Paradoxically, economics has done more for nature than ecology has.
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The Art of Managing Nature
Assessing humans’ role in nature and the reality of wilderness
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure
In Review
Econ-Pragmatists and Eco-Pragmatists Unite
Step away from the blackboard
The Nature of Nature and Humanity’s Place in It
The wilderness illusion and environmental realism
Financial Mechanisms and Environmental Quality
This episode features Executive Director Dino Falaschetti speaking at the Florida Insurance Market Summit.
Can Economics and Ecology be Reconciled?
The connection between the fields of economics and ecology
Drink Dr. Pepper in Honor of World Wetlands Day
Saturday is World Wetlands Day. You could celebrate by cleaning up trash from a wetland or, if you don’t like feel like slogging it out in swampy water, you could drink an ice-cold Dr. Pepper. Laura Huggins explains.
Tale of Two Ranches
On the John Batchelor Show, Reed Watson discusses the policies that govern public elk on private land in both Montana and Colorado. His talk focuses on how those policies can affect rancher reactions to elk on their property. https://www.perc.org/sites/default/files/media/JBS%20Watson%20012513_0.mp3
Are Plastic Grocery Bag Bans Bad for Public Health?
San Francisco banned disposable plastic grocery bags in 2007. It’s not alone. Several dozen communities around the country have adopted similar policies, all in the name of environmental protection. Those thin plastic bags may require far less material than in years past, but some still see them as wasteful. New research, however, shows that banningContinue reading “Are Plastic Grocery Bag Bans Bad for Public Health?”