Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
Last Friday, two intrepid explorers finished their trek across some of Greenland's most remote territory. The travelers, Larry Lunt, a member of NRDC's Global Leadership Council, and Alain Hubert, the founder of the International Polar Foundation, set out on this...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
In a few days I will be heading to Barcelona to attend the World Conservation Congress, the most important conservation event in the world. For me it will be a welcome relief from the tired energy debates that have consumed...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
In the past few days, I have seen new coverage of the oil and gas boom that is about to hit the Arctic Ocean now that global warming is melting its seas. Just two weeks ago, while I sailed through...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming
I just got back from an extraordinary trip to the Arctic North of Norway, and I am left feeling exhilarated and alarmed at the same time. I knew before I went that the Arctic was the epicenter of global warming,...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
For the next four days, New York City will host the first annual World Science Festival. This isn’t a middle-school science fair for grown ups. It is an engaging effort to bring complex scientific notions--green innovation, neuroscience, species extinction--into the...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Solving Global Warming
Last week, I witnessed something I wouldn’t have seen two years ago: a group of leading climate scientists and environmental thinkers expressing genuine optimism about our ability to solve global warming. Why the change? The explosive innovation in green energy...continued→
Posted by Frances Beinecke in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming
“Have the dynamics between your industry and environmental NGOs shifted? "What are the hard trade-offs and challenges in forging partnerships between businesses and NGOs?”These are some of the questions posed right now in a forum on the Harvard Business Review’s...continued→
