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How Will A Carbon Market Drive Economic Land Reform?

Posted by jpmax 1299 days ago, popular 1299 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: bureau of land management cap
There are two well known and highly charged sayings about land:
—–agriculture is the foundation of economic growth
—–all land use is inherently p[...] read more »
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The New Business Metrics: Measuring Social Returns

Posted by jpmax 1300 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: developing nations google impact
How do you create effective organizations focused on sustainable social impact? For those who believe in combining social mission with the efficiency[...] read more »
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The Steady State Economy: A New Economic Architecture

Posted by jpmax 1307 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economic architecture economic crisis
Previous posts in the “New Economic Architecture Required” series have looked at Wealth & Value, Money & Debt and Growth & Competition.
What these[...] read more »
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Sustainability Reports: Who Reads them, and Why?

Posted by jpmax 1308 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: csr gri kpmg sustainability reports
An open question to our readers: do you read annual sustainability reports?
Well, it turns out that the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) were cur[...] read more »
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Green Muck Has Biofuel Investors Chomping at the Bit

Posted by jpmax 1308 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green
When you visit the Khosla Ventures website, you are greeted with a quote that articulates the spirit of the movement that we are trying to capture at[...] read more »
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Mr. Buffett’s Buying American, How About You?

Posted by jpmax 1308 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Economy
The economy is in crisis, unemployment is on the rise, and there is a general feeling of fear in the market. Where some see despair, Warren Buffett [...] read more »
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Mo Money, Mo Mileage

Posted by jpmax 1314 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green
Advantage Capital Partners, a venture capital and small business finance firm, has made an investment in SOMS Technologies LLC, the manufacturer of t[...] read more »
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Energy Efficiency Policies and Products Create Jobs

Posted by jpmax 1315 days ago, popular 1314 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green | Tags: conservation energy
In this uncertain economic time, it is great to hear some good (and not just on a relative scale, but really good) news. A just-released report autho[...] read more »
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American Lithium-Ion Battery Maker Purchases Korean Competitor

Posted by jpmax 1319 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Commodities
Ener1 announced on October 16th that it has acquired South Korea’s third largest lithium-ion battery cell producer, Enertech International. Ener1 is [...] read more »
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Using Core Values for Environmental Causes and Green Marketing

Posted by jpmax 1320 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green
I love market research–not necessarily quick, potentially biased surveys put out by companies wanting to prove a particular point, but in-depth marke[...] read more »
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I Wish They Could Figure Out a Way to Make Biofuels From Candy Corn. I Hate Candy Corn.

Posted by jpmax 1320 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green
In response to my previous post, Growing Food to Feed Cars Will Continue to Drive Up the Price of Food, one reader responded, “I wish they could figu[...] read more »
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World Resources Institute Report: The Next Four Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy At the Base of the Pyramid

Posted by jpmax 1321 days ago, popular 1321 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Green
The World Resources Institute’s new(ish) report: The Next Four Billion, draws on household income and consumption surveys of the Base of the Pyramid [...] read more »
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Growing Food to Feed Cars Will Continue to Drive Up the Price of Food

Posted by jpmax 1321 days ago, popular 1321 days ago (http://inspiredeconomist.com)
Category: Commodities
As the demand for biofuels increases, so too will food prices around the world. The U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization’s recent report notes t[...] read more »
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