From Arizona to Swaziland, entrepreneurs are flourishing. Entrepreneurs are applying their talents and the tools of the marketplace to the protection of landscapes, wild animals, and even historic buildings. On these pages, meet a few of these enviro-capitalists. A Passion for Trees Chuck Leavell Chuck Leavell is a highly admired pianist who playsContinue reading "Enviro-Capitalists Today"
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Michael Markels has an idea. Actually, he has two. He believes that his ideas can feed the world and solve global warming as well. Markels doesn’t think small. Markels is an environmental engineer, entrepreneur, and dreamer. He’s semi-retired now, at least in theory, as chairman emeritus of his firm Versar, Inc. But withContinue reading "Enviro-Capitalists Today"
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“I had to get other people to pay for ninety percent of the acreage. To be sure they didn?t ruin my Walden with their suburbia, I wrote covenants.” “Like all of humankind, the people who welcomed my covenants often found that their ideals changed or their particular circumstance convinced them to break theContinue reading "Enviro-Capitalists Today"
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