Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists: “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade by Adam Minter” This is an interesting book on the story of Junk. Not to be confused with Lenard’s book on “The Story of Stuff”. Has anyone read this book and what do you think? ‘via Blog this’
Sustainability Business Success Hinges on CEO Mindset Change · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader: “Some 67 percent of CEOs in the study believed business is not doing enough to address global sustainability challenges. . . While 84 percent believed business should lead the way in addressing those challenges” Sustainable Leaders… Seems like something that Hall and Knab were talking about in their 2012 article/chapter. For businesses and business leaders (CEOs) not to take an active…
Patent Trolls Threaten Green Innovation · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader: There is a lot of discussion about “patent trolls” and the impact they have on various industries. Here is the argument about the impact they have on the innovation in “green” technology. This is really the case for all new technology and all new industries, but the argument is about the major impact the trolls have on smaller organizations in the…
Patent Trolls Threaten Green Innovation · Environmental Management & Energy News · Environmental Leader: There is a lot of discussion about “patent trolls” and the impact they have on various industries. Here is the argument about the impact they have on the innovation in “green” technology. This is really the case for all new technology and all new industries, but the argument is about the major impact the trolls have on smaller organizations in the…
Sustainability becomes a business law: This is a straight-forward article about sustainability in the ag world. There are business forces that are pushing toward sustainability as a “business law”. Sustainability has always been a “law of nature”. Break the law consistently and you should expect “unpredictable” results. (Well, probably somewhat predictable, but certainly not good results.) With the move toward $1T in non-GMO (organic-ish) worldwide, it is certainly clear that Ag needs to take the…
As BP oil spill trial resumes, lying accusations bubble up – CBS News: Everyone remembers the massive Gulf oil spill starting April 20, 2010 and 87 days of spillage. As we all watched the pictures from the surface oil slick and the underwater cameras at the well head, it was a tale of two oil spills. BP: trickle … => Media: deluge BP: gallons … => Media: barrels BP: creek => river But the truth…
