Archive for 2016

Arguments for Climate Action that may Resonate with Trump and other Republicans

December 30, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Acting on climate change should be a matter of common sense instead the GOP and the incoming Trump administration are opposed to climate action and many even deny the veracity of anthropogenic warming. However, there are some compelling reasons why even ideologically intransigent Republicans may want...

GMO's Annual Green School Series Review of Posts in 2016

December 28, 2016 Add Comment Edit

This year the Green Market Oracle (GMO) published 32 articles as part of an annual series on green schools published at the end of summer and fall.These articles include a review of the growing green schools movement, best practices and what sustainability professionals need to learn. That is followed...

Obama Administration's Oil and Gas Initiatives

December 27, 2016 Add Comment Edit

In their final year, the Obama administration has moved forward with some important actions to curtail extraction and reduce pollution from the oil and gas industry. Fossil fuels are responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gases and deadly air pollution. To help address these concerns President...

December 25, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Christmas is a time for hope but this year many are feeling crushed by the US election results. Last Christmas we were celebrating the great triumph of COP21, this year we are preparing for what is shaping up to be a very destructive US presidency. This is a pivotal moment in world history. On...

How Conservatives Use Fake News to Control the Narrative

December 23, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Donald Trump and many members of his administration have capitalized on the fact that conservatives love fake news and reject facts and scientific evidence. While there are fake news sites on both sides of the political spectrum, research shows that the problem is far worse on the right than it is...

Trump and the Darkness of Post Factual Media

December 21, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Darkness is falling as a reality countering narrative is growing led by the subterfuge of unscrupulous fake news outlets. Facts undermine the alt-right agenda so they have created their own news which is little more than a collection of propaganda, spin and lies.This will be the darkest night in half...

What We Do to Our Oceans We Do to Ourselves (Infographic)

December 19, 2016 Add Comment Edit

We are in what is being called the sixth great mass extinction and this is having devastating impacts on ocean wildlife. Almost half of all species on earth are or soon will be extinct. What we are doing to our oceans mirrors what we did to terrestrial species some 50 - 100 thousand years ago. ...

Event - AIREC (Argentina Renewable Energy Congress)

December 18, 2016 Add Comment Edit

AIREC will take place on September 26-29, 2017 in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is Argentina's leading renewable energy congress. At this event, you can position yourself at the forefront of Argentina’s renewable energy revolution and learn about new regulatory environment in detail...

December 18, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Indonesia Renewable Power will take place February 27, 2017 - March 1, 2017 at Le Meridien Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia. At this event you will meet local and international power companies, municipalities and regulators, IPPs, renewable energy industry players (solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, waste-to-energy),...

Clean Energy for a Sustainable Future (Videos)

December 17, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Clean energy will continue to grow despite the utter ignorance and abject corruption of the newly elected American administration. However, we cannot avoid the realization that those interested in creating a sustainable future are in for a very difficult four years. America has voted for a climate...

The Electoral College is the Last Hope to Stop Trump

December 16, 2016 Add Comment Edit

The electoral college is our last best hope to avert an unprecedented calamity. The coalescing Trump administration has been described as the most dangerous group of individuals in the history of the world. Trump himself is a pathological liar and a horrifying combination of conceit and ineptitude.Make...

Fake News is Serious but so are Efforts to Combat it

December 15, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Fake news is not a joke it is a serious threat to the institution of democracy and planetary health. Indeed it is not overstating the case to say it threatens the very survival of our species. Fake news contributed to Trump's election victory, the Brexit vote in the UK and climate denial. To make good...

Truck Transport: Green Greener and Greenest (Video)

December 14, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Truly "green" 18 wheeler transport trucks (aka Class 8 or semis) must have a little or no environmental impact. A sustainable transport truck must be emissions free if it is to make a positive contribution to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the communities they serve. ...

Marketing Sustainability and the Science of Storytelling

December 13, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Marketing sustainability is about telling a good story and creating an emotional experience. While it may seem like an art there is a lot of science behind good storytelling. The advantages good sustainability focused storytelling benefit both the brand and the bottom line. The goal is to invoke drama...

December 12, 2016 Add Comment Edit

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has delivered on his promise and succeeded in securing an historic national climate deal with the provinces. Under the new pan-Canadian agreement each province and territory will advance their own climate action plan.The wide-ranging accord includes carbon...