B Corporations to the Earth’s Rescue
“B-Corp” is a certification awarded by the non-profit B Lab to for-profit companies which meet rigorous standards of social & environmental performance…
Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer
Posts by Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer:
Solving Transit’s Last-Mile Problem
Getting transit riders from their bus stop or train station the “last-mile” to the doorstep of their home or workplace still plagues urban planners.
Lord God Bird Redux: Is the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Really Back?
Birders are keeping hope alive that the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker will re-appear “on the wing” somewhere in the swamps of the Southeastern U.S.
Hyper-Efficient Future Planes Coming Within Two Decades
Within two decades we may all be flying around in hyper-efficient electric or hybrid-electric blended wing-body design passenger planes…
Is Grass-Fed Beef Actually Better for the Environment?
Allan Savory points to the carbon sequestration benefits of grazing cattle on grasslands as an environmental justification for raising livestock…
Rooftop Solar: Now’s the Time to Get Started
There’s never been a better time to go solar, given how much prices have come down while efficiency in converting sunlight to electricity has risen…
Climate Geoengineering: Now More Than Ever?
Supersized space mirrors, salt spraying ships & sparkle blasting balloons—these are just a few geoengineering fixes to global warming…
Green Patent Sharing: Putting Health of the Environment Above Profits
The idea behind green patent sharing is that inventors can share the rights to make use of certain patented technologies that benefit the environment…
Was Hurricane Harvey Caused By Global Warming?
While global warming didn’t cause Hurricane Harvey, it certainly played a role in how extreme the storm was in terms of high winds and heavy rain…
Global Warming Evolution: Wildlife Shrinkage on the Rise
Scientists credit human-induced global warming with causing many wildlife species to become scrawnier with each successive generation…