Energy & Resources
Overview
The interdependent relationship between humankind and the planet is not new, but the scale of the interaction has reached unprecedented proportions. We’ve only begun to experience the impact of carbon dioxide on the world’s oceans, temperature extremes and weather patterns, with affects on every aspect of society. The scope of the challenge requires that scientists, policy experts and the private sector work together in the face of change to put in place policy and legal tools to address global warming. Incumbent in this incredible challenge is a call for innovation and a new competitive landscape for business.
Featured Books and Articles
Environment & Climate Change
- Greening our Schools and Creating Sustainability Natives
- Founder Ashok Kamal on how Bennu educates people about the importance of environmental activism
- Turning Society Around with RAN's Randy Hayes
- The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World by Paul Gilding
- The Hot Topic: What We Can Do About Global Warming by Gabrielle Walker and David King
- Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years On Earth by Mark Hertsgaard
- Smart Solutions to Climate Change by Bjørn Lomborg (Editor)
- Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis by Al Gore
- Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet by Bill McKibben
- Saving the Planet: A Tale of Two Strategies by Roger Martin and Alison Kemper
- Expanded Oil Drilling Helps U.S. Wean Itself From Mideast by Angel Gonzalez
- NAVSUP Provides Biofuel for RIMPAC Great Green Fleet Demo by Kathy Adams
- Great Green Fleet May Turn the Tide for Green Energy by Paul Darin and Lisa Wederspahn
- Navy Proceeding with Alternative Fuel Plan by Erik Slavin
- Senators Gird for Fight Over U.S. Navy's "Green Fleet" by Roberta Rampton and Susan Cornwell
- Carbon Tax Would Have Many Benefits by Robert H. Frank
Food Security
- Animal Factory by David Kirby
- The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
- Food, Inc.
- A New Vision for Agriculture by Francis Thicke
Water
Featured Content
- What we should really call 'sustainability' work
- 3 myths about product life cycle assessments
- Is there an 'I' in sustainability?
- Challenges to improving health care in Pakistan
- Briefing: Restive northern Kenya sees shifting power, risks
- Making WASH work in Burkina Faso’s cities
- The making of the Hyogo2 disaster prevention treaty
- ICYMI: Hectares of sustainable food news, ESG pro profiles & more
- Ending the alphabet soup in the [insert word here] field
- Some light in clean tech investing, despite the gloom
More Videos
- "Carbon Nation" Trailer
- "Climate Refugees" Documentary Trailer
- Please Help the World (film from United Nations Climate Change Conference)
- Bill McKibben at Powershift 2011
- Al Gore on Our Choice
- "Fresh" Documentary Trailer
- Nestlé Creating Shared Value in Latin America
- World Hunger: A Billion for a Billion
- "Food Stamped" Documentary Trailer
- Greg Page, CEO of Cargill, on Farmer Field Schools
- Pandemic Prevention
- Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching
- Fecal Bacteria Survey
- #WATERLESS (Levis® Waterless Jeans)
- "Flow" Documentary Trailer
- Blue Gold: World Water Wars
- "Aral Sea" (Live Earth Film Series)
- Tyco Flow Control Clean Water Initiative
Podcasts
- Visit the iTunes Green Room
- The Business Case for Green Construction
- Author Paul Gilding Talks Wild Weather And Global Warming (On Point)
- On Point: The Surprisingly Colorful History of Milk
Television
Further Reading
- UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- World Future Energy Summit 2012
- International Energy Agency
- World Resources Institute
- Carbon Disclosure Project
- World Business Council on Sustainable Development
- MIT Energy Initiative
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Copenhagen Climate Council
- The Earth Institute
- Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
- Environmental Defense Fund
- EDF Climate Corps Energy Efficiency Tips
- IT Solutions to Achieve a more Sustainable Business
- AT&T Carbon Assessment Tool Quick Start Guide
- AT&T Carbon Assessment Tool
- AT&T Sustainability Modeling
- AT&T Communications Economy Media Kit
- World Food Programme Hunger Map 2011
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- International Fund for Agricultural Development
- Private Sector Statement to World Summit on Food Security
- Word Expo 2015 Milan
- World Economic Forum Food and Agriculture Security
- Humane Society and Food Supply
- IT Solutions to Achieve a more Sustainable Business
- Bird Flu: A Virus of our Own Hatching by Dr. Michael Greger
- HSUS Report on Egg Safety in Production Systems
- Flu Factories by Dr. Michael Greger
- The Chickens Come Home to Roost by David Benatar
- The Human/Animal Interface: Emergence and Resurgence of Zoonotic Infectious Diseases by Michael Greger
- Future Water Stress Map
- World Water Council
- World Water Forum 2012
- water.org
- Water Disclosure Global Report
- The Earth Institute: Water
















