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Tree-free paper

As paper overflows wastebaskets and flutters from dumpsters in office parks, many people have rallied to the cry for a paperless office to save trees.

Published on: December 9, 2008

Gauchos go in style

In the shanty towns of Buenos Aires and other impoverished communities, many children go barefoot. Blake Mycoskie changed that paradigm with the creation of a new business – Toms shoes. Now, children wearing bright-colored canvas shoes can be found on four continents.

Published on: December 9, 2008

A tsunami lesson

The devastation wrought by the tsunami that struck Sri Lanka in 2004 still exists.

Published on: December 9, 2008

Don’t Abandon Market Ship

[…] blame the problem on market failure and to jump on the regulatory bandwagon. Though the problems on Wall Street are much more related to regulated markets than free markets, the call is for more regulation to fix failed regulation. Couple this with the fact Presidentelect Obama and a Democratically controlled Congress are unlikely to […]

Published on: December 5, 2008

Money Grows on Trees in New Zealand

Headlights trace the dying canopy of a stand of Pohutukawa trees. The decades-old, fourwheel- drive Range Rover slows, and a father and son disembark with their shotguns.

Published on: December 5, 2008

Experimenting with Tax Credits for Conservation

[…] the sellers’ profits. For the first time, sellers received the higher ($375,000) cap on tax credits (up from the $260,000 cap in 2006). Many sellers who were planning to make a donation at the end of 2006 realized they would earn more credits on the same donation in 2007β€”more donations occurred in 2007 that […]

Published on: December 5, 2008

Food mile myths: Buy global

[…] greenhouse gas emissions. More diversified local food production systems are also viewed as more environmentally sustainable than large, export-oriented systems where only one variety of crop is planted. Health and Security: Local food is seen as safer than food produced in countries with overall lower health, safety and environmental standards, and local food β€œindependence” […]

Published on: November 6, 2008

Greener Than Thou: Are You Really an Environmentalist?

Anderson and Huggins break down liberal and conservative stereotypes of what it means to be an environmentalist and show that, by forming local coalitions around market principles, stereotypes can be replaced by pragmatic solutions that improve environmental quality without increasing red tape.

Published on: November 2, 2008

Many private landowners nurture public wildlife

[…] trout streams or habitat for big game and “watchable wildlife,” private landowners provide a plethora of public benefits, sometimes at substantial costs to themselves. For example, a study from Montana State University estimates that on private land in Montana big game animals consume forage worth more than $31 million β€” forage that would otherwise […]

Published on: October 16, 2008

If You Really Want to Help the Poor, Remember Milton Friedman

On July 31 Milton Friedman would have turned 96. Why should you care? Because the revolutionary Nobel prize winning economist did more than any other person of his generation to advance his belief in freedom, free markets, and prosperity.

Published on: September 16, 2008