Hawken

What do we all do? We gather information, and try to make it relevant, reassemble it in meaningful ways, that creates real change.

Collaboratory

The organizers have invested lots of energy in creating local and virtual collaboration before, during and after the conference.

Complexity that helps simplify

Ilya Prigogine, 86, Nobelist for Study of Complexity, Dies. Dr. Ilya Prigogine won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1977 for insights into how life could arise in apparent defiance of the classical laws of physics. By Kenneth Chang. [New York Times: Science] The second...

Biochemical privacy

Late last year I wrote The courts have yet to deal with the concept of ‘biochemical privacy’ articulated by the late Dr Robert van den Bosch, but eventually they will. When they do, they’ll recognize pollution as a violation of fundamental property...

Ernie always called them seen-a-reeyos…

Susan Burns reports: Hi everyone, I thought you might find this interesting. The Global Scenario Group (made up of the Stockholm Environmental Institute and others) organized a multi-year inquiry into future scenarios. They wrote a book and have made their slide show...

Pushing SUVs

Some say the tax incentives for SUVs don’t really matter, but Wells Fargo Bank seems to think they do. New Vehicle Tax Tricks: With low interest rates and new tax incentives for 2003, there’s never been a better time for companies to buy heavy cars and...