After looking at this website I found it alarming that 50% of business lack a sustainable strategy. The site includes lots of statistics on what businesses need to do in order to make a change to a greener operation. It shows projections of what will happen to certain businesses if they do not make the change.
The site is the home of the UNEP, which is the United Nations Environment Program. This site is full of information that assists governments and business for the green initiative. It keeps them informed about current issues and tries to make mandates on certain products to help clean up the environment.
This site is actually from a college class in Ontario, but I found it very useful. It gives an overview of what green economics are and then gives much information, just like a class about green economics and ecological economics. Additionally there are resource articles about the current issues with our economy.
This site is a good resource for the building green facilitation. It offers advantages of building green and also provides statistics that show our current use of energy the way we build things now. It shows that if we build green it will be advantageous to our health, improve air and water quality and create new jobs.
Articles
McKibben, Bill. "Breaking the Growth Habit." Scientific America (2010): 61-65.
This article describes a great way to conserve energy and think positively about the future. It suggests that instead of investing in the same technology that pollutes the environment, to invest in green technology and think locally when purchasing products and creating energy. He thinks that rating locally grown food and taking advantage of local energy sources.
Parry, Martin. "Climate Change Is a Developmental Issue, and Only Sustainable Development Can Confront the Challenge." Earthscanjournals.com. 2009. Web.
This source gives a good look at what will happen if richer countries change technology in order to have clean energy sources. This would not allow proper development for pooper countries that could not afford this new and expensive technology. It does make the point prevalent that we do need to make changes so our climate does runaway on us.
A figure that represents what needs to be done in the economy to yield a sustainable society. (greeneconomics.net)
A figure that represents the amount of money needed to support the switch to a sustainable economy. (http://www.environmentalleader.com)
After looking at this website I found it alarming that 50% of business lack a sustainable strategy. The site includes lots of statistics on what businesses need to do in order to make a change to a greener operation. It shows projections of what will happen to certain businesses if they do not make the change.
The site is the home of the UNEP, which is the United Nations Environment Program. This site is full of information that assists governments and business for the green initiative. It keeps them informed about current issues and tries to make mandates on certain products to help clean up the environment.
This site is actually from a college class in Ontario, but I found it very useful. It gives an overview of what green economics are and then gives much information, just like a class about green economics and ecological economics. Additionally there are resource articles about the current issues with our economy.
This site is a good resource for the building green facilitation. It offers advantages of building green and also provides statistics that show our current use of energy the way we build things now. It shows that if we build green it will be advantageous to our health, improve air and water quality and create new jobs.
Articles
McKibben, Bill. "Breaking the Growth Habit." Scientific America (2010): 61-65.
This article describes a great way to conserve energy and think positively about the future. It suggests that instead of investing in the same technology that pollutes the environment, to invest in green technology and think locally when purchasing products and creating energy. He thinks that rating locally grown food and taking advantage of local energy sources.
Parry, Martin. "Climate Change Is a Developmental Issue, and Only Sustainable Development Can Confront the Challenge." Earthscanjournals.com. 2009. Web.
This source gives a good look at what will happen if richer countries change technology in order to have clean energy sources. This would not allow proper development for pooper countries that could not afford this new and expensive technology. It does make the point prevalent that we do need to make changes so our climate does runaway on us.
A figure that represents what needs to be done in the economy to yield a sustainable society. (greeneconomics.net)
A figure that represents the amount of money needed to support the switch to a sustainable economy. (http://www.environmentalleader.com)
