Tag: Economics - Page 6
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How the Law Stops Us Sharing, And What We Can Do To Change It
The sharing economy is getting more and more attention, but laws drawn up for traditional business don't always adapt well to informal sharing or collaborative consumption.
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How Collaborative Consumption Could Help Shrink Government
Could sharing more be central to achieving the Right's biggest dream?
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How Happy Is Bhutan, Really? Gross National Happiness Unpacked
Gross National Happiness has lots of cache in the environmental and social justice community, but how is Bhutan actually calculating it and how well are they doing?
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UK Fuel Crisis Makes Case for Electric Vehicles and Shed Offices
As British fuel pumps ran dry thanks to government incompetence, some motorists were left completely untouched. Will this help kickstart the electric car market?
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How Smart Meters Transform Our Relationship to Energy
With monthly energy bills, it's hard to visualize how behavior impacts cost. But when we see the impact in real time, our behavior changes. A lot.
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Airbnb to Owe City Hotel Tax in San Francisco
The pioneering site that brokers accommodation in private homes must now pay city hotel tax in San Francisco, according to a new ruling. What does this mean for collaborative consumption?
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Best of Green: Business
From best community advocate to best business protest, watchdog, non-profit, and more, the results are in for our 2012 Best of Green Awards in Business.
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Peru: The Only Nation in the World Hitting the Sustainability Sweet Spot
Peru is the only nation both meeting the UNDP definition of high human development while at the same time consuming natural resources in a globally sustainable way.
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There's More to Happiness Than GDP & There's a New Report to Prove It
With two months to go until the Rio+20 environmental conference, the UN is making a push towards moving away from using GDP as the end-all-be-all measurement of progress.
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5 Economic Alternatives to the Cult of GDP
The idea that our real well-being can be measured by Gross Domestic Product is as pervasive as it is destructive. Here are some alternatives to the cult of GDP.
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Canada Kills The Penny
It is about time. Getting rid of it will save the government and small business millions, and creating work for interior designers across the country
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Panic Buying of Fuel Grips UK Motorists
Panic by UK motorists causes fuel supplies to run dry, all because of a few careless words from the Prime Minister.
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21 Lessons in Sustainability from the Great Depression
When the Great Recession started four years ago we looked at the lessons we could learn from the Great Depression; Time to dust them off.
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From Clothing Swaps to Tool Libraries, Sharing is Not Rocket Science
With new "Collaborative Consumption" models spreading like wildfire, it's easy to forget how simple sharing can be. Two new videos bring us back down to earth.
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The Not So Green Metropolis: More Proof that Density Isn't Everything
What happens to the arguments in the Green Metropolis and the Triumph of the City when Los Angeles turns out to be denser than New York?
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The Demand for Cheap Energy is Entitlement Culture Gone Mad
The constant demands for cheap oil and fossil fuels is a sign that we've become spoiled as a culture. It's time we grew up and took some responsibility.
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Activists Defend Germany's Massive Renewable Energy Growth
Germany has seen renewables grow to 20% of its electricity supply. A new video says it's time to choose sides in the energy rebellion.
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Americans Mostly Just Whining About High Gas Prices - Spending Habits Don't Change Much
Even when gas prices rise, new economic research shows that Americans don't much cut back on discretionary recreational spending.
