by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Jun 21, 2019 | Biochar, Blockchain, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Finance and Investment, Collaboration, Community, Education, Energy Efficiency, Entrepreneurship, Fossil Fuels, Get Local, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Nature, Resilience, Science and Technology, Southern Illinois, Waste
PresentationsFifteen presenters helped to set the stage for community resilience in southern Illinois. NetworkingOne senior executive from St. Louis said: This is the best networking I’ve ever had. Panel DiscussionsPanel discussions...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Jun 4, 2019 | Climate Finance and Investment, Community, Get Local, Jobs, Southern Illinois
Economic development and diversification is a key component of community resilience. Consider this excerpt from L Hunter Lovins et al’s “A Finer Future”: The key may be to start not with the nation but at a more local level. Imagine what might be...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 30, 2019 | Clean Energy, Climate Finance and Investment, Education, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Entrepreneurship, Get Local, Jobs, Southern Illinois, Southern Illinois News
Here are some details about the energy panelists and topic areas at the upcoming June 12 event in Carbondale: The Climate Economy in Southern Illinois – Creating Resilient Businesses, Jobs and Communities. Our energy panel is going to help us look at our current...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Nov 22, 2018 | Collaboration, Community, Economics and Finance, Education, Entrepreneurship, Jobs, Resilience, The Natural Step
The Climate Economy requires a way of thinking that includes the future in every strategic decision. We do this all the time in our daily lives without thinking too much about it. We help our kids with their homework so they can be more likely to succeed in the...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 16, 2018 | Blockchain, Climate Change, Climate Finance and Investment, Decarbonization, Economics and Finance, Entrepreneurship, Science and Technology
Well there’s a mouthful! It might sound like a foreign language to you, but probably in less than a decade it will be the source in billions of dollars of economic activity. We gave a brief introduction to “blockchain for energy” in a previous post;...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Apr 16, 2018 | Climate Finance and Investment, Education, Entrepreneurship
Here’s a skill we’re going to need more of in the future: Climate SWOT. What’s SWOT? It’s a tool for competitive analysis. It’s a business analysis where you consider: Strengths / Weaknesses / Opportunities / Threats – Read more on...
