This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May of this year, I documented an increase in tax sheltering activity that should trouble anyone dedicated to conservation: tax-shelter promoters and some landowners are abusing a tax deduction intended…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The massive power of profit-hungry corporations to induce humanity to act in self-destructive ways is a hardy perennial of intellectuals and political activists. But it is curiously lacking in persuasive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Based on how our readers responded to TriplePundit coverage, here are our picks for the top sustainability and corporate social responsibility stories of 2017. Coal Keeps Hitting the Skids In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a second-floor cafe at an upmarket mall in Ghana’s capital Accra, a customer asks Dorys Fagbohoun for a straw for his fresh smoothie. With a smile, she politely tells…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The former president of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, thinks that most degraded land can be restored in a profitable way — but “creative” approaches are needed to make restoration projects attractive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each year a new wave of computers, smartphones, and accessories swarm the market with smaller components made from increasingly complex materials. While this technological evolution may be exciting for consumers, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Circularity > Sustainability: Instead of designing products and buildings for disposal, why not design them for purposeful reuse? This conversation is particularly relevant to the built environment, where the core…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2019, Microsoft will reopen its newly modernized Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View in a drive to keep technology workers excited about working within one of the most expensive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The president stole your land. That’s the stark, unequivocal, monochrome message writ large on the Patagonia homepage Monday, following Trump’s announcement that the government aims to dramatically cut back two…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In addition to moving from an economy powered predominantly by fossil fuels to one powered by clean energy, an important piece of the climate change mitigation puzzle is arresting deforestation.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation launched a new initiative designed to improve agriculture, livelihoods, and conservation in Ethiopia, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As the planet’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mark Tercek of The Nature Conservancy says the effort will identify “potential technology breakthroughs that will accelerate protection of nature at scale,” particularly in food production and water use. Last month,…