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Optimism is no-nonsense

Resilience Imperative

The Five Levels of Sustainable Investment Value

The financial sector has become top-heavy, and that poses real dangers to generalized wellbeing and sustainable prosperity. Too much wealth … Continue reading The Five Levels of Sustainable Investment Value

The PARIS Principles
Climate Solutions

The PARIS Principles

For effective, efficient, equitable carbon pricing: Price pollution with a defined, steadily rising price on climate-disrupting emissions, preferably at the … Continue reading The PARIS Principles

Bipartisan carbon fee and dividend bill now before U.S. Congress
Citizens Climate Lobby

Bipartisan carbon fee and dividend bill now before U.S. Congress

The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act puts a price on carbon-emitting fuels, at the source, and delivers all revenues … Continue reading Bipartisan carbon fee and dividend bill now before U.S. Congress

The SDGs are a map of future opportunity
Resilience Imperative

The SDGs are a map of future opportunity

The Sustainable Development Goals are a map of future opportunity. It’s that simple. Since 2015, critics have fretted that the … Continue reading The SDGs are a map of future opportunity

Make No-Nonsense Optimism the Spirit of 2019
Geoversiv

Make No-Nonsense Optimism the Spirit of 2019

Dear Friends, 2018 was a turbulent and haunting year. The US was added to the list of nations where journalists … Continue reading Make No-Nonsense Optimism the Spirit of 2019

Earthrise
The Note

Earthrise

50 years ago today, on Christmas Eve 1968, the Apollo 8 command module rounded the Moon. It was the first … Continue reading Earthrise

Treasury Secretary’s reassurance reveals banking sector weaknesses
Resilience Imperative

Treasury Secretary’s reassurance reveals banking sector weaknesses

NOTE: This comment is an update to the January 30, 2018 article “Income Inequality puts Everything We Value at Risk” … Continue reading Treasury Secretary’s reassurance reveals banking sector weaknesses

Katowice sets standards for accelerated climate action
Political Process

Katowice sets standards for accelerated climate action

The COP24 in Katowice, Poland, was an opportunity to design and activate a global process to secure human liberty and … Continue reading Katowice sets standards for accelerated climate action

COP24: The Smarter Path to Human Freedom
Resilience Imperative

COP24: The Smarter Path to Human Freedom

Unsustainable business models will not secure future freedom; we need to account for nonlinear threats and impacts on natural systems. … Continue reading COP24: The Smarter Path to Human Freedom

Vote for Higher Purpose
Citizenship

Vote for Higher Purpose

The late Senior Senator from Arizona John McCain wrote that: Human rights exist above the state and beyond history. They cannot be … Continue reading Vote for Higher Purpose

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