Amory Lovins

Reinventing Fire is Amory Lovins’ new TED talk on a smart 50 year energy plan. He shows how the US (and Canada) can choose to save $5 trillion, improve national security, increase jobs, reduce carbon emissions, and stop subsidizing its enemies by getting off oil and coal.  How? Conserve, and switch to renewables, on a very large scale. It’s inspiring, credible, persuasive, smart and packed with data. How many people know, for example, that there is now more renewable electricity generation in...Read Full Story

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 & DescriptionMost 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 now...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

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 natural...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 & DescriptionMost 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

Editorial Reviews 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

Editorial Reviews 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

How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better PlaceGlobal Warming Distracts from the World’s Truly Pressing ProblemsGiven tens of billions of dollars to protect the planet and improve the human condition, how would those dollars best be spent?Some of the world’s leading social economists were recently asked to tackle this question, and former Greenpeace activist Bjorn Lomborg has reported on the results in his excellent book, How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place...Read Full Story

Amory Lovins is temporarily at Stanford University, teaching classes and giving lectures on sustainability. He recently gave a series of public lectures as part of Stanford's Public Lecture Series titled "Advanced Energy Efficiency: Concepts and Practice". I was able to attend the first session in this lecture series. Amory discussed the inefficiency of buildings (focused mostly on the US market). he explained that buildings consume 40% of all carbon-based energy use - far more than...Read Full Story

Two topics are on everyone's mind right now: the economy and energy. These 3 books offer insights into their critical link, offering solutions on how America can rise above while simultaneously saving the planet.Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America by Thomas L. FriedmanThe Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problemsby Van JonesNatural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolutionby Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and...Read Full Story