Stories from SLDI
Voices for Change
A Budding Model of a Truly Sustainable Community
SLDI is pleased to announce the WWW Premier of “The Beginning of the Sustainable World” Conference, Film & Music Forum […]
January 13, 2013
Corporate Responsibility
One Community Promotes a Holistic Approach to Sustainability
By now, most people know that the necessary resources and technology exist to feed, house, and provide energy for every […]
November 14, 2012
Finance
Co-ops: Sustainable Solution for Economic Growth
Nouriel Roubini, the economist from New York University’s Stern School of Business who earned the nickname “Dr. Doom” when his […]
October 29, 2012
Energy
Speed of Ocean Acidification Concerns Scientists
By Dr. Daniela Schmidt Speaking at the Third International Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World late last month […]
October 12, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Interview: Inside a Panamanian Ecotourism Development
By Alexis Wagnon Where can you find an unspoilt 400-acre private island filled with wildlife, and only a few dozen […]
September 5, 2012
Energy
Sea Ice Melting at Alarming Rate
By Dr. Reese Halter This past June (2012) saw the largest Arctic sea ice loss since the inception of record keeping – […]
August 15, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Ecosystem Based Management Comes to Southern Oregon Port
By Tyson Rasor A summit on Ecosystem-Based Management for the 1,320 square mile Port Orford Community Stewardship Area (POCSA) was […]
August 9, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
The Man Who Planted Trees: Lost Groves, Champion Trees, and an Urgent Plan to Save the Planet
It’s amazing for one layman to come up with the idea of saving champion trees as a meaningful way to […]
July 12, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainable America Series Part 3: Discovery of Pre-Columbian Maya Mountain Village in North America
By Richard Thornton – Architect, Planner and noted Historian The controversial recent discovery of the Track Rock Terrace complex on […]
June 20, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Retail Construction Starts will Stay at Record Lows until Debt Maturities are Resolved
By Elaine Misonzhnik The recent opening of Taubman Centers’ new mall in Salt Lake City might have marked a nice symbolic […]
April 3, 2012
Energy
Ocean Frontiers – The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship
In February, Sustainable Land Development Initiative and Ocean Mountain Ranch – a SLDI carbon-negative project providing a model for sustainable […]
March 17, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainable Tourism: A Key to Global Solutions
By Dr. Reese Halter and Dr. Dave Randle When most people think of tourism, they probably don’t think about an […]
March 9, 2012
Voices for Change
A New Conservation Ethic for the 21st Century
By Peter Kareiva, Robert Lalasz and Michelle Marvier By its own measures, conservation is failing. Biodiversity on Earth continues its […]
March 6, 2012
Finance
Building a Sustainable Future Requires More than Science
By Stephen Leahy Contrary to popular belief, humans have failed to address the earth’s worsening emergencies of climate change, species’ […]
March 2, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Perspectives on Limits to Growth: Challenges to Building a Sustainable Planet
On March 1st, The Club of Rome and the Smithsonian Institution’s Consortium for Understanding and Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet hosted […]
March 1, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
Scientists Urge Reform for a Broken Global System
By Stephen Leahy Unless governments work actively to build a brighter future for humanity, climate change, poverty and loss of […]
February 29, 2012
Corporate Responsibility
The Untold Story: The Continuing Demise of the Construction Industry
For over 115 years architecture and engineering students at Georgia Tech have watched the Atlanta skyline grow upward and outward. […]
February 9, 2012
Technology
Draft Sustainable Land Development Code (SLDC) Chapters Now Available
The first four chapters of the Sustainable Land Development Code (SLDC) were released to the Santa Fe, NM Board of […]
December 17, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Open Letter to Presidio Graduate School MBA Students and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
This SLDI Open Letter is in support of and response to the Presidio Graduate School students’ Open Letter to the […]
December 6, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainable America Part 2: It Took a “Bearheart” Land Developer to Revitalize a Vital Wetland
By: Richard Thornton – Community Planner, Architect and Native American Historian Five hundred years ago, the young Spanish colonial town […]
November 30, 2011
Technology
Rooting Your Portfolio in Positive-Impact Real Estate
Can an investment help the pocketbook and the planet at the same time? Definitely, says R. Paul Herman, author of The […]
November 16, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainable America Part 1: Ancient Architecture and Town Planning
All across America, archaeologists and anthropologists, along with geneticists, linguists, geologists, and some of America’s native peoples, are assembling new […]
November 11, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
State of the World Economy: The Emperor Has No Clothes
In Hans Christian Anderson’s iconic fairy tale, The Emperor’s New Clothes, two swindling weavers promise an Emperor a “new suit” that […]
September 1, 2011
Voices for Change
A Sustainable Development Effort One Hundred Years in the Making
SLDI co-founder Terry Mock was invited recently by the Rotary International’s Port Orford, Oregon chapter to give a presentation on […]
August 23, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Public Banking – "Banking in the Public Interest"
By Greg Wendt An excellent article was just written called “Reviving Main Street – A Call for Public Banks” highlighting the […]
June 1, 2011
Energy
Is Green Investment Finally on the Brink of Breaking Out?
Will the U.S. Catch Up with the Rest of the World? Hugh Wheelan of Responsible Investor conducted a great interview […]
March 15, 2011
Energy
Restoring our Ecosystems – The American Chestnut
Biodiversity – By Dr. Reese Halter A century ago the most dominant tree in the U.S. – the American chestnut […]
February 15, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
The Universal Principles of Sustainable Development
By Terry Mock and Tony Wernke, SLDI Co-founders Follow Terry and Tony on Twitter: Terry @SustainLandDev; Tony @Sustainable4U This article […]
February 7, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Cracking the Code: The Essence of Sustainable Development
It’s hardly news that after more than two decades of talk about the need for sustainable development, we humans continue […]
February 7, 2011
Corporate Responsibility
Like Life Itself, Sustainable Development is Fractal
By Terry Mock and Tony Wernke, SLDI Co-founders Follow Terry and Tony on Twitter: Terry @SustainLandDev; Tony @Sustainable4U This article […]
January 7, 2011