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Lloyd Alter

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Connected Planet/Perspectives/Sustainable Book Reviews/Winter 2014/Workplace

Embracing work with purpose

by Lloyd Alter

Are we at the tipping point of a new economy? Aaron Hurst thinks so. He is the founder of the Taproot Foundation

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Cleantech/Summer 2013/Waste

A world without waste

by Lloyd Alter

A decade ago, William McDonough and Michael Braungart wrote Cradle to Cradle, a book that environmentalist David Suzuki called “groundbreaking” and a “Bible

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Built Environment/Health & Lifestyle/Perspectives/Spring 2013/Sustainable Book Reviews

Does dense equal sustainable?

by Lloyd Alter

It has become accepted wisdom that density is a good thing, as part of the notion that cities should grow, adapt and

Health & Lifestyle/Perspectives/Spring 2013/Supply Chain/Sustainable Book Reviews/Waste

The want of more

by Lloyd Alter

In John Huston’s classic film Key Largo, Humphrey Bogart asks Edward G. Robinson, playing gangster Johnny Rocco, what it is he wants. It’s

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Climate Crisis/Energy/Health & Lifestyle/Perspectives/Sustainable Book Reviews/Winter 2013

The energy of slaves

by Lloyd Alter

It is not a coincidence that the movement to abolish slavery started in nations that, thanks to the Industrial Revolution, didn’t need

Cleantech/Fall 2012/Health & Lifestyle/Perspectives/Supply Chain/Sustainable Book Reviews/Waste

An energy crisis of our own

by Lloyd Alter

According to some mainstream media reports, America will soon be “awash in oil.” Natural gas, meanwhile, seems to be pouring out of

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Natural Capital/Perspectives/Responsible Investing/Social Enterprise/Summer 2012/Sustainable Book Reviews

The hard sell

by Lloyd Alter

The most fascinating thing about Bob Willard’s The New Sustainability Advantage is that it is not really a book. It’s more like

Cleantech/Climate Crisis/Energy/Perspectives/Spring 2012/Sustainable Book Reviews

The Conundrum

by Lloyd Alter

David Owen has a formula: first, write provocative articles in The New Yorker magazine with a clever but superficial core argument. Second,

Planet Grapefruit
Climate Crisis/Leadership/Perspectives/Sustainable Book Reviews/Winter 2013

Fools rule

by Lloyd Alter

There are two narrative arcs in William Marsden’s recent book, Fools Rule: Inside the Failed Politics of Climate Change. In one, we

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