Can Trees Save Us?
Trees, it turns out, might just save us. Trees have regularly taken center stage in creation and salvation myths (see: Tree of Life and Knowledge, Bodhi Tree, James Cameron’s Avatar Hometree – spoiler, sequels are coming) and for good reason: they provide food, shelter, warmth, clean air, shade, sanctuary and …
It’s Just Business. Or is it?
In August 2019 the Business Roundtable (the Illuminati of Fortune 500 CEOs) updated its definition of business purpose to include obligations not just to the shareholders but to all stakeholders including employees, customers, suppliers and communities. The announcement states it simply: “The American dream is alive, but fraying.” …
Do We Need a Carbon Tax?
William Nordaus, the pulitzer prize winning economist and author of the Climate Casino, has stated that “Unless we enact a carbon tax we will get virtually no where in slowing climate change.” In most climate circles, a carbon tax is seen as necessarily the most effective policy tool to reduce…
