spring 1999)
Water Law: Courts, Coercion
& Collaboration (Spring 1999)
Worldwide
Water Conservation Conference (Winter 1999)
Residuals
And Biosolids Management Conference (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…
Pennsylvania
Is "Growing Greener" (Winter 2002)
Protecting "Aquatic
Ribbons Of Life" (Winter 2002)
Insights For
Difficult Decisions (Winter 2002)
Water Protection
and Conservation Grants (Winter
2002)
Aquatic
Habitat Funding For Great Lakes (Summer 2001)
Kongsgaard-Goldman
Foundation Grants
(Summer 2001)
Beyond
the Horizon: Predicting Future Environmental Problems (Spring 2001)
Grants To Strengthen
Conservation Organizations (Spring 2001)
Water Protection and
Conservation Grants (Spring 2001)
Renewable Energy Loans
in Idaho (Spring 2001)
Virginia Endowment
Funds Waterway Stewardship (Spring 2001)
Protecting
"Aquatic Ribbons Of Life" (Winter 2001)
Pennsylvania Is "Growing
Greener" (Winter 2001)
Insights For Difficult
Decisions (Winter 2001)
Grants To Monitor Environmental
Conditions (Winter 2001)
Wetlands
Ecosystem Conservation Funding (Fall 2000)
Seeds For Education
(Fall 2000)
EPA Planning
Innovative Community Grants (Summer 2000)
Metropolitan
Council Nonpoint Funding Info (Fall 1999)
Capping
Contaminated Sediments Cuts Costs (Spring 1999)
EcoScan: New Environmental
Impact Tool (Spring 1999)
Trees Clean Up Pollutants
& Save Money (Spring 1999)
Consumer
Help On Water Quality (Winter 1999)
Clean
Cities Program Seeking New Members (Winter 1999)
New
Ecosystem-Based Management Website (Winter 1999)
Wetlands
Creation, Restoration Guide Online (Fall 1998)
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