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Wildfire Solutions Summit: July 2016
Entering Wildfire from Bright Eye Cinema on Vimeo. Learn more about wildfire at PERC.org/wildfire. IMMERSIVE ART EXPERIENCE Walk into wildfire at The Foundry at 16 S Tracy, downtown Bozeman. Experience an immersive wildfire video installation by collaborating artists Ethan Turpin and Jonathan Smith. Reception: Thursday, July 21st from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm S’mores and drinks available. Installation openContinue reading “Wildfire Solutions Summit: July 2016”
Semantic Traps Seminar: June 2016
A Seminar for Scholars, Journalists and Entrepreneurs “One must always repeat the truth, because even the error around us is preached again and again. And not from individuals but from the crowd.” J.W. von Goethe When political speech writers pen speeches for presidents, prime ministers, and other influential dignitaries, they choose their words carefully, knowingContinue reading “Semantic Traps Seminar: June 2016”
Environmental Policy in the Anthropocene Workshop: December 2015
December 4-5, 2015 at PERC Environmentalists are increasingly confronted with two emerging ideas about the natural world; first, that there is no such thing as a balance of nature and second, that nature cannot be easily separated, if at all, from human action. The first idea is embodied in the work of ecologist Dan Botkin,Continue reading “Environmental Policy in the Anthropocene Workshop: December 2015”
Meet PERC’s 2015 Impact Fellows
Javier Angulo Javier teaches engineering and sustainable energy courses at the Escuela Superior de Economia y Negocio’s in El Salvador. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Butler University, a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue, and a M.S. in Sustainable Energy Development from the University of Calgary. Javier has led research and consulting projectsContinue reading “Meet PERC’s 2015 Impact Fellows”
Meet the 2014 Enviropreneurs
2014 Enviropreneur Fellows at the Flying D What is an enviropreneur? An environmental entrepreneur. An innovator who finds new ways to enhance environmental quality. Someone who resolves environmental conflicts using contracts, property rights, and markets. Who are PERC’s enviropreneurs? Alumni of PERC’s Enviropreneur Institute are all over the world working in a wide range ofContinue reading “Meet the 2014 Enviropreneurs”
Liberty and the Progress of the Human Condition: July 2014
Directed by Reed Watson Why do some societies succeed and others fail? How should we understand failure or success within civilizations? How do markets and the environment interact? These are enduring questions with direct implications for our understanding of liberty. The works of Christopher Dawson and Matt Ridley stand out as distinctive approaches to theseContinue reading “Liberty and the Progress of the Human Condition: July 2014”
PERC Enviropreneur Institute 2013
PERC Enviropreneur™ Institute 2013 To empower environmental entrepreneurs in the application of property, contracts, and markets to enhance environmental assets. Director: Reed Watson June 23 – July 2, 2013 Bozeman, Montana Fellows The most powerful outcomes of the Institute are the realationships that emerge between the fellows. Indeed, you are likely to learn as muchContinue reading “PERC Enviropreneur Institute 2013”
Property Rights and Economic Development for Indigenous Peoples: November 2013
October 31-November 3, 2013 Bozeman, Montana Directed by: Terry L. Anderson and Dominic P. Parker The purpose of this conference co-sponsored with Liberty Fund Inc. is to explore the relationship between liberty and property rights from a historical perspective, focusing especially on how these rights have been employed by and have impacted indigenous populations inContinue reading “Property Rights and Economic Development for Indigenous Peoples: November 2013”
Reconciling Ecology and Economics: August 2013
August 13 – 16, 2013 Bozeman, Montana Directed by Terry Anderson This colloquium, co-sponsored with Liberty Fund, Inc., will explore how self-interest and altruism manifest themselves through markets and, consequently, how they influence the connection between humans and nature. Participants will explore the connection between ecology and economics using Hayek’s insights regarding markets as processesContinue reading “Reconciling Ecology and Economics: August 2013”