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Key Takeaways, Presentations, Videos from June 12 2019 Event in Carbondale

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | June 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 | 0 Comments

Fifteen presenters helped to set the stage for community resilience in southern Illinois. One senior executive from St. Louis said: This is the best networking I've ever had. Panel discussions provided ideas and perspectives on energy, economic...

A Fashion Transformation

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | December 12, 2017 | Circular Economy, Clothing, Waste | 0 Comments

"One truckload of clothing is wasted per second." Are you kidding me? This is from the findings of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's (EMF) new report on the textile industry. Also this: "If the industry continues on its current path, by 2050, it could use more than 26...

Fossil Fuels Aren’t Cheap

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | January 11, 2018 | Clean Energy, Electricity, Externalities, Fossil Fuels, Transportation | 1 Comment

Do you want cheaper energy? Maybe you need to go clean. Google "fossil fuels aren't cheap" (with quotations) and you get something like 300+ results. Why is that? Lots of fossil fuel folks say we need to keep them around because they're so cheap. Who's right? Well,...

Moms and Dads Carbondale Meetups

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | August 30, 2019 | Events | 0 Comments

The first meetup is Friday, September 13, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. at Turley Park in Carbondale, Illinois. We are in charge of buying things for our family, of making sure we can provide for them, and making sure that they get the education they need. We want to do what’s...

Biochar – Expanding Our Economic Choices

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 3, 2019 | Biochar, Carbon Sequestration, Community, Decarbonization, Get Local, Resilience, Soil, Southern Illinois | 0 Comments

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,...

Labels for Impact

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | February 1, 2018 | Circular Economy, Clean Energy, Clothing, Consumables and Resource Use, Energy Efficiency, Externalities, Food, Waste, Water | 0 Comments

The world needs a meaningful measure developed for products (and services) that provide information about life cycle environmental/social impact. How much energy is used, how much waste is produced, water used, if they stay under a certain carbon footprint (or zero...

Electric Vehicles Dent the Market

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | April 3, 2017 | Decarbonization, Electric Vehicles, Illinois, Transportation | 0 Comments

Just today we're hearing: Tesla Passes Ford by Market Cap Before Musk Delivers Model 3. Ouch, who would've thought! Now you never know if that will stick but it's a pretty substantial moment. Why should we be thinking about electric vehicles (EV's)? Well, for...

Carbon Sequestration Gets the Gas

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | April 21, 2017 | Carbon Sequestration | 0 Comments

Some say that we have to focus on not only reducing our emissions, but on capturing carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere or being created by manufacturing and energy processes. This is known as carbon capture and sequestration (CCS; check out the Global CCS...

Why the Climate Economy #7: Leave Denial Behind, and Act

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | March 20, 2018 | Behavioral Health, Resilience, Start | 0 Comments

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. It's time to stop being in denial that you need...

Why the Climate Economy #2: Health

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | April 4, 2017 | Forest Bathing, Health and Recreation, Nature, Start | 0 Comments

It's a fact that the Clean Air Act saved 160,000 lives in 2010 alone. Top medical associations have sounded the alarm on the dangers of pollution and climate change. And just yesterday we have an article about research led by Harvard about the increase in people...

Climate SWOT

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | April 16, 2018 | Climate Finance and Investment, Education, Entrepreneurship | 0 Comments

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 Investopedia. What's Climate SWOT?...

Biochar: Resurrection

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | April 5, 2018 | Biochar, BioEconomy, Climate Change, Entrepreneurship, Jobs, Land Use and Agriculture, Resilience, Soil, Waste, Water | 0 Comments

Biochar is something you make out of dead organic stuff (e.g., wood waste), by bringing it back to life with a new purpose. Biochar has been around for a long time. It's been found in ancient forests, responsible for maintaining the health and productive capacity of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Conference and Workshop Coming to Carbondale June 12-13: The Climate Economy in Southern Illinois – Creating Resilient Businesses, Jobs and Communities

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 8, 2019 | Southern Illinois News | 0 Comments

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 8, 2019 Contact: Amy McMorrow Hunter, 618 713 2896, amy@shopcarbondale.com Conference and Workshop Coming to Carbondale June 12-13: The Climate Economy in Southern Illinois - Creating Resilient Businesses, Jobs and Communities Education...

TCE Opinion: The Paris Climate Agreement “Decision”

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | June 6, 2017 | Cities, Clean Energy, Climate Finance and Investment, Resilience, Security | 0 Comments

TheClimateEconomy.com has been closely watching for the Trump administration's "decision" regarding the Paris Climate Agreement. There are two things we feel are important to know about it at this point: At TheClimateEconomy.com we prefer to follow the truth, as in...

Why the Climate Economy #6: For Future Generations

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | February 14, 2018 | Clean Energy, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, Resilience, Start | 0 Comments

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...

Shop Local – Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | September 3, 2018 | Clothing, Community, Education, Entrepreneurship, Food, Jobs, Resilience | 0 Comments

Since it's Labor Day, we're going to talk about how the shop local movement is not just about shopping; it's about people doing jobs that are rewarding, useful, entrepreneurial, and less impactful on the environment, while contributing to community growth and...

Why the Climate Economy #5: Um, Climate.

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 | 0 Comments

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...

Innovation Panel – June 12 2019 – Carbondale, Illinois

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | June 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 | 0 Comments

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 streams are...

Waste Not Want Not

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | May 19, 2017 | Circular Economy, Clean Energy, Land Use and Agriculture, Waste | 0 Comments

Waste is a huge opportunity. We're talking mainly here about waste from human consumption and daily activities (food, shelter, clothing, etc.). Humans produce it daily by the bucket loads (about 4.4 pounds per day per person according to most estimates). According the...

Soil: The Next Carbon Frontier?

by Amy McMorrow Hunter | October 11, 2017 | Biochar, Carbon Sequestration, Soil | 0 Comments

Have you heard about the permafrost melting? This is soil or ground that's been frozen for sometimes thousands of years, and it covers one quarter of the land in the northern hemisphere. As recently reported, in places like Alaska and others, we're finding out that...

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Innovation Panel – June 12 2019 – Carbondale, Illinois

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 | 0 Comments

Economic Diversification Panel – June 12 2019 – Carbondale, Illinois

Jun 4, 2019 | Climate Finance and Investment, Community, Get Local, Jobs, Southern Illinois | 0 Comments

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 called the Just City....

Energy Panel – June 12 2019 – Carbondale, Illinois

May 30, 2019 | Clean Energy, Climate Finance and Investment, Education, Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Entrepreneurship, Get Local, Jobs, Southern Illinois, Southern Illinois News | 0 Comments

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...