by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Sep 16, 2019 | Clothing, Food, Fossil Fuels, Resilience, Security
Recently, a bunch of oil blew up in Saudia Arabia, so suddenly US shale oil producers are all: OK let’s ramp up production, more oil and natural gas! How about an alternative to that option, since: Nearly half of U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions are from...
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
Presentations Fifteen presenters helped to set the stage for community resilience in southern Illinois. Networking One senior executive from St. Louis said: This is the best networking I’ve ever had. Panel Discussions Panel discussions...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Jun 5, 2019 | Biochar, Blockchain, Carbon Sequestration, Climate Change, Collaboration, Community, Education, Entrepreneurship, Get Local, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Resilience, Science and Technology, Soil, Southern Illinois
The Innovation Section, with keynote and panelists, will wrap up the day’s events at The Climate Economy in Southern Illinois – Creating Resilient Business, Jobs and Communities. The cultivation of southern Illinois’ rich natural resources and waste...
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 3, 2019 | Biochar, Carbon Sequestration, Community, Decarbonization, Get Local, Resilience, Soil, Southern Illinois
Biochar is an example of flipping our traditional way of thinking on its head. There are so many crazy things that humans do in mindless ways that result in damages to the environment. All we have to do is think differently. We have a choice before us now,...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Feb 24, 2019 | Clean Energy, Collaboration, Community, Education, Entrepreneurship, Get Local, Illinois, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Resilience, Southern Illinois, Transition Towns
Regenerative Agriculture Local Food Ecotourism Arts, Music and Film Key Takeaways, Presentations, Videos from June 12 2019 Event in Carbondale: “The Climate Economy in Southern Illinois – Creating Resilient Businesses, Jobs and Communities” by Amy...
