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It IS Happening Faster Than Projected
One of the truest statements about our climate crisis, and an attempt at humor amidst crisis, is: No one has ever attended a Climate Change conference and returned to say, “Wow! Global warming is happening slower than expected.” The painful truth is that global warming and our resultant climate crisis is happening faster […]
UK Startup ENSO Tire Reinvents the Wheel
We are at the beginning of a sea change in product design and manufacturing that can lead us to a circular zero carbon economy. Massive opportunities abound and ENSO CEO Gunnlaugur Erlendsson has a first mover advantage. When tires make contact with the road, tiny particles are worn away by friction. Two billion tires […]
The Right to Repair is Long Past Due
Every person reading this column lives in a consumer economy. A consumer economy is a linear process of extract/produce/distribute/sell/buy/discard. We live in a world where waste has been planned into the equation. There is no waste in nature. Waste is a design flaw unique to humanity. A consumer economy not only promotes consumption, […]
