8 Posts Found

Eating “green” is not so easy.

Authors: Christopher L. Weber, H. Scott Matthews | Source: The Wilson Quarterly (Autumn2008) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Environment | Sustainability, Excerpts, Food

Tom Vanderbilt on the future of the auto industry (a review of Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability by Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon, Oxford University Press, 304 pp, 2010).

Author: Tom Vanderbilt | Source: The Wilson Quarterly (Spring2009) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Environment | Sustainability, Excerpts, Politics & Public Policy

What would a sustainable, universally beneficial economy look like? “Like a doughnut,” says Oxford economist Kate Raworth. In an eye-opening talk, she explains how we can move countries out of the hole—where people are falling short on life’s essentials—and create regenerative, distributive economies that work within the planet’s ecological limits.

Author: Kate Raworth | Source: TED (April2018) | Subjects: Audio, Economics | Economy, Environment | Sustainability, Politics & Public Policy

An unassuming Dutch traffic engineer showed that streets without signs can be safer than roads cluttered with arrows, painted lines, and lights. Are we ready to believe him?

Author: Tom Vanderbilt | Source: The Wilson Quarterly (Summer2008) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Culture, Environment | Sustainability, Excerpts, Politics & Public Policy

If you are a fan of Ken Burns documentaries, this is as fine as any of them. It is interesting and educational on so many levels: the environment, biology, economic development, politics, etc. It will also really open your eyes to just how influential one person or a small group of people can be in enacting huge changes and improvements in society. You will learn … [ Read more ]

Author: Ken Burns | Source: PBS (September2009) | Subjects: America, Environment | Sustainability, History, Travel

Many scientists agree that the Earth seems warmer than in centuries past. But what is the cause? Part of a two-article series (Global Warming: Both Sides) on global warming examining both sides of the argument.

The debate about global warming has grown ever more intense in recent years and become as much political as it is scientific. There’s no doubt that Earth is warming— the … [ Read more ]

Author: Jack M. Hollander | Source: The Wilson Quarterly (Spring2003) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Environment | Sustainability, Excerpts, Politics & Public Policy

Two scientists present the evidence that greenhouse gases are causing the Earth’s warming. Part of a two-article series (Global Warming: Both Sides) on global warming examining both sides of the argument.

The debate about global warming has grown ever more intense in recent years and become as much political as it is scientific. There’s no doubt that Earth is warming— the scientific evidence shows that … [ Read more ]

Authors: Tim P. Barnett, V. Ramanathan | Source: The Wilson Quarterly (Spring2003) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Environment | Sustainability, Excerpts, Politics & Public Policy

The influential economic theorist looks ahead to a world of virtually free energy and zero marginal cost production, and to a desperate race against climate change.

Authors: Art Kleiner, Jeremy Rifkin, Juliette Powell | Source: strategy+business (Winter2017) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Economics | Economy, Environment | Sustainability, Excerpts, History, Life & Society, Politics & Public Policy