by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Feb 10, 2020 | Education, Start
The Climate Economy is education to cause the change we want to see in the world. Earth’s climate is changing unnaturally fast because of human activities, mainly the burning of fossil fuels, causing increased global temperatures and altering life-sustaining...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Sep 10, 2019 | Carbon Footprint, Climate Equity - Just Transitions, Start
Consider this: @AssaadRazzouk An American’s fridge uses 458 kw/h per year. That’s 7 times more electricity than the average Ethiopian uses in total in one year 3 times a Nigerian or Kenyan 1 times a Pakistani a or a Bangladeshi 57% of an Indian or...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Mar 20, 2018 | Behavioral Health, Resilience, Start
It’s time to stop pretending that it’s not happening. It’s time to stop making excuses. It’s time to stop saying it’s too hard or it’s too late. It’s time to stop acting like our daily decisions don’t make a difference....
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | Feb 14, 2018 | Clean Energy, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Resilience, Start
We are optimists at TheClimateEconomy.com, but we deal with reality and facts. We look at the facts, sometimes unpleasant, right in the face to understand what we need to do. This post is a reality blast in the face. It’s alarming, but there’s hope. If we...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 12, 2017 | Buildings and Shelter, Carbon Sequestration, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Finance and Investment, Energy Efficiency, Food, Land Use and Agriculture, Start, Transportation, Waste
We humans kind of need planet Earth to be healthy so that we can all, well, survive. If the planet gets really sick, the only ones who will survive will likely be those hydrothermal vent creatures and super rich who can escape to the moon or Mars. Do you fall into...
by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 5, 2017 | Cities, Community, Entrepreneurship, Resilience, Security, Start
Rising temperatures, increasingly extreme weather events, and melting ice caps leading to rising sea levels are just a few of the things that are happening right now that are going to bring about monumental changes in life for everyone on the planet. There were 15...
