Renowned Economist, pan-Media Personality, and producer of the Ethical Markets TV show, Hazel Henderson is one of the most high-profile proponents of replacing the GDP with an economic indicator that measures the true health of our society. After all, what good is GDP growth if it includes the costs of cleaning up pollution or building prisons? Her new book is called Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy.
PART 1 (11 min) PART 2 (7 min)
Author Archives: William Craven
Hazel Henderson: Ethical Markets: Growing The Green Economy
- Thursday, 18 January 2007 21:11
- Written by William Craven
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Sherry Boschert: Plug-In Hybrids!
- Thursday, 18 January 2007 21:07
- Written by William Craven
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In Plug-In Hybrids: The Cars that Will Recharge America Sherry Boschert chronicles the coming together of Americans of all political stripes, from "left greenies" like herself to neoconservative hawks like James Woolsey, to call for 100mpg (100mpg!) Plug-In Hybrids as a solution to our environmental, energy, national security, and pocketbook problems. Let’s do it! LISTEN (12 min)
Treehugger Thursday: Convenient Truths!
- Thursday, 18 January 2007 21:04
- Written by William Craven
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Speaking of Plug-In Hybrids, Treehugger Correspondent Simran Sethi reports on the 150 mpg GM Volt, the plug-in that was the jolt of last week’s Detoit Auto Show. She also checks in on Al Gore’s climate training in Tennessee, and gives you all the details of Treehugger’s video contest Convenient Truths. Find your inner auteur and crank out a 1-2 minute video about small but substantive solutions to climate change! LISTEN (8 min)
Congress’ First 100 Hours and Global Warming
- Wednesday, 17 January 2007 21:38
- Written by William Craven
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Even if it’s just political football, it is refreshing for environmental and energy issues to be in play as the 110th Congress wraps up its first 100 hours. Jeremy Symons, Manager of the Climate Change Program for the National WIldlife Federation, chats with Betsy about Thursday’s big Congressional vote to make Big Oil pay taxes like other Americans.
They also review the ambitious McCain/Lieberman/Obama bill to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2% every year. That’s exciting– but can it pass? You’d almost think those guys were running for president or something…..
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the billions of dollars of tax giveaways to big multinational oil
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Joseph Romm: Hell and High Water and What We Should Do
- Wednesday, 17 January 2007 21:35
- Written by William Craven
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Joseph Romm, former Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Energy under President Clinton and current Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, shares with Betsy his three big picture solutions to global warming,
looks back at the environmental legacy of the Clinton/Gore
administration, and shares his insights on the legacy of the sitting
(duck) presidential administration: "They only like technology that
doesn’t exist." His new book is Hell and High Water: Global Warming– and What We Should Do.
LISTEN (12 min) Read his blog