Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken , Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins (91) Buy new: $10.22 189 used & new from $3.37 (Visit the Bestsellers in Conservation list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description Most businesses still operate according to a world view that hasn't changed since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Then, natural resources were abundant and labor was the limiting factor of production. But...Read Full Story
Last week I went to Toronto for Greenbuild 2011. This was the 10th Greenbuild conference, the largest, and the first held outside of the USA. The theme of the conference was “What’s Next?”, which served as a framework for everything discussed. This is the first in a series of posts that will outline my experience at Greenbuild, and what I feel is coming next in terms of ideas and technology.
At this conference I had the pleasure of attending lectures by industry giants, as well as meeting...Read Full Story
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawken , Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins (91) Buy new: $7.18 49 used & new from $4.00 (Visit the Most Wished For in International list for authoritative information on this product's current rank.) Review & Description Most businesses still operate according to a world view that hasn't changed since the start of the Industrial Revolution. Then, natural resources were abundant and labor was the limiting factor of production...Read Full Story
Amory Lovins Environmentalist:
Today we have a temporary aberration called “industrial capitalism” which is inadvertently liquidating its two most important sources of capital.. the natural world and properly functioning societies. No sensible capitalist would do that. Amory Lovins - Economy - Challenges - Environmental
Many business leaders are asking fundamental questions about what business they’re in, why they are doing it and how it can be used as a means of healing human and...Read Full Story
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In Natural Capitalism, three top strategists show how leading-edge companies are practicing “a new type of industrialism” that is more efficient and profitable while saving the environment and creating jobs. Paul Hawken and Amory and Hunter Lovins write that in the next century, cars will get 200 miles per gallon without compromising safety and power, manufacturers will relentlessly recycle their products, and the world’s standard of living will jump without further...Read Full Story
Lovins, 64, will discuss his new book, "Reinventing Fire," a road map for businesses to eliminate oil and coal use in the United States by 2050. It builds on his prior themes by advocating a broad shift to energy efficiency measures in buildings ...
What if you could “do” fire completely differently? Well, Reinventing Fire is the provocative title of a new book co-authored by energy visionary Amory Lovins, the cofounder, chairman, and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. What it’s really about, of course, is our energy future. And Lovins is bullish—at least about what can be [...]
Hot off the press--Amory Lovins and Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) put forth their vision for a fossil free energy future for the planet in 2050. From transportation, "designing and building automobiles differently," to the efficiency revolution ...
My post on Ken Caldeira resigning as a lead author in the next IPCC report ... And so should all the prior commenters in this thread, who apparently didn’t read your post either. As I was enjoying the holidays (using time-released posts) I was unable ...
Dramatically reducing the nation’s hunger for fossil fuels might lower our impact on the environment and increase energy security. But it also could mean disrupting a large part of the foundation of global economies-and it isn’t possible ...
By Ryan Matley, Rocky Mountain Institute President Obama’s call in his State of the Union address to capitalize on “the strongest two-year period of manufacturing growth since the 1990s” by encouraging businesses to bring work back to the United States can be accelerated with energy efficiency innovation. While Obama urged Congress to take a series [...]
Amory Lovins in the chairman and chief scientist at the Rocky Mountain Institute. He describes the Rocky Mountain Institute as a "think and do tank". Amory Lovins has written several books including Winning the Oil Game. He is best known for his work on sustainability in building design and transportation.
Amory Bloch Lovins (born November 13, 1947 in Washington, DC) was trained in physics and has worked professionally as an environmentalist. He is co-CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a MacArthur ...
Nonprofit research and educational foundation aiming to foster efficient and sustainable use of resources. Founded by Amory and Hunter Lovins. Research areas are energy, transportation, green ...
Book by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, about a new business model for responding to changes in our society. Book excerpts, reviews, and downloadable chapters available.
KVIA.com - He came to the resort from Amory Lovins's renowned environmental think tank, the Rocky Mountain Institute, seven years ago. Schendler, 36, has a tall, tan, square-jawed look that makes