From the New York Times in September: Looking around the stand, Laurie Wayburn, co-founder of the Pacific Forest Trust, which manages this 2,200-acre forest plot for the Fred M. van Eck Forest Foundation, sees a variety of things: thick, straight trees that will generate millions of dollars for the foundation; a healthy forest that filters drinkingContinue reading “Whoo Decides How Much Is Enough?”
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Bringing market-based solutions underwater
A lot has been written about PERC’s Enviropreneur Institute lately – and for good reason. While many alarmists tout the demise of clean air, protected forests, and endangered animals, enviropreneurs work to find viable market solutions for improving environmental quality. As Co-Director of PEI Reed Watson notes: What distinguishes enviropreneurs from other environmentalists? One answerContinue reading “Bringing market-based solutions underwater”
Tapping Water Markets
An exploration of where and why water shortages are occurring and where and why water markets are evolving to resolve conflicting water uses.
Q&A with Shira Kronich on Peace Building Through Wastewater Treatment
PERC Enviropreneur Institute 2011 alumna Shira Kronich is working to find solutions to shared environmental problems in the Middle East. As a project manager for the Arava Institute of Environmental Studies in Southern Israel, Kronich coordinates the first UNDP trans-boundary Israeli-Palestinian project, “Peace Building through Wastewater Treatment.” The tensions in the Middle East are exacerbatedContinue reading “Q&A with Shira Kronich on Peace Building Through Wastewater Treatment”
Who Owns the Truffula Forest?
The Lorax, a Dr. Seuss classic, is hitting the big screen this weekend. The Lorax is an odd, little character that intrepidly opposes a thneed manufacturing plant (whatever that is!) run by the Oncelor. Similar to most environmental story plots, this one has a good environmentalist, the Lorax, that holds the moral high ground andContinue reading “Who Owns the Truffula Forest?”
Q & A with Kelly Sands Siragusa on Conservation Banking
For more of PERC’s ongoing Q&A series visit perclatorblog.org Kelly Sands Siragusa is the Conservation/Mitigation Manager for Corblu Ecology‚ LLC‚ a private firm in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ that specializes in ecosystem restoration and mitigation banking. Siragusa came to PERC’s Enviropreneur™ Institute (PEI ) in 2011 to focus on emerging market-based approaches for nutrient reductions andContinue reading “Q & A with Kelly Sands Siragusa on Conservation Banking”
Q&A with Michael Higuera on Enviropreneurship and Land Conservation
Enviropreneurship and land conservation.
Q & A with Shira Kronich on Peace Building through Wastewater Treatment
Israelis and Palestinians are building peace through wastewater treatment.
Enviropreneurs get the job done
The intersection of environmentalism and entrepreneurship is a popular place these days.
Environmental Luddites
Luddites can thwart even the best enviropreneurs; they see solutions as problems.