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Never Again

By Carolyn Raffensperger and Nancy Myers

But a renaissance, a rebirth occurs not just because there is a rising of images and archetypal symbols. A renaissance happens because the soul is breached, the psyche unlocked, and a flood of new questions are released as to who we are and what we contain. – Jean [...]

The Commons, Future Generations and Elinor Ostrom

By Carolyn Raffensperger

Congratulations to Elinor Ostrom for winning the much-deserved Nobel prize for economics. She won the prize for her work on the economics of “common pool resources”, which are defined as “natural resources that are difficult to divide up or to fence in and where what one user of the resource does can [...]

Wrong question, wrong answers

By Cynthia Travis

Founder & President

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A September 21 “debate” between Robert Stavins and Steven Hayward in the Wall Street Journal asked the wrong question by a mile: “Can Countries Cut Carbon Emissions Without Hurting Economic Growth?” The question is based on several erroneous assumptions:

1) Perpetual economic growth is possible;

2) It is desirable;

3) It is moral;

4) There is [...]

If it’s good for the earth is it really good for the economy?

By Nancy Myers

We hope! And we are starting to try to make it so. For instance, there is this USA Today article, “When It Pays to Go Green.” It shows how going green is good for your personal economy and how you can make it pay even more.

There are a lot more articles and studies [...]