The Elephant in Rio
Don’t bank on a new “green economy” to solve our climate challenges.
Blogging the Rio+20 Earth Summit for the Rest of Us: What’s at Stake with the Green Economy
Simply obtaining measures to implement the commitments made 20 years ago would be better than creating any new corporate-driven initiatives or issuing yet more empty promises.
New Economy Transformation: Obama Budget Won’t Help
The military spending cut is real for the first time, but only about one percent of the Pentagon’s total.
Environmental Internationalism: Cuba’s New Mission?
Necessity forced Cuban leaders to adopt an environmentally friendly, self-reliant strategy that can aid the Earth’s well being and humanity’s survival.
Cuba: Looking Back and Ahead
In the first entry on a two-part series, we look at how Cuban leaders could forge a new environmental mission in 2012.
The Military: Unlikely Advocate for Green?
If the military maintains a strong commitment to clean energy, it can play a unique role in the development of reduced carbon emissions sources.
Tax Justice as Climate Justice
You don’t have to leave America to go to the Third World.
More Jobs, Less War
We should cut the military budget and use that money to fund our transition to a greener economy.
Jobs vs. War
Isn’t there some kind of law against panhandling?
The Green Dividend
The United States failed to capitalize on a Peace Dividend. Now, with the economy in a rut and the globe heating up, we have a second chance to shift Pentagon funds to domestic needs with a Green Dividend.
Leading the Way to a Smarter Future
People living in “transition” cities and towns are working together to make their communities more resilient to economic and environmental uncertainty.
From the Frontlines: May 18th, 2010
Afghanistan, the racial wealth gap, and a student sit-in.
Letter to South Korea’s New President
Lee Myung-Bak can turn South Korea into the first sustainable Green economy in the world.
A Green Bulldozer?
President Lee Myung-Bak can turn South Korea into the first sustainable Green economy in the world.
What Darwin Could Tell Us About the
Although it may seem counterintuitive, the “law and order” response by our politicians only intensifies the problem.