The New Warrior’s Cry: Veni Vidi Vigilo – I Came, I Saw, I Protect
First published in the Huffington Post, September 8th, 2015 Since Julius Caesar pronounced his famous words, "Veni, Vidi, Vici" -- "I came, I saw, I conquered" -- it has been the mantra for financial progress, military
Why Brazil’s megadrought is a Wall Street failure
First published in the Guardian on April 10th, 2015 It’s hard to overestimate the appalling environmental and economic crisis that’s brewing in Brazil right now. The country is in the grip of a crippling megadrought
From antibiotics to fossil fuels: the inconvenient truth about sustainability
First published in the Guardian on April 6th, 2015 Humans are predictable. We routinely create extraordinary things and then disregard their impact and consequences because of our desire for convenience, comfort or profit. It’s easy
Togetherness Interruptus: Civil Society in the Age of the Smartphone
First published in The Huffington Post, December 12th, 2014 Every business and government speaks of "civil society" on a regular basis. It is the euphemism for engaging with the nonprofit world. But there is another
Aligning the rules of business and the laws of nature
First published by the World Economic Forum “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” Bob Dylan famously sang. You don’t need the UN secretary-general to know that climate change has
Why developed countries should subsidize a global price on carbon
First published in the Guardian, August 26, 2014 "We demonstrated that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” - the late Republican senator Howard Baker (Tennessee), co-sponsor of the Clean Air Act
The cost of cancer: why health impacts belong on company balance sheets
First published in the Guardian, August 18th, 2014 Like so many of us, I have personal experience with cancer. I’ve had it twice, and so have both of my parents, six aunts and numerous friends.
Biomimicry Lessons for Business on Triple Pundit
This article featuring Amy's recent talk at a BiomimicryNYC event was originally published on Triple Pundit by Raz Godelnik: How do we create a better future? How do we redesign our economic system to be more sustainable?
Radical cooperation is the only antidote to climate chaos
First published in the Guardian on June 20th, 2014 Throughout the 20th century, millions of people banded together in nonviolent revolutions across the globe to secure their freedom. From India to Czechoslovakia, South Africa to Poland,
Fossil fuels and peace don’t mix
First published in the Guardian on June 4th, 2014. Why doesn't anyone do anything about the situation in Ukraine? One reason is that Russia supplies one third of the European Union’s oil and gas. The