Image Credit: Lodahln (CC-BY-SA 2.0, flickr) I woke up in the middle of the night again. Scratchy throat? Insatiably itchy eyes? Just a bit of cough? Oh yeah. Had to be ragweed. Time to start back on the allergy pills. Admittedly, my fall allergies aren’t nearly as bad as the wave of foggy headedness, poor … Continue reading How Climate Change Makes...

Image Credit: Linus Bohman (CC-BY 2.0, Flickr) This is part two of a two-part series on climate-friendly investing. Part one can be found here. In a previous post, I talked about how the climate conscious investor might go about divesting their own portfolios from fossil fuel companies and other bad corporate actors who are currently … Continue reading...

Image Credit: James Ennis (CC-BY-2.0) This is part one of a two-part series on climate-friendly investing. Stay tuned for part two. In January of 2020, the world’s largest manager or other people’s retirement money made a long-awaited proclamation in big, bold lettering: Climate Risk Is Investment Risk. It was a reality that many climate-wise investors...

Image Credit: Chad Davis, CC (BY-SA 2.0) For the past month I’ve been doing something that would have been impossible for me to even imagine before the coronavirus set it: I cycle to errands during rush hour. Typically, the streets between me and my destinations would be choked with smoggy cars and grumpy drivers. Since … Continue reading Three Lessons...

Image Credit: Jeanne Menjoulet, CC (BY-ND 2.0) Is it better to invest your time and energy into individual or systemic actions when trying to address climate change? It’s a deceptively simple question; one that I don’t (really) know the answer to. At least, not for you specifically. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about … Continue reading Individual...

Image Credit: US Department of Agriculture You can’t read very much about climate change before learning that 97% of scientists are in consensus about the man-made nature of the crisis. But what about the economists? A less well-known fact is that just as many economists agree on an impactful way to decrease pollution and create … Continue reading Drive...