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Stockholm Pursues Climate Holy Grail: a Fossil Fuel-Free Future

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 01.03.2018

 

Stockholm’s clean energy and sustainability measures have been deployed to create two of the city’s most remarkable eco-districts.   Read the entire article at The Huffington Post.   Stockholm Royal Seaport is known in the city as a “second-generation sustainable city district.” The 650-acre area was the focus of a comprehensive 20-year sustainability program for the area […]

 

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The Top 10 Sustainable Business Stories of 2017

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 01.01.2018

 

2017 has been a long, strange trip. The definition of sustainability in business evolved quickly — the topic in executive suites now covers a wide range of issues that address how a company navigates environmental and social challenges. From carbon footprint to taking a stand on human rights or immigration, companies need a position and […]

 

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Babcock Ranch – the First Solar Town in the U.S.

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.29.2017

 

Imagine a community integrated into a nature preserve with 50 miles of hiking and biking trails. From home you can easily walk to town, to a trail head or to a series of lakes. The town is complete with schools and health care facilities as well as community gardens, a five acre farm and a […]

 

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Massachusetts Takes Critical Step Towards Climate-Resilient Utilities

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.27.2017

 

  The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities is requiring the state’s biggest electricity provider, Eversource, to assess its vulnerability to climate change and develop a climate adaptation plan.   Read the entire article at Conservation Law Foundation.   In the wake of a devastating 2017 hurricane season, it’s clear that climate change impacts such as storms […]

 

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How Bold Corporate Climate Change Goals Deteriorate Over Time

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.22.2017

 

  One response to today’s climate crisis has been a belief that markets and corporate innovation will provide the solution. As Richard Branson has proclaimed, “our only option to stop climate change is for industry to make money from it.” So while businesses are major contributors to escalating greenhouse gas emissions, they are also presented […]

 

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Courts are Waking Up to the Costs of Climate Change

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.20.2017

 

  When considering the costs and benefits of a fossil fuel project, how much consideration should be given to the project’s eventual contribution to climate change-causing carbon emissions?   Read the entire article at ThinkProgress.   That’s a question that has plagued regulators, environmental groups, and courts for years. But in a single month this year, […]

 

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Urban Design Must Address Both Climate Adaptation and Mitigation

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.18.2017

 

  The only way to ensure that cities remain livable is for mayors, urban planners and designers to simultaneously cut emissions and help residents adapt to a warming planet.   Read the entire article at Forbes Magazine.   Consider the push to boost the number of energy-efficient buildings, whether through new construction or the renovation of […]

 

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Is Soil Our Last Great Hope in Avoiding Catastrophic Climate Change?

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.15.2017

 

  Sequestering carbon in soil produces a triple dividend: it reduces climate change by extracting carbon from the atmosphere, it restores the health of degraded soil, and it increases agricultural yields.   Read the entire article at The New York Times.    The earth possesses five major pools of carbon. Of those pools, the atmosphere is […]

 

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Moody’s Warns Cities to Address Climate Risks or Face Downgrades

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.13.2017

 

  Coastal communities from Maine to California have been put on notice from one of the top credit rating agencies: Start preparing for climate change or risk losing access to cheap credit.   Read the entire article at Bloomberg.    In a report to its clients Tuesday, Moody’s Investors Service Inc. explained how it incorporates climate […]

 

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Wind Power Blows Past Coal in Texas

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 12.11.2017

 

  Wind power surpassed coal last month to become the second-largest electricity source in Texas, yet another milestone in the state’s march toward greater reliance on renewable energy.   Read the entire article at the Houston Chronicle.    When a 155-megawatt wind farm in West Texas began commercial operation this month, it helped push the state’s […]

 

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The Authors

 

David Houle David Houle

 

David Houle is a futurist, strategist and speaker. Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment. He worked at NBC, CBS, and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News.

 

Houle has won a number of awards. He won two Emmys, the prestigious George Foster Peabody award, and the Heartland award for “Hank Aaron: Chasing the Dream”. He was also nominated for an Academy Award. He is the Futurist in Residence at the Ringling College of Art+ Design.

 

He has delivered some 700 speeches on six continents and thirteen countries. He is often called “the CEOs’ Futurist” having spoken to or advised 3,500+ CEOs and business owners in the past eight years.

 

Houle coined the phrase the Shift Age and has written extensively about the future and the future of energy. This is his seventh book.

 

His primary web site is www.davidhoule.com

 


 

Tim RumageTim Rumage

 

Tim Rumage is a planetary ethicist and naturalist. Taking an interdisciplinary and systems thinking approach to education, he has been teaching at the intersection of Science, Ecology, Art, Design and Architecture for more than 30 years.

 

Tim is the Coordinator/Developer of Environmental Studies at Ringling College of Art and Design where he teaches courses on environmental science, sustainability, creating ecological cities, applied environmental design, food, water, biodiversity and environmental ethics. He is also a Coordinator for Sustainability in Design Education for CUMULUS and a frequent lecturer at other colleges and for community organizations.

 

As a trained field biologist, Tim has done research on Marine Mammals, Pelagic Birds, Bats, Habitat Restoration and Land Planning. He has been involved in a variety of interdisciplinary projects in the US and Africa involving habitat restoration and protection, green infrastructure, local food production and sustainability. Tim’s current work focuses on the economic value of nature and nature’s services.

 

His primary web site is http://planetaryethicist.com/

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Planetary Ethicist Tim Rumage on Plastic bottles

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As of 2016 54% of humans live in urban environments. That number is projected to increase to 70% by the 2040s. This means that it is at the city level where crew consciousness needs to be and to expand. Cities are made up of communities, issues are local, actions have local and global consequences, politics are lessened. Cities are the future of humanity on This Spaceship Earth.

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Quartermaster’s Report

 

There are two questions you might consider as you review the Quartermaster’s report.

 

First – how well do your assumptions about each topic match the reality of the data?

 

Second – does the information reflect an outcome that you wish humanity to achieve?

 

Your reflections on your answers to these two questions determine your consciousness and participation in defining and creating our common future.

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