Volume 28, No.1, Spring 2010
IN THIS ISSUE
Paper Company Preserves Trees
Incentives make strange bedfellows or, in another light, encourage cooperation.
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Water Out Of Thin Air
A looming global water crisis has been a springboard for new water generating technology.
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Preserving Patagonian Grasslands and Gauchos
Like the rugged cowboy roaming the plains of the American Wild West, the image of the untamable gaucho is embroidered into the fabric of the Argentine consciousness.
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Farming for Fish
The Entiat Valley Habitat Farming Enterprise Program is a vehicle to create successful transactions between willing sellers of riparian habitat and those willing to pay for restoration of fish, improved wildlife habitat, and clean water.
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One Step Closer to Superfund Sanity
The federal Superfund program was enacted in 1980 to speed the cleanup of abandoned hazardous waste sites and hold polluting companies responsible. It was supposed to be “shovels first, lawyers later.” Instead, lawsuits proliferated and cleanups stalled. Though premised on the “polluter pays” principle, Superfund often caused polluter and non-polluter alike to overpay for minimalContinue reading "Trash Cans Twitter Too"
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Bogus Bidder: One Year Later
Edward Abbey is known for his unorthodox approach to protecting the wilderness of the American southwest. His 1975 novel The Monkey Wrench Gang depicted a gang of misfits that employed the use of sabotage – or “monkey wrenching” – to protest the development of dams, roads, and power lines throughout the West. The vigilante group’sContinue reading "Trash Cans Twitter Too"
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Enviropreneurs Expunge Externalities
Wikipedia—externality: an impact on a party that is not directly involved in the transaction. PERC—enviropreneur: a person who has no patience for externalities. For several years, I have been on a campaign to expunge the term “externality” from the vocabulary of economists, policy makers, and environmentalists. My campaign is not motivated by a belief thatContinue reading "Trash Cans Twitter Too"
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In Praise of the 10,000 Mile Diet
The 100-Mile Diet, inspired by Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon who participated in a one-year experiment in local eating, led thousands of individuals to change the way they eat. “Eat local” has become a mainstream mantra of those who claim that increased local food production and consumption have significant economic, environmental, and social benefits.Continue reading "Trash Cans Twitter Too"
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