Blog
Investors, Your Profitable Climate Change Solution is Waiting for You
Stock Footprint Stocks have a carbon footprint. They represent a vested interest in how a corporation is run. These shares come with a claim for a part of that corporation’s profits. It also comes with a stake in that corporation’s carbon footprint. How do we find the carbon...
read moreYour Profitable Climate Change Solution is Waiting for You
Fossil Fuel Economy We were all born into a fossil fuel economy. We inherited the benefits and now we are inheriting the responsibility of burning these fuels. What do we do about it? We can certainly be aware of our energy usage and our purchasing choices. We can even...
read moreWar Bonds for the Climate Effort
To raise the money for the war effort during World War II the government could have raised taxes. What they did instead was create war bonds that allowed everyone to take responsibility and be engaged in the war effort by making an investment. Over half of the population of...
read moreInvestment Footprint
Stock Footprint Stocks have a carbon footprint. They represent ownership in a corporation. That ownership comes with a claim for a part of that corporation’s assets and earnings. It also comes with a stake in that corporation’s responsibilities. Part of that responsibility is the corporation’s carbon footprint. Awareness of...
read moreCarbon Balance Your Portfolio
We often think of our carbon footprint as only pertaining to our annual living experience; our homes, cars, and airplane travel. This can be calculated using the EPA Carbon Calculator. Another aspect of our lives may cast a much larger footprint and it may be much easier to balance....
read moreGame Theory, Climate Change, Game Change
In Game Theory, climate change is a type of dilemma known as The Tragedy of the Commons. This is a many person version of a fundamental in game theory called the Prisoner’s Dilemma. Tragedy of the Commons problems’ deal with a shared resource. Each person will act in his own...
read moreCarbon Tax – Yesterday’s Approach
Many herald a Carbon Tax as our best policy to solve the problem of climate change. There is a better solution. The goal of any climate change policy is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Carbon Tax proposes to achieve this reduction by placing a tax on fossil fuels....
read moreSustainable Investment Forum – New York City
Yesterday the Sustainable Investment Forum was held at the Westin Times Square in New York City. This event was hosted by Climate Action in partnership with UNEP-FI. It chaired by John Authers, Financial Commentator from the Financial Times. There were about 300 asset managers, asset owners, bankers, government officials,...
read moreOn Arctic Ground
Wilderness Opportunity Last month was another wonderful opportunity to lead a group of backpackers for Sierra Club Outings in Alaska’s arctic. The trip was planned to start near the Noatak river and then head over a pass and follow the Ambler river into the boreal forest. Wilderness travel requires...
read moreClimate Change in an Arctic Community
This year will be the sixth time that I travel through Kotzebue Alaska on an arctic adventure. Our trip this year takes us from Kotzebue by a bush pilot to the headwaters of the Ambler River in Gates of the Arctic National Park. We will backpack down the Ambler...
read more